Internship
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Out of the Research Lab and into the Fjord - Tackling Palm Oil with Rainforest Foundation Norway.
Rob Hicks is a PhD student working with Dr Daniel Henk and Dr Chris Chuck on using natural variation and adaptive evolution of Metschnikowia pulcherrima for lipid production from low value plant feedstocks. As the detrimental environmental and social impacts of the...
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Sustainability in Practice: my two-month internship with Reckitt Benckiser in Hull
Maria is a final year PhD student in Professor Tony James' group working on diagnostic tools for early cancer detection. I worked within the sustainability team of Reckitt Benckiser (RB) from the end of July until the end of September....
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5 Steps for having a Top-Koality Research Visit
1. Be very flexible! I had a fantastic experience on my placement, both scientifically and personally, and I think that one of the reasons it worked out so well is flexibility. The initial idea was to visit Rob Atkin’s group...
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Three months of working at Departamento de Fisica-Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
First year PhD student Serife Ustuner went on a three-month internship at University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil. We asked her how she got on. Tell us a bit about yourself I am a first year PhD student in the...
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Fuelling the future at the world’s 3rd largest automaker
As a brilliant way to get some industrial experience under my belt, shatter my second year blues and to see more of the world, I secured an internship within the research arm of General Motors, one of the great American...
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Novel coatings at NSG Group
This post was contributed by Joe Thompson. I recently spent a month long placement at NSG Group in Lathom, Lancashire. NSG Group is a world leading manufacturer of automotive, architectural and technical grade glass. The majority of glass products manufactured...
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Working towards Food Security with Syngenta
This post was contributed by George Gregory. Keen to gain industrial experience, I spent three months at Syngenta in Jeolotts Hill, Bracknell. Seeds such as corn and soya are coated with active ingredients (AIs) namely pesticides and herbicides to ensure...
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A Chemical Engineer on a Project Management internship at Wessex Water
PhD student, Jon Chouler, went on a three-month internship with Wessex Water in Bath. We asked him how he got on. First of all, how did you find this internship? One word: Persistence! In the process of finding a placement, I made sure to...