Interview with a Detective Inspector

Fran Sandall: Retired Detective Inspector for Cambs Police

Detectives are accredited police officers who work as Serious and Complex Crime Investigators or Specialist Investigators.

They're responsible for managing a range of investigations including those concerning robbery, drugs, domestic violence, public and child protection, company fraud, cyber-crime, homicide and counter-terrorism.

Interview with a Foundation Doctor

Dr Charles Brash: On GP Placement

Foundation training are the two years of placements that doctors complete after qualifying from medical school. Currently working in a GP surgery as a F2 doctor, Dr Brash has previously worked in stroke and rehab medicine, general surgery and orthopaedics and has been involved in medical student interviews.

He studied at Bristol Medical school and his main interests lies in orthopaedics.

Interview with a Physio

Rowen Seglah: Paediatric Physiotherapist

Physiotherapists help people affected by injury, illness or disability through movement and exercise, manual therapy, education and advice. After gaining experience in various wards of a district general hospital Rowen branched off in paediatric medicine. Rowen now works in a Large children's hospital in central London, she enjoys coming up with creative, fun ways to get children moving and her favourite thing to do is to jump in the hospitals swimming pool for a rehab session.

Interview with a Project Manager

Iain Farquharson

Having worked in the construction/IT industry for over 20 years, Iain has worked with many organisations,

The main role of a project manager is to plan, oversee and ultimately deliver a solution/product to a client. Having worked all over the UK, Iain is currently based in Peterborough with the Remark Group. Iain studied Cognitive Science at the University of Hertfordshire. Iain’s largest project was overseeing the installation of 98,000 solar panels.

Interview with a Midwife

Lucy Beer: Midwife

Qualified Midwife working for the NHS, she studied at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

She currently works provide care and support to women and their families while pregnant, throughout labour and during the period after a baby's birth.

Interview with a Stuntman

Kit Burden: Stunt Performer

To become a stunt performer you usually need to apply to British Stunt Register's Stunt Grading Scheme. You'll need qualifications and skills across at least 6 different sporting areas in 4 of the following groups:

fighting - martial arts or boxing, falling, riding and driving, agility and strength & water

Interview with an apprentice Aerospace Engineer

Ben Hilsenrath: apprentice Aerospace Engineer

Ben became an aerospace engineer through an apprentice route- without A levels , Qualifying as an aerospace operator with GKN

Aerospace he worked assembling planes for 5 years and has gone on to study aerospace engineering at university.

Interview with a pilot

Tom Walker: First Officer EasyJet

Tom has been a pilot with EasyJet around 5 years and currently working as a Senior First Officer.

As a senior first officer he sits in the right hand seat and the captain in the left and share the flying duties during a day out.

Interview with an Ecologist

Maireen Collins: Ecologist

Mairenn is about to start a PhD at the University of Cambridge, researching evolution in brood parasites – birds that lay their eggs in the nests of other birds. She completed an Master’s degree in the same area last year, working on African cuckoos in Zambia.

Before this, Mairenn worked on various ecology projects as an undergraduate, including anemones, parasitic plants and frogs

Interview with a Chef and Business Owner

James Healy

The owner and chef of Healy's Kitchen, a produce and catering business that myself and my partner started in Summer of 2020 after I lost my job as a chef due to Covid.

My goal has always been to open a restaurant since I started working as a chef so I approached a local cafe owner about selling mexican food from their premises in the evening when they were closed, they agreed and Taco Libre was born

Interview with a Barrister

Samuel Hodge: Barrister

Barristers are lawyers who provide legal advice to solicitors and other clients.

As well as researching and preparing cases they provide court representation for their clients. While barristers are technically self-employed, they work within sets of other barristers known as chambers.

Samuel studied at Oxford and Queen Mary and was called to the Bar in 2018

Interview with an Environment Agency Officer

Laura Abels: Environment Agency

Laura has worked for the EA for 3.5 years and held a variety of roles with them. Currently her job is supporting the relationship between the EA and Government Ministers. It involves very fast-paced reactive work, such as providing urgent briefings, and requires a lot of organisational skills as well as an understanding of political sensitivities.

Interview with an Anatomist

Charlotte Jones: Anatomy teaching assistant

Charlotte is responsible for the creation and maintenance of teaching specimens - or dissections- both human and animal.

The anatomy school then uses the prepared specimens to teach the doctors, vets and dentists of the future.

As part of her role she gets to teach anatomy, using the specimens she's previously created

Interview with a Photographer

Christy Nunns: Photographer and video producer

After graduating with a Masters in Physics, Christy set up his photography and video production business.

After making films and taking photos for a hobby for over 15 years, he now shoots a variety of projects from music videos to short documentary to corporate headshots, and lots in between

Interview with a Technical Sales Engineer

Sarah Hampson

Sarah helps clients with optics enquiries: lasers,microscopes,

fiber-optics, lenses, mirrors,etc.

She also gives technical advice, such as how to run optical simulations, send quotations and assists with tenders.

Interview with a Chef and Business Owner

James Healy

Owner and Chef at Healy's Kitchen James set up his own business when he lost his job as a chef in a restaurant because of covid.

Setting up a small business during covid was a challenge but he now caters for private dining experiences, pop up events and has released a range of hot sauces

Interview with a Photonics technical Sales Engineer

Sarah Hampson

Sarah helps clients with optics enquiries: lasers, microscopes, fiber-optics, lenses, mirrors, etc

She communicates with clients through a range of media , from emails, and phone calls, to video-calls and on site meetings. Clients will mostly be scientific researchers, engineers building systems, hospital lab staff or forensic scientists

Interview with a nuclear Physicist

Angus Siberry

Angus Siberry currently works at the School of Physics, University of Bristol. Angus does research in Materials Physics and Nuclear Physics as part of his PhD.

Physics students need a very strong head for numbers, a good grasp of scientific principles and a keen interest in discoveries relating to the physical world.

Interview with a HS2 engineer

Sally Bradley

I am a civil engineer, I am responsible for delivering packages of work on HS2

I often refer to my role as a daily problem solver, as things can and do often go wrong, and it’s very exciting to be empowered to make decisions and be in charge of making a difference to people’s lives in the short-term on site and long-term through the overall public who will benefit from the scheme.

Interview with a Science Documentary Researcher

Lorraine Lam

My name is Lorraine, I am a Science Documentary Researcher for the BBC. I’ve been working in TV for about 3 years now and have worked on some incredible shows including GBBO, Horizon and an upcoming Will Smith feature doc “Welcome to Earth”, in which he explores the hidden corners of the world.