Charlotte Vincent: Technician at LGC Forensics

By Ian Le Guillou2013-07-01T14:00:00

From hair and beauty to identifying remains from the first world war, Charlotte tells Ian Le Guillou how apprenticeships have been a great route into chemistry

Charlotte had little idea of what she wanted to do after finishing her GCSEs. She enrolled on a course at a hair and beauty college while working part-time at a hairdressers. A year after her course finished, now working full-time at the hairdressers, Charlotte began to think further ahead. She still was not sure what she wanted to do, but had the feeling that science might hold the answer.

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