Opportunity Fund

This summer, I travelled to China to take part in the Electronic and Information Engineering course at Xi’an Jiaotong University’s Industry-Education Integrated Summer Camp. It was two weeks filled with fascinating lectures, visiting their newly built iHarbour campus and state-of-the-art...

Thanks to the support of the Gold Opportunities Fund, I was able to attend and present at an International Conference in Germany.  Why did I wish to attend? During my 10-month internship at Victoria University of Wellington's 'Affective and Criminal...

In April I was delighted to be selected to attend the Conference of Undergraduate Women and Non-Binary Physicists (CUWiP+), an opportunity made financially available to me by the Gold Scholarship Opportunity Fund. The CUWiP+ conference supports undergraduate women and non-binary...

During the summer, fellow Gold Scholar Penelope and I spent two months working at a summer camp in Massachusetts, USA. This camp, Berkshire Soccer Academy, is an all-girls soccer institution that helps young girls aged between 9-16 develop holistically on...

Why did I decide to undertake this opportunity? I had the immense privilege of attending an Italian language course in Lucca, Tuscany this summer as part of the Gold Opportunity Fund. There were many considerations as to why I wanted...

Why Pursue a Three-Month Internship? Internships can be transformative. I had a taste of that during my placement between 2022-2023, where I worked in a medical device company on early-stage research and development (R&D), focusing on formulation. That experience solidified...

Discover how specialised neurology and anatomy courses reshaped my career prospects as a psychology student. This blog covers my journey, from initial challenges to newfound confidence, and how these courses prepared me for future opportunities in specialised fields like healthcare,...

I have always been intrigued by the Roman Empire as it was one of the largest empires and thrived in a large part due to their civil engineers. For the past year, I have been immersing myself in their history,...

Having recently returned to the UK after spending a mind-blowing summer in Seoul, South Korea, I’m thrilled to be able to share my adventures. After my first year studying Management BSc at the University of Bath, I was really interested...