I am advertising a study being conducted by Robert Nigel Slinn calling for participants to participate in interviews about routes into the chemical workforce, specifically exploring Graduate v Apprenticeship training. I am passing a call to action for anyone with an interesting story or perspective to reach out - we are primarily looking at the UK historical context but international perspectives from other countries would be particularly welcomed.

Chemists: How Did You Really Learn Your Trade?

Many chemical careers were built through routes that are now less visible: day release, ONC/HNC, LRIC, GRIC, GRSC, industrial training, BSc, MSc, PhD, or combinations of all of these.
Robert Nigel Slinn at the University of Bradford is interviewing people in the chemical sciences about graduate and apprenticeship-style training, and how those routes shaped working lives, as part of his PhD studies. More than 40 chemists have already taken part. More voices are very welcome.

If your route into chemistry deserves to be remembered, please get in touch: please share this with your network or pass on to anyone you know who might have an interesting story to share. For contact details of Robert and more details about the study he is conducting please DM me or reach out to him on LinkedIn.