Question: What sort of degrees do you need to get that sort of job (**Sounds cool**)

Aileen Baird answered on 9 Mar 2018:

Yass! I’m glad it sounds cool to you too, because I think its awesome. My undergraduate degree at university was a special kind of combined undergraduate and masters degree called an MSci, which i did in Human Biology, but with a focus on microbiology (the study of micro-organisms or tiny living things!). I’m now studying for another higher level of degree called a PhD, which means I do a 3-4 year huge research project which I get paid to do- its kind of a cross between a university course and a job.
There are PhDs in any topic you can think of- the idea is to do a big project on something interesting to you, and that nobody has ever done before. If you’re interested in working in environmental science like me, I would suggest doing GCSE’s and A levels in science, maths and geography subjects- this would then lead on nicely to an undergraduate degree in biology, environmental science or geography depending on what is most interesting to you!

If you’d like some more information about the place I work check out these links:

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/bifor/index.aspx

This is a lot of information, so feel free to ask me more questions!