true, and biomedical sciences in a hospital isnt all that great anyway, more like a factory line than a lab.
Biochemistry and Biomedical science?
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true, and biomedical sciences in a hospital isnt all that great anyway, more like a factory line than a lab.
Chemistry-5!
Man, other peoples' experiences of NHS labs don't gel with mine at all. Makes me kinda nervous about leaving my trust to find a trainee course elsewhere. I'm hoping either you guys had the misfortune to work in crap labs (like one of the three in this trust - coincidentally, the one that's been the base of the recent 'centralisation' craze) or you never got into the more interesting stuff.
Ah, so you weren't actually doing a biochemistry degree, makes sense.
I did the same first year as first year biochemists
Also my housemate is doing a degree in biochemistry, and 2nd year looked like more of the same from the first year.
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Don't be so harsh he's going through a rough time.
Just resit and re-apply again mate! Good luck!
I'm doing an undergraduate masters in biomedical science and sponsored fully by the NHS to do it. Basically guaranteed a job if I do well in it and it leads to a good stable career. It's not exactly sociology and psychology in the job prospects front
However I have no idea what biochemistry entails as far as the degree is concerned.
Ultimately you need to decide what you actually want to do with your life and with your current grades, I'd recommend you do a foundation year course instead of a pure resit of your subjects as you'd probably fair a bit better with that as long as your not a lazy ****.
However I have no idea what biochemistry entails as far as the degree is concerned.
Ultimately you need to decide what you actually want to do with your life and with your current grades, I'd recommend you do a foundation year course instead of a pure resit of your subjects as you'd probably fair a bit better with that as long as your not a lazy ****.
I'd echo this. One of the biggest mistakes of my life was not taking a gap year, for many, many reasons. I'd strongly advise resitting, and maybe even taking a year after that.
My daughter is looking at Biochemistry for 2011 uni entry so she has been doing a fair amount of research into this and related subjects. My understanding is that Biomedical Science focuses more on the effect/impact of different compounds on biological systems and how to identify them wheras Biochemistry is much more focused what is happening at the molecular level (e.g. shapes of proteins, transfer across cell membranes etc.).
So, the way I interpret this is that Biomedical Science is likely to lead to jobs in 'regular' medical labs, whilst Biochemistry is more likely to lead to research/R&D-type roles (although I'm sure other more knowledgeable people will no doubt contradict this...)
She got 5 A's in her AS results today (scores between 87% to 98%) so she should get her pick of uni for next year
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So, the way I interpret this is that Biomedical Science is likely to lead to jobs in 'regular' medical labs, whilst Biochemistry is more likely to lead to research/R&D-type roles (although I'm sure other more knowledgeable people will no doubt contradict this...)
She got 5 A's in her AS results today (scores between 87% to 98%) so she should get her pick of uni for next year
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**** resits. Find a foundation year. I know numerous people that have got very good degrees at good universities that have entered through foundation years. Something like Access to HE Diploma is an option too.
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