Placements
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A is for Alcentra: The (almost) A-Z of my placement experience
A – Alcentra. The obvious place to start this list. Alcentra is an Asset manager in the fixed income space with 4 different investment strategies: Direct Lending, Liquid Credit, Structured Credit and Special Situations. B – Bonds. As a fixed...
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Making the most of placement
Hello and welcome back to my blog. My name is Chris, and I am currently doing a 12-month work placement at Alcentra in London as part of my Economics course. Something that I think is worth discussing is all of...
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Take you an office tour to Haleon Shanghai: a workplace awarded gold certification internationally
Greetings from Hanqin! I am a Social Sciences student in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences , currently working in the role of Workplace Solutions in Haleon (formerly GSK), Shanghai. How my story starts I planned to travel back...
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Moving to London for the first time!
Placement Blog Post One – Moving to London! Hello! I’m Adam, a third year Politics and International Relations student. I’m currently undertaking my placement in London, for the Podcasting company Podmasters. I recently moved to London to start my...
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How to win the battle against time difference
If you don’t already know my name is Abby and I'm in my fourth month on placement in North Island, New Zealand. I thought a good topic to touch on would be how to deal with time difference and...
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Discussions in Research
We have DEI talks every semester in our lab, considering how we can foster inclusivity and open research in our lab at New York University! Useful graphic shown to us about equity. What is DEI? DEI stands for diversity, equity...
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Are the rumors true? My take on American culture
Moving to the States has been incredibly eye-opening and a great experience to see how a different part of the world lives - a part of the world that is very dominant not only politically and economically, but also in...
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BSc Business: is it what you expect?
BSc Business at the University of Bath is a very multifaceted degree. If you are thinking of studying Business Management, but have been conflicted between the many options there are such as Management, Management with Marketing, Business, etc. keep reading...
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Day in the Life - Interning at NYU
Hi everyone! I'm Valeria, a 3rd year Psychology student at the University of Bath. This is a short vlog outlining what a day in my life interning at New York University is normally like. I am a research assistant at...
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How to settle into life on placement
For many placement students, our placement year is the first exposure to the world of work we experience. Acclimatising to these new roles, often in new surroundings, can take time due to large (and small) changes in our lives, however,...