I'm a Biomedical Scientist, AMA!

I thought I'd bump this back up since during the COVID-19 pandemic you can imagine the important of the role of Microbiology Biomedical Scientists.

I'm starting uni in September, and I'm planning on becoming a Biomedical Scientist in the future.
I know you've mentioned how useful taking the Healthcare science degree route is over the biomed degree route. However, I'm planning on living at home so I've applied for two local unis that both offer Biomedical Science (both IBMS accredited of course). The first Uni is ranked 41st for Biological Science degrees and 50th overall. The other university is 63rd for Biological sciences and 107th in the country (according to the Complete University Guide).
The second university is looked down upon quite a bit, BUT it offers the chance to be able to switch to a Healthcare Science (Life science) degree- you can't apply directly for this degree via UCAS, you have to change while you're there.
I was wondering what your thoughts are on this- do you think its better to go to a 'worse' Uni and just hope I'm able to change degrees, or go to a higher ranked and more reputable university?
Also, this may sound silly I was wondering if you do the healthcare science degree and specialise in the third year, does this limit your career options i.e if you specialise in genetics, could you apply for a job in haematology? This is only a worry because I know how difficult it is to get a job as a biomedical scientist, especially where I live all the local hospitals have now decided to send all samples (minus bloods) to one hospital rather than to do it individually, which I'm pretty sure has decreased the number of jobs.

Thank you for everything you're doing during this pandemic

I've always seen an attraction to many jobs. I wouldn't describe myself as excellent at the job I do, I'm a bit of a jack of all trades master of none in my opinion. I choose Science based A Level's so that put me down that route but I always felt I could have more than coped in fields such as IT, Engineering etc. Police, paramedic, I see an appeal to many jobs and would have probably been happy doing them all!

So this is an old thread so I'm not really expecting a reply but if you an interest in so many things how did you narrow it down. I think i'm a similar person and find everything interesting and I'm struggling with deicing a levels though I'm interested in this sector.

A little background about myself!

I'm a Biomedical Scientist specialising in Microbiology. This essentially means I find bacteria that are growing in various samples such as urine, sputum, faeces, swabs and fluids such as joint fluids, cerebrospinal fluids and more.

I have a small amount of experience in most disciplines of pathology that I gained during my training as well as several months working in Biochemistry. I have worked in Microbiology for 2 years.

I am happy to answer anything about the job but I would like to keep the laboratory I work at private.

Hi ,
I have a question regarding A levels needed for Biomedical science. Did you need chemistry A level for the Biomedical scientist job? I got an E in my chemistry A level as i missed a lot of in class learning due to the pandemic which caused me to struggle and reflected in my final results. I have a grade B in psychology, a B in biology and a Distinction in applied law. Manchester met and a few university’s offer biomedical science without a chemistry a level, but i was unsure if i would still be offered a job without chemistry A level even after i have completed my degree and HCPC? any advice would be greatly appreciated !

A little background about myself!

I'm a Biomedical Scientist specialising in Microbiology. This essentially means I find bacteria that are growing in various samples such as urine, sputum, faeces, swabs and fluids such as joint fluids, cerebrospinal fluids and more.

I have a small amount of experience in most disciplines of pathology that I gained during my training as well as several months working in Biochemistry. I have worked in Microbiology for 2 years.

I am happy to answer anything about the job but I would like to keep the laboratory I work at private.