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Do I need to be an 'academic-type' to do honours? No -- there are (broadly speaking) two types of students who do honours -- those wishing to go onto a Graduate Program with a public or private firm and those wishing to undertake a PhD program (see diagram below). Whilst honours has a research component to it, and this is a significant part of your study during the year, the skills you gain doing the research component are extremely helpful for both academic and non-academic work in the future. To see what I mean, look below, where a spectrum of student type is represented, all who are suitable for the honours year. Those more to the left of the spectrum will likely want to go to a Graduate Program, they: Prefer to be more directed by others in the work that they do; or Enjoy project completion and working to tight deadlines; or Like work that is closely related to current national policy, or problems in the private sector. Whilst those on the right of the spectrum will likely want to go into a PhD program, they: Prefer to work on what interests them, generating their own projects; or Enjoy sharing their passions with others, have patience, and get enjoyment from watching others grasp complex concepts; or Are naturally curious about the world -- are often thinking, 'why does that happen?', or 'how does that work?'; or Don't mind work to be a bit open ended and prefer to spend time to get things really understood rather than working to tight deadlines and perhaps having to compromise on the overall outcomes of the project.
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