What are the benefits of finishing my placement at home? Hi, my name is Neelam and I am a Physics with Astronomy student. I have been working at the Science and Technology Facilities Council near Didcot for the last 9 months while completing my placement year. My role involves writing and creating online learning materials […]
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Hi, I’m Isobel, an Aerospace Engineering undergraduate student currently doing a year-long placement for Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). Following on from my previous blog, I wanted to discuss some of the things that have changed for me in my work as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, as well as more […]
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Hello everyone, my name is Beatrice and I’m a Psychology student. This is the second part of a series of blogs about my placement. Here, I will tell you about a few learning opportunities available to Erasmus+ students at Humboldt Universität. However, please consider that the first part of the blog was written before the […]
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I applied to Porchlight, in the hope that I would be able to work specifically with women, as this is what I’m most interested in. Luckily the Volunteer Coordinator found a perfect role and paired me up with the Women’s Rough Sleepers Specialist. We developed a great working relationship and I learnt so much from […]
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The build up I signed myself up to Peru with a completely positive mindset, my only worry was missing people. The plan for my PTY was to try two different career paths: teaching in Peru and charity work in the UK (which I am currently undertaking). Now, my blind optimism did trip me up a […]
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Whenever I am asked by family, friends, peers, co-workers etc about what career path I want to take, I find the question very difficult to answer. This is because I did not (still don’t) know exactly what sector I wanted to venture into
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