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Asked by madfudge to Shruti, Mark, Faranak, Charlene, Alistair on 4 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by 682mgrq44.
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Shruti Turner answered on 4 Mar 2019:
I need to have a whole mix of skills to be able to research prosthetics. I need to have a lot of the transferable skills like team working, organisation, time management, project management, creativity and problem solving etc. so that I can make sure I keep making progress and get feedback on my work. In terms of the hard skills: I need to use my maths and science skills, electronics and at the moment a lot of coding skills. I also have to be able to write and present my work concisely and clear to share the benefits of my research so that it can be used by other people and I can get feedback to help improve what I’m doing. I’ve probably missed a lot of other ones, but hopefully you can see that there are a range of skills required which you can get from so many different things in life 🙂
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Faranak Bahrami answered on 14 Mar 2019:
You need various skills depending on what you do. but for me, I need to know the engineering modules I did at uni very well I use them everyday. but when you start working, you have to be able to work in a team, teamwork is very important. you also need to be able to make other people understand what ideas you have and how you want to do something, so communication skills come very handy here. I often have to present my work to others at work or at the conferences, so I have to be good in public speaking. Writing skills; you need to write reports so you want them to be concise. time management is also crucial, you’ll have many projects to deliver, so you have to be able to manage your time very good, and that is a big skill to have. but don’t worry most of these comes with experience and university kind of prepares you for some of it. I also have a certificate in leadership and management, which I definitely suggest to anyone to do it. you get to learn a lot about self-management and people management, you get to learn about handling difficult situations at work, how to give constructive feedback, and a lot about emotional intelligence, which is much more important than IQ in life.
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