Being a scientist is one of the most rewarding careers. You will work on solutions to problems with real world application and impact.

Communications can present the greatest risks to a project, as such, most funding organisations will require you to create a communications plan with your project.

Most humans are terrible at estimating time. Usually because every detail is rarely considered, or known, coupled with misperceptions about how long it takes to do various tasks.

‘Collaboration’ is powerful when there is diversity of opinion involved, as opposed to working together on someone else’s idea which would be ‘cooperation’.

In Australia, the conduct of research involving humans is governed by various state legislation, which links to the NHMRC National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research and the Australian Code for Responsible Conduct of Research.

There is the need to write in any project you do. What needs to be written, and how much of your time it takes will be different for everyone, but most scientists will underestimate how much of their time will be spent writing.

Governments make policy and legislative decisions that have long-term effects on society.

In the modern, digital world, there are so many places you can go to publish your research, so how do you know what’s best?