Transcript MRes PhD Internships

Research Student Internships
Dr Richy Hetherington
Why Internships?
 Research Students Develop Many Skills
Many Benefits
The Interns
Gain experience
Broaden skills context
Inform their research
The Organisation
The University
Get fresh Ideas
Help with a project
View potential recruits
Build links
Display products’ quality
Improve student experience
BBSRC PIPS – Professional
Internships for PhD Students
 BBSRC MRes/PhD students are required to
engage in a 3 month internship in work
unrelated to their research
 “BBSRC would welcome research
institutions extending the scheme to other
PhD students”
 For all other MRes/PhD we are relaxed on
subject and timing 5 weeks is enough
MRes/PhD Internship Scheme
The MRes/PhD Internship
 A five week internship in August and
September (or another time by arrangement)
 Available for all MRes/PhD students
 Express your interest in an internship
 http://forms.ncl.ac.uk/edit_form.php?id=1953
 Limited expenses for travel and relocation
are available
 http://forms.ncl.ac.uk/manage_form.php?id=6127
Who with?
Feel free to make your own approach or we
can try to help you find one e.g.
 Companies e.g. Demuris, ORLA Proteins, Leica
Microsystems
 Policy makers e.g. Newcastle Council or
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust
 Educators e.g. Local Schools, FE Colleges,
Centre for Life, Libraries or Museums
 Charities or Not for Profit organisations e.g.
Arthritis UK or The Children's Foundation
What about my research project
• Internships can been timed to have minimal
impact on your research work
• Internships can be taken any time after
MRes project submission
• A two week holiday period will still be
available during the summer if you take an
internship
• You will require your Supervisors
agreement to take up an internship
Previous MRes Internships
Funder
Organisation Student feedback
BBSRC
Demuris
"I am very glad I took the opportunity to do this
internship"
MRC
NHS
“Seeing the clinical side of science was a good
experience”
FMS
Demuris
"I learnt a lot of things that could be CV beneficial"
"Working in industry was fantastic, highly stimulating
Genentech
and I learned loads including valuable protocols for
my PhD"
“I learnt a lot about industry and now have a great
Rank
Leica
addition to my CV. Leica gave me a lot of training in
Foundation/
Microsystems manufacturing practice and value stream mapping
FMS
which I think will be very useful”
Wellcome
Trust