Jackie Thompson
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From university to a career in communications – it’s not been a straightforward journey
July 23, 2024
Lilly Koranteng, theology and religious studies graduate Hello, my name is Lilly Koranteng and I am 24 years old. I currently work as a communications and engagement officer at Milton Keynes University Hospital. I studied at the University of Nottingham between 2018 – 2021 specialising in theology and religious studies. Initially, I didn’t know what …
Taking time out: a chance to have a mental reset
July 18, 2024
By Helen Cridland, law graduate I studied law at UoN, graduated in 2019 and started working as a paralegal a few months afterwards. Mainly due to Covid, I moved around a few different firms in various areas of law, including spending a year living with my parents and working at a local firm. During this …
Sun, sea, and internships: Interning in Valencia
July 11, 2024
By Steven Dhariwal, chemical engineering with a placement year student As a former intern at ProtoQSAR in Valencia, Spain, I am here to share my experience from last summer. If you’re interested in hearing about the highlights of my experience and the valuable lessons I learned, keep reading. To start off, I was an Intern …
To academia or not to academia?
July 4, 2024
By Chloe O’Dowd, philosophy PhD student. Image by Nikolay Georgiev from Pixabay As a third-year PhD student, life post-degree is looming closer. This means that I have to start thinking about whether I would like a career in academia and what I would need to do in order to be successful. In this blog, I talk about what …
How to balance a PhD with paid work
July 2, 2024
by Chloe O’Dowd, philosophy postgraduate researcher Image: Image by Andrea from Pixabay In this blog, I talk about the various paid roles I have now, previous roles, and how I managed my time so that I maintain a good PhD and paid work balance. Catering assistant During my PhD, I have partaken in a lot of different paid …
Working as a camp counsellor in the USA
June 27, 2024
By Alisija Sestakova, natural sciences student Last summer I travelled to the USA to work in a summer camp with children from six years to 16 years of age. I worked at Camp Eagle Hill, through a Work Play USA agency. My role was a ropes/zipline specialist and general counsellor and later I got promoted …
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