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 ...
Read the storyAnna 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 ...
Read the storyJacob 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 ...
Read the storyMonica 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 ...
Read the storyJames 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, ...
Read the storyJoseph 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 ...
Read the storySam Witham, a DTP student based at the Earlham Institute used a contact from his supervisor to set up an internship based at the Kumasi Hive Hub, where the University of Cambridge’s Open Bioeconomy Lab recently funded a community biolab. Sam spent one ...
Read the storyEstela Perez Santamarina, a DTP student at the University of East Anglia, wanted to undertake an internship that related to the wider field of her PhD (Neuroscience research) and was keen to use the opportunity to develop her science communication skills ...
Read the storyAlaster Moffat, a DTP student at the John Innes Center, wanted to use his PIPS to gain experience of working in an NGO in the environmental sector, with a view to seeing how scientific knowledge can be translated into direct, tangible outputs. Alaster ...
Read the storyDanny Ward, a student at the John Innes Centre, wanted to gain new skills relating to science communication and an insight into what a career in this field may look like. Danny also wanted to experience a different culture, as together, he felt that these ...
Read the storyMarton Olbei, a DTP student based at the Earlham Institute, wanted to familiarize himself with some of the issues post-graduate research students face and learn new ways of working. After seeing a project advertised in the PIPS newsletter, Marton arranged ...
Read the storyRobert Bellow, a DTP student based at the John Innes Centre, wanted to gain experience in the teaching and learning of science communication. After discussing ideas with his PhD supervisor, Rob decided to pursue an internship based on developing science ...
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