#172Listening: Fill in the BlanksAcademic,CoreMedium

Choices

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I think its really important for young people not to feel [blank] in their choices and also to be aware of the choices that are available to them and obviously the media has an [blank] important role to play in that. I think we [blank] to talk about science as this big kind of monolith but of course, actually, it's this beautiful multifaceted thing. You know, there's almost something for everybody there. And there are so many different [blank] of it. You know, somebody that's going to be attracted to working in biology might be a very different person from somebody who's attracted to engineering. I suppose it's about knowing the breadth of [blank] that are out there and so anything that universities and broadcast media can do to make sure that those opportunities are visible.

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I think its really important for young people not to feel restricted in their choices and also to be aware of the choices that are available to them and obviously the media has an incredibly important role to play in that. I think we tend to talk about science as this big kind of monolith but of course, actually, it's this beautiful multifaceted thing. You know, there's almost something for everybody there. And there are so many different aspects of it. You know, somebody that's going to be attracted to working in biology might be a very different person from somebody who's attracted to engineering. I suppose it's about knowing the breadth of opportunities that are out there and so anything that universities and broadcast media can do to make sure that those opportunities are visible.
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