Final year Final Semester
If only I could add final assignment to the title too! Alas no the semester has just begun and I’m in the library after having finished sorting out my lectures and to do list of upcoming deadlines. My list unfortunately is never completed and as soon as I get to one or two items left […]
My friends have left with the fear of the unknown
A rather sad title I must admit but it was a thought that cropped up in my head the other day whilst I was just sitting around doing nothing in particular. Results came out for the final year students and whilst all my friends were excitedly sharing the class of degree they achieved, I was […]
Commuting 170 miles a day
I’m not sure if it’s been made clear from any of my past posts but I commute to work in Stevenage via train, from Leicester. Whenever someone asks me where I live and I say Leicester, they have an incredulous look on their face as I explain that I commute in to work. It takes […]
Part 5: A watched pot never boils…
So you can sit for hours staring at your email inbox, your phone or even the letterbox waiting to hear the results of your interview but you could be putting that time to much better use. No doubt waiting for a response can be the most mind numbing part of any job application process with […]
Part 4: The actual interview
This is the turning point of your industrial placement application process. If you tick all the boxes at this stage then you can be sure to be offered a position. But the obvious problem is that you don’t know what the boxes stand for, but then again neither do any of the other applicants! […]
Part 3: Here come the interviews! The telephone interview:
I remember the first reply I got from one of the pharmaceutical industries I applied to for an industrial placement was a rejection email stating that unfortunately I was not suited for the role. It was a depressing moment as that was when I thought the rejections would come flooding through and it tastes just […]
Part 2: The application form
Continuing on from my last blog post (Applying for an Industrial placement: What does it involve? Part 1: Information sessions), here is my second post based on the application forms you need to complete when applying for industrial placements. Take care. This is a critical stage of the application process and where many applications are […]
Applying for an Industrial placement: What does it involve? Part 1: Information sessions
As part of your degree here at the University of Leicester, whether it be one from the Biological Sciences or Medical stream, you have the option of applying for a year in industry between the second and third years of your course. This is also known as a ‘sandwich year’ and converts your degree from […]
Laughter, Patience and R.I.P
An interesting title to today’s post. Well I hope that’s what you were thinking! To put your minds at ease, nobody has died (not that I know about). To begin with the Laughter bit… Some cousins and my family finally decided to go to Thorpe Park. We had been planning a day out […]
Excited to start university?
All this talk on websites, blogs and newspapers over the past few weeks about A-level results, Clearing and starting university has got me thinking about when I was going through that phase just a couple of years ago. Due to a family related situation I found myself in during the period of writing personal statements […]
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