This is a temporary place to edit a personal statement for JD's application to ic.ac.uk. Please feel free to edit things as you feel neccessary. You may want to look at [http://www.davidpashley.com/resume.html my CV].

The Question says:

Supplementary Personal Statement - Describe your acedemic interests and reasons for applying. Include details of work experience you consider relevent to your proposed study, careers objectives and relevent non-acedemic achievements. Expand on a seperate sheet if required.