• Question: How does it feel to be teaching at a university, when a few years ago, you were being taught at a university?

    Asked by anon-224975 to Paul on 20 Nov 2019.
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      Paul Laurance-Young answered on 20 Nov 2019:


      I was an undergraduate quite some years ago! At first: terrifying! You stand in front of 170 people and speak to them about a topic you know a little about. Something similar to having to stand up in class and give a presentation, where everyone is watching you.
      After a while, you settle down and it becomes quite fun. In their first year, I tend to hold my students hand a bit but by their third, I treat them as a professional equal – that is what I there for: to train the next generation of scientists!

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