Placements
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What's it like to move to London on Placement?
I have lived in Cornwall my entire life, I am used to a very quiet lifestyle by the sea and even in bath this lifestyle was not changed all that much. Bath is a very small city, surrounded by parks...
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The Hard Part of Working so Closely with Sick or Disabled Children.
The Hard Part of Working so Closely with Sick or Disabled Children. Kaitlyn Smith Hi! My name is Kaitlyn, I am a third-year student doing my placement at a small charity based in Orpington (South London), I moved to...
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Day in the Life as an Erasmus student in Spain
Hi everyone! I'm Hannah, a third year Modern Languages (French and Spanish) student currently on my Year Abroad in Spain. For this semester I am taking part in the Erasmus Study programme, and next semester I've decided to do a...
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Reflections on my Placement Year
I can’t believe it’s almost been a year since the start of my placement. The time has absolutely flown by and it's hard to see where it all went. As I’ve began looking towards my final year at university, I’ve...
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A Year on Placement: Final Thoughts and Advice
I have now reached the end of my placement year working at the Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE). It's such a shame to be leaving CRAE as I have really enjoyed my time here in London; I...
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Placement Year in London: Flat-Hunting
If you’ve successfully secured a placement in London, your next big challenge is to find somewhere to live – it’s likely that this won't be as easy as when you had to find your uni house in second-year (whether that...
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Final blog
My first placement was at the Children’s Health and Exercise research centre (CHERC) in Exeter. This was good however due to COVID-19; no children came into the centre, so therefore no assessments or interaction was done. Although, I did go...
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Goodbye placement, hello final year
Congratulations to those of you that have finished your placements! I decided to write this blog as a guide to what I would do differently if I was applying for placement again and to also give some ideas of things...
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Hospital placement update
A few months into my second placement in the Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital and it's going great! I am involved in multiple projects; my main ongoing task at the moment is all around the mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) measurement. When...