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Lewis, who trained as a geoscientist to doctoral level, describes her work at Dstl as 'research, but a different kind of research.'

Early-Stage Training fellowships offer Ph.D. researchers the opportunity to pursue specialised training for a period of 3 months to 3 years as part of their doctoral training.

By age 40, a mere 20% of astronomy PhDs have astronomy faculty jobs at universities (or scientific positions at observatories) in country …

Out on a mountain, Mather says, "you have to work with the situation" and solve the practical difficulties as best you can.

Get out and meet fellow researchers, and never turn down an opportunity to give a talk.

Go abroad for some time. That is how I got into a field that I could make a significant contribution to.

"I still need to worry about money," says Graham Smith. The difference now is that he does not have to bring in money because of profit targets but "because of my curiosity about how the universe works. That's a very different motivation."