I am currently 3859 miles away from the University of Surrey where I study Microbiology. This blog is part of a series on how Surrey helped me become a student intern in Raleigh, North Carolina. I knew that America was where I wanted to be, secondary to that I wanted to gain lab experience that […]
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Ciao Tutti! My name is Imani and I’m a third year Psychology student on placement in Italy (Milan). If you would have told me when I was in high school that I would be in Milan working with Italian professors on real life studies and contributing to them I 100% would have never believed […]
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My name is Luis and I am a Computer Science student. Unlike ‘Louis’, the Spanish pronunciation sounds similar to ‘Swiss’, where the emphasis is in the ‘is’ similar to “Lu-Swiss”. About the Company I have been working at AGT International in their Darmstadt office in Germany since August 2018. They have other offices in New […]
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It is undeniable that pausing student life, in exchange for a professional placement is not always the most enticing! Yes, you are saying goodbye to your lie-ins, week day partying, social surroundings and the comfort of campus. However, if you chose to do a placement year, you have the opportunity to put in to practice […]
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My name is Osaze and I’m a third year International Business Management student currently undertaking a placement year at the GSMA. I am half way through my year in industry having already completed six months and I can definitely say it has been a truly exhilarating experience so far! I’m sure many of you in […]
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Hi, I’m Nirodha (Niro) and I’m currently a civil engineering student on my placement year. I’m just going to use this space to be open and candid about my experience so far and hopefully this series will give you a more insightful view on what a placement year entails. Openly I’d like to admit that […]
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