In the course of our study we spent hours talking to scientists about their careers.

These have been written up as stories, and should give you some insight into what these scientists do and how they got where they are today, and about their joys and frustrations.

Don't worry - we haven't included all off the many the stories we heard! We've just selected some that we think are interesting, and which together give you a flavour of what's possible - from Jo Morgan, a scientific entrepreneur with a really exciting new product to Johanna Labourn-Parry, a world expert in Antarctica's lakes who's turned to university management and leadership.