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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Shannon Weldon, a student at the University of East Anglia, undertook her PIPS with Developing Experts. Developing Experts’ online platform provides science curriculum content to schools and a careers library promoting careers within in the STEM industry. ...
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Marco Fioratti, a student based at the John Innes Centre, undertook his CASE placement with his industrial partner, Syngenta, February to April 2020. Marco’s PhD is researching cover crops and below-ground biodiversity, investigating an ecological approach ...
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Rebecca Casson, a student at the JIC, met with Phil Smith, from the Teacher Scientist Network (TSN) during one of break-out sessions at the PIPS Employer Forum and felt that TSN could provide her with a good placement experience. Rebecca had already undertaken ...
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Elizabeth Allum, a student based at the UEA, hoped to improve her science communication skills by gaining a better understanding of video editing and resource development. Lizzie met with a representative from Developing Experts at the PIPS Employer Forum ...
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Marco Graziano wanted to use his PIPS to develop his competencies in science communication and after chatting to Plastic Oceans at the Employer Forum, Marco felt this would be a great opportunity for him. Marco chose to undertake his placement during ...
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Lila Grandgeorge, a student based at TSL, wanted to pursue an internship that would allow her to expand her knowledge of agronomy/crop production systems and food security and sustainability. Lila also wanted to get an idea of whether a career in this ...
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Anna Fortuny Gomez, a PIPS student based at the University of East Anglia wanted to learn something completely new. Anni also wanted to improve her self-management, communication and networking skills and was looking to do this whilst working for a small ...
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Jacob Scadden, a student at Quadram Institute Bioscience, met with the Science Students’ Development Network in Africa (ssDNAfrica) at the PIPS Employer Forum and felt they could provide him with a good internship opportunity. Jacob wanted to improve ...
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Monica Pichler, a DTP student at the University of East Anglia, was hoping to get a greater understanding of active environmental management systems, from data analysis to practical applications. After meeting with The Broads Authority at the PIPS Employer ...
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James Bemrose, spoke to UEA Research and Innovation services during the PIPS Employer Forum. James wanted to expand his knowledge of commercialisation and the process in which scientific knowledge is transferred to government and industry. In addition, ...
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Joseph Shepherd, a DTP student based at the University of East Anglia, wanted to use his PIPS placement to further his career networks, as well as gaining skills for the DNA bioinformatics industry. Joseph’s PhD is a computational research project ...
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