I have always considered teaching, having undertaken work experience at a primary school whilst studying for my A Levels. However, my father is a scientist and this is a subject I have always found interesting. Although I did not study A Level Maths or Science, after discussing with my father some options after my A Levels, I realised that being involved in scientific research was something I would like to consider. I secured a job at DERA (now QinetiQ) and was fortunate that they supported my development and offered day release to the local college for me to study a BTech in Engineering. This started me on the career I wanted to follow. I decided that I wanted to achieve further qualifications and was offered sponsorship to study a Degree at The University of Surrey. On graduating, I returned to QinetiQ for a number of years, however, I soon realised that I would like to be involved with teaching engineering. I joined a local college as a lecturer where I felt my industry knowledge would be useful to provide applications to the engineering principles I would be teaching. After a number of years teaching at a local college, I then secured my dream job of working at the University I graduated from.