Alice Godden took the opportunity at the PIPS Employer Forum to speak to GoBio (Hethel Innovation) as a potential company to host her for her internship. Alice was looking to gain a higher level of understanding of what is needed to develop and support ...
Read the storyCamilla Stanton, a student at the John Innes Centre, has always been very interested in science communication and roles that can be complementary and supportive to academia. Millie spoke to OpenPlant at the PIPS Employer Forum and felt that they were ...
Read the storyBen Bone, a PhD student at the University of East Anglia, wanted to gain more experience in public engagement and policy making as well as developing his outreach experience. Ben spoke to Tony Maxwell (John Innes Centre) representing Antibiotic Action ...
Read the storySam Rowe, a chemistry student at UEA, wanted to learn about how research transitions from an academic setting to a commercial business so used his PIPS to explore this. “I wanted to find out how the work environment in a start-up company compares with ...
Read the storyVanessa Bueno Sancho wanted to use her internship to enable her to employ and develop her programming and coding skills. After speaking to a fellow student that had spent time with the company before, Vanessa used LinkedIn to make contact and secure her ...
Read the storySam Holden, a student at The Sainsbury Laboratory, wanted to gain a better understanding of the publishing industry and career options surrounding sciences. After talking to The Company of Biologists at the PIPS Employer Forum Sam arranged to do his internship ...
Read the storyJake Newitt, a student at the UEA, wanted to work on a large collaborative project for a research organisation and gain experience in next generation sequencing and communication skills. To achieve this, Jake used a personal contact to set up an internship ...
Read the storyPIPS propels Tharsini on to a new careers path as an IP lawyer When searching for her PhD, Tharsini Sivapalan wanted to find a course that offered her something extra. Previous experience during her undergraduate degree had led Tharsini to the realisation ...
Read the storyJenna Helleur, a student at the Quadram Institute, undertook her PIPS with BrisSynBio at the University of Bristol after reading about the opportunity in the PIPS Newsletter. BrisSynBio is a multi-disciplinary research centre that focuses on the biomolecular ...
Read the storyAlicia Russell, a student at the John Innes Centre, wanted to gain knowledge and experience of the different work that is being carried out to help combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). After looking at the list of ‘warm’ leads available on the MyCareerCentral ...
Read the storyAgatha Treveil, a student at the Earlham institute, wanted to investigate the career possibilities relating to Public Health and data analytics, including increasing her understanding of the structure of Public Health bodies in the UK, role of the local ...
Read the storyAlice Dore, a student in the School of Biology at the University of East Anglia, wanted to gain experience of working in the third sector and to expand her analysis and communications skills, and so used her PIPS to work towards these aims. Alice consulted ...
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