MRes PhD Internships
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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