Engineering your future – placement years in industry
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Posts Categorized: Placement
Life at LEGO: Home Stretch (Part 2)
Welcome back. Let’s jump into the second half of the last post. This week will be my last in Denmark – at least until I (hopefully) come back for a…
Life at LEGO: Home Stretch (Part 1)
Hello again to anyone who’s still following me. Thank you for sticking around! What’s happened since my last post? Not a lot, but that’s Denmark – particularly Billund – for…
Woah, we’re halfway there…
Hello! I apologise for the long gap between posts. I just haven’t got round to it! I’ve now been in Denmark for almost two months, and I’m still loving it…
Det bedste er ikke for godt (Pt. II)
Hello everyone, and welcome to part 2 of this post! This one is just a continuation from a longer post on my Tumblr blog, cut down to two shorter posts…
Bradford students help uncover secrets of the lost village of Lodge
Our students have many opportunities to take part in excavations during their studies. Below is a brief report on Archaeology students Polly Harris and Munazzah Khalid who took part in the Nidderdale…
Det bedste er ikke for godt (Pt. I)
Hello everyone, I hope you’re all having as fantastic a time as I am! 😀 I have now been in Billund, Denmark, for just over two weeks, and it’s been…
When One Door Closes, a Window Opens…
Bozhidar Baltov, a BSc Biomedical Science student at the University of Bradford, received a Short Term Travel Award to spending a month in Vienna at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL). Ever…
Billund, Here I Come!
I’ve really enjoyed my time in Bradford so far, and my course has given me many skills and abilities that will be useful in the design world. And they’ve already proven…
Nursing during Ramadan
One of our third year BSc (Hons) Nursing (Mental Health) students, Zahid Iqbal, is currently on placement with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust. Zahid has written a blog post for RCNi about…
From Athens with love
Eva Tsoukou, a second year BSc Biomedical Science student at the University of Bradford, is spending three months on an Erasmus+ traineeship, in the historic city of Athens, in Greece. She…
Diary of a student midwife: Beginning second year
Year two as a student midwife has hit with full force and I have already borrowed more books from the library than I did throughout the whole of my first…
A (different kind of) guide to getting a business placement
I recently secured a placement in Management Consulting, which is why I finally decided to sit down and write about my experience of applying for a placement. In this past…
The End…?
There. Three years of work whittled down into three lever-arch files ready to collect dust on a shelf for an indeterminate amount of years.. The end of an era. I’ve…
The transition from job to lifestyle…
I thought it has been a while since I updated you all on how my actual placement was going, rather than just throwing advice at you… and the answer is…
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly about Placement
There is a time for everything! Time flies really, I can’t come to terms with how the placement year has come to an end so quickly. Now that I have…
Welcome to Histopathology – Life is better than lectures
I’m currently a little over halfway through my Biomedical Sciences Placement, and therefore my degree – scary! My placement, situated between years 2 and 3, is a year-long one in…
First day, slight culture shock
My placement in the hospital over these past few weeks has been pretty indescribable, but I will give it a try and hope my posts below (more to come) capture…
I won’t sit down, I won’t shut up, and most of all I will not grow up!
Most students going into Higher Education follow a somewhat similar path. GCSEs at about 16, A-levels at about 18, perhaps a gap year and then on to University. It’s exciting…
Cien pesos ($100) – Por que?
My objectives for this placement is not only to experience maternity care in Mendoza, but to try and place it in its social context, to have an insight into the…
Bienvenidos a Mendoza – Part 2
I have found that my days are very busy and because of siesta 1-5pm when most businesses close, I am not able to update my blog as frequently as I…
10K marathon run for charity. Why not?
Work has been extremely busy this past month. I’ve enjoyed a week of leave. It was very relaxing and is just what I needed. Many organisations deal with financial year-end round…
Bienvenidos a Mendoza
Today is my first official day in Mendoza. After a long flight, I arrived and settled into the house I will be sharing with other students. All are medical students…
Placement? Don’t be stupid!
So, why should you get a placement in your 3rd year instead of just graduating? To be honest, I was guilty of thinking I should just get my degree over with…
Engineering Olympics of the Future
With just less than 100 days to go to the London 2012 Games it’s starting to get interesting – especially for me as an engineering student and a sports fan….
Watch out for the next Olympic Accountant
Universities Week 2012. Wow, where can I start? I am currently in my placement year at the Department of Health, where my everyday job is to help monitor the budgets…
November Uniform Mike Romeo Alpha Hotel
Here’s some food for thought; Have you ever thought about how good your phone manner is, and more importantly how to spell your name in phonetics?! I have been told…
Accounting and Finance – why you should choose a Business degree
Hi all. In this post I want to give you all some insight as to why i chose a degree in Accounting and Finance and the academic background I’ve come from. A few years ago I…
Seven week old kitten
This month has been one of the worst bearers of bad luck I’ve ever had, from my car breaking down, to a horrendous tip on the grand national whereby my…
Asking never hurts
Every week I change my mind as to which part of archaeology I want to go into. That’s one of the main reasons I wanted to work in a variety…