Hello, my name is Isobel and I am an Aerospace Engineering student currently doing a 12 month placement as an Instrument Design Engineer for Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), an organisation which funds and supports research in many areas such as particle and nuclear physics, astronomy and space science, and also operates a network […]
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November started with pink waffles in Bruges and ended with a Christmas Parade. All in all, a very good month. As uneventful as an office job might seem, I am happy to report that was not the case for me. Although my placement might have started off rather slowly, the pace quickly picked up and […]
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New country, new language, new job – why I chose a placement abroad Hello everyone, my name is Beatrice, I’m a Psychology student and I am writing this blog because I wanted to share with you my placement experience. So, if you’re considering undertaking a placement, and especially a placement abroad, read on for my […]
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My name is Rose and I’m an International Politics student, currently on my placement year. At the moment I’m working at CONCORD Europe in Brussels, and here are some things about placement I learned early on. 1. Start as early as you can Do yourself a favour and start looking as early as possible. I […]
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Hi, my name is Alex Koukouravas; I’m a Welsh Biochemistry Student, currently working in Singapore for a Government-owned research agency called A*Star in the Bioinformatics institute as a part of the Antigen and Product Development lab (APD) led by Dr Samuel Gan. I’m going to try to summarise a crazy 6 months of placement into […]
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This year I have had the most fun I have ever had in a single period of time. A year’s worth of adventure, science and meeting new people. I had so many stand-out experiences that changed my perspective, not just of America but of the world and how I want to fit into it. Enriching my […]
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