Internships
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A Graduate Perspective: Working in a Green Career
Following on from the University's Green Week, here's a guest blog from Olly Stewart, a Bath graduate and Senior Development Engineer, on how he's using his engineering skills to make manufacturing processes more sustainable. My name's Olly, I studied Mechanical...
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Speculative internship applications part two: How to write to employers
As you might have seen in part one, not all internships are advertised. A speculative application can shine a light on opportunities that you wouldn’t normally see. Being speculative refers to a questioning curiosity, so rather than waiting for a...
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Student perspective: Doing a PhD internship in quantitative finance
Anna Senkevich, a doctoral graduate from the Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistical Applied Mathematics (SAMBa), talks about her experience of doing a quantitative finance internship and how it was similar and different to doctoral research Two years ago, I...
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Student Blog: Starting a Virtual Placement!
COVID-19 has changed the way we all work currently, and the ongoing impact for 2020-21 will continue to challenge us all to adjust and adapt. Starting a placement (or new job of any kind) is daunting at the best of...
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Your internship got cancelled? Don’t panic - Here are your options.
You might feel that you’ve had the rug pulled from under your feet. Career opportunities have been yanked back all over the place and this is deeply disappointing for both parties. Whoever rescinded your offer are missing out on your...