Alejandro Carrion-Sanabria, a student at the JIC, wanted to gain bioinformatic and coding expertise as well develop his teamwork, networking and science communications skills. Alejandro found his placement through a former colleague and set up a PIPS ...
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Peter Osborne, a student at the Earlham Institute, wanted to gain experience in an area he had not worked in before, exposure to industry and to gain an understanding of the challenges in the commercialisation of an idea developed during a PhD. Peter ...
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Lizzie Gray, a student based at UEA, saw an opportunity at Leaf Expression Systems (LES https://www.leafexpressionsystems.com/) promoted in the PIPS newsletter. Lizzie hoped to gain an insight into research within an industrial setting, as well as gaining ...
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Anne Jordan, a student based at the Quadram Institute, saw an opportunity at Sense about Science (https://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/) in the PIPs newsletter which aligned with her motivation to undertake more public engagement activities and improve ...
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Daniel Richardson, a student based at the John Innes Centre, wanted to gain a greater understanding of how software is developed and deployed to solve real world problems and get experience with popular and industrially relevant software packages. After ...
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Martina Poletti, a student based at the Earlham Institute, wanted to see how academic research in microbiology is applied in an industrial setting, and become familiar with the job of Scientist/Bioinformatician within a multinational company. She undertook ...
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Giuseppe wanted to undertake an internship that would provide him with an insight into research with impact and application, specifically related to climate change. He wanted to also explore potential employers in Italy. He identified his PIPS opportunity ...
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Michael Pointer, a student based at the University of East Anglia, wanted to gain experience of working in a non-HE environment, exposure to communications activities and gain teaching/training experience. Michael followed up an advertisement in the PIPS ...
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Natalia Zielonka, a student based at UEA, wanted to gain understanding of her career options outside academia, particularly in policy. Nat successfully applied to the UKRI Policy Internship scheme to secure a placement with JNCC (Joint Nature Conservation ...
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Sean Tattan, a student based at the University of East Anglia, wanted to gain exposure to a new setting, specifically one based within a sales/operational environment; both to ascertain whether he enjoys working in this field and to develop new skills ...
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Beth Sherman, a Student based at the John Innes Centre, had spoken with the SAW Trust at the Employer Forum and liked the concept of one of their proposed internship projects; development of a summer science activity book aimed at years 4 and 5 (KS2). ...
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Jasmine Percival, a student at Quadram Institute, undertook her placement with IP21, a local intellectual property services company. Jasmine is focused on working in patent law so wanted to use her PIPS to gain valuable experience and insight into the ...
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