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  • My Year in Industry: Developing Skills and Strengths

    11 May 2021 by Kimberley
    4 minute read

    I am now nearly three-quarters of the way through my year in industry placement with the Uplands Research Team at the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust. It has been a wonderful experience so far; I have…

  • My Year in Industry: Expectations and Reality

    14 December 2020 by Kimberley
    4 minute read

    It is hard to believe it has been over three months since I started my year in industry placement with the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Upland Research team. I…

  • My Year in Industry: First Steps – Getting a placement

    14 October 2020 by Kimberley
    4 minute read

    Decisions, Decisions I knew I wanted to do a year in industry even before I had chosen to study at York. Hearing about the opportunity at various open days, I…

  • A Pfantastic Year! Highlights and Learnings of My Placement Year at Pfizer

    15 June 2020 by Morgan
    3 minute read

    The process of getting a placement can be really tough. There can be more stages of an application process than you thought were possible and it’s often your first ‘real’…

  • My Year in Industry at AstraZeneca!

    15 June 2020 by Chloe
    3 minute read

    Hi everyone! My name is Chloe and I am a Biochemistry undergraduate student. I’ve spent my year in industry at AstraZeneca within the Oncology department specialising in treatments for lung…

  • Things to look forward to about Social and Political Sciences (SPS) at York

    6 March 2020 by Jen
    3 minute read

    The range of content With an SPS degree you’ll be studying across three different subjects, so naturally the breadth of subjects you cover is super broad. The course gives you…

  • Learning to lead a successful team

    Learning to lead a successful team

    11 June 2019 by Laura
    4 minute read

    I’m Laura, and I’m spending my Third Year on a general management placement at Aldi. It’s a twelve-month placement, split into two main areas; store time and head office. Working…

  • My tech management consultancy placement

    My tech management consultancy placement

    29 May 2019 by Sarah
    2 minute read

    Hi, I’m Sarah and I have been working at Reply since July 2018. Reply is a tech management consultancy that focuses on Digital Transformation. Reply is made up of a…

  • On placement with Nestle in York

    On placement with Nestle in York

    22 February 2019 by Ellie
    4 minute read

    Hi, I’m Ellie. I am studying Accounting, Business Finance and Management and spending my year in industry at Nestle Confectionery. I’m originally from Hull and I’m a member of Goodricke…

  • Management placement year: halfway through

    11 February 2019 by Katy
    4 minute read

    ​It’s hard to believe I’ve reached the halfway point of my Management placement year. It feels like just yesterday I wrote my first blog, telling you how nervous and excited…

  • Working as a Market Analyst at Sony

    5 February 2019 by Christy
    3 minute read

    Hello, I’m Christy. I am a 3rd year BSc Business and Management student. My course is quite similar to Accounting, Business Finance and Management, and there are a lot of…

  • Working on placement in York

    Working on placement in York

    4 February 2019 by Maxim
    4 minute read

    I’m Maxim, a student from the Management School studying BSc Marketing. When I first came to York I wasn’t sure about doing a placement, but I changed my mind after…