Perspectives of a Course Tutor

Two of the staff involved in the delivery of the course as course tutors. Dr Andrew Hunt and Dr James Comerford, are also former students of the course and hence both are in a rare position to have an in-depth understanding of the course from perspectives. In the course of writing this chapter, we interviewed both of them regarding their experience of the course. 

Dr Andrew Hunt was part of the first cohort of students on the course in 2001, and went on to complete his PhD in the group on the extraction of high-value chemicals from British upland plants. As well as being heavily involved in teaching the MSc, he is also the Scientific Leader of the Alternative Solvents Technology Platform at the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE) at York.  

I did a BSc in Chemistry and Computer Science as an undergraduate (Swansea), then I decided that I really wanted to focus on chemistry, do a PhD and go into research. The Master s course was really exciting, innovative 

To what extent has gaining this qualification impacted on your career path  

Getting the MRes has really impacted on my career massively. I wanted to do research and the course allowed me to take the next step. I m now in the position that I am, leading research and helping guide other people to do research simply because I was given the opportunity to do the course. 

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