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by Stacey
From a student who sidelined the prospect of a placement year to an intern at one of the UK’s leading dairy companies – here’s how I secured the dream role I didn’t know I wanted. The Search (or …
Continue Reading about Applying for the Placement Year I Never Planned →
by Molly
When I started my degree, I knew that I loved learning about ground-breaking scientific discoveries, but always wondered: what is it like to follow that discovery from start to finish? That curiosity …
Continue Reading about Year in Industry: How I got my placement. →
by Moe
At the start of my degree, I had absolutely no intentions of doing a Placement Year. I had wanted to focus solely on my studies and graduate as quickly as possible, as I had already taken a gap year …
Continue Reading about From Square One to the End – my complete Placement application journey →
by Georgie
Hi, my name is Georgie (she/her), I am a second-year commuting student studying Biology at the University of York. I live about 13 miles from York and commute by car to campus 4 or 5 days a week. I …
by Joanna
In late September 2022, I found myself on the precipice of the academic year at a new university - for the second time. Here, I’ll talk about my experience of being a second year transfer student in …
Continue Reading about New beginnings: My experience as a second-year transfer student →
by cora
Over the past 9 months I have been working to develop and test novel drugs for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer at the Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Bradford. I remember feeling …
Continue Reading about Looking back on a placement year in cancer research →
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