Hey everyone! Welcome to what is probably the final instalment of my Management placement journey. Well done if you’ve kept up with it all so far! If you’ve been reading from the beginning, you’ll know I’ve been on quite a journey, and wow what a year it has been. In case you missed it, my … Continue reading Preparing to finish my Management placement: They think it’s all over, it is now…
Hi, I’m Jade, an Interactive Media student here at York. I’m currently doing a Placement Year working as an Intern Game Designer at Criterion Games. Why did you decide to do a placement? I’ve always wanted to work in the Games Industry. Through the course I’m studying at university, I discovered my love for games … Continue reading Spending a year as a Game Designer at Criterion Games
If you follow the University on social media you might have noticed that every week or so we share a photo and a quote from a ‘Human of York’. These ‘humans’ (as we like to refer to them) are staff, students or alumni who are part of the University’s community.
Hi, I’m Amina, a Film and TV Production student here at York. I’m currently doing a Placement Year working as a Creative Intern at The Walt Disney Company. Why did you decide to do a placement? I wasn’t planning to do a placement year until one day when our department sent around an email about … Continue reading Working as a Creative Intern at the Walt Disney Company
Hi, I’m Matt, an Economics and Finance student here at York. I’m currently doing a Placement Year working as a Finance Intern at The Walt Disney Company. Why did you decide to do a placement? When looking at uni courses I decided I wanted to do some sort of internship or placement year. I also … Continue reading My finance placement at The Walt Disney Company
Hi, I’m Finn, a Natural Sciences student. I’m currently doing a placement as a Medical Microwave Imaging Research Technician & Project Coordinator in Physics here at York. Why did you decide to do a placement? I decided to undertake a placement year for two key reasons. The first was to gain the technical skills associated … Continue reading On placement with Physics at York
Hi, I’m Francesca, an Economics student here at York. I’m currently doing a Placement Year working as a Finance Intern at Amazon. What is your role? I work in the Finance organisation within a team called B2B (Business to Business) Finance Operations, supporting the Advertising channel. At a very high level, my role involves ensuring … Continue reading My finance placement at Amazon
Hi, I’m Megan, a Natural Sciences (specialising in Nanoscience) student here at York. I’m currently doing a Placement Year working in the Performance Materials part of Merck Group. I’m a research and development intern in display solutions, within the liquid crystal and reactive mesogens group. Why did you decide to do a placement? I wasn’t … Continue reading My placement in advanced technologies at Merck
Hi, I’m Chris, an Economics student here at York. I’m currently doing a Placement Year working as an Assurance Associate at Ernst & Young. Why did you decide to do a placement? I chose to do an internship to find out what I enjoyed in respect to work. Also hoping to improve my career prospects, … Continue reading Working at Ernst & Young for a year
If you’ve visited the website for the 2019 York Festival of Ideas, you may have noticed that it has a brand new look. This post describes the process of designing the new site, and the new functionality we’ve developed for event listings in the web CMS as part of the project.
