Postgraduate Placements Nottingham
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Shifting Perspectives
March 1, 2017
This week MPH in International Health student Nilushka Perera talks about how her PPN postgraduate placement secured her a full-time job in the charity sector. I always had an interest in parenting and child health, although my overall interest gravitated towards life-style based non-communicable diseases. During my internship, I began to draw parallels to the public health impact …
Work-place experience: Why you need it and how to get it
February 15, 2017
This week Debra Fearnshaw, our new Placements Delivery Manager, talks about her professional journey after her Master’s and how it has shaped her view of postgraduate placements. I’ve been really delighted to take up my new role as Placements Delivery Manager because I know how much difference a postgraduate placement programme would have made to …
I thought I was on the right track
February 8, 2017
Rupal Patel talks about how a placement helped shape her postgraduate journey. Rupal did her placement with Being Transformed which has subsequently developed into the BeTr Foundation; an organisation that endeavours to improve accessibility to mental health support and uses TeQtonicS™ to relieve the suffering of any persons experiencing stress, trauma, psychological or physical distress. If you’re interested …
Cherishing opportunities for reflection
February 1, 2017
This week we hear from Ralph Kwame Akyea about his placement with Nottingham City Council, undertaken during his MPH Masters in Public Health with the School of Medicine.
The case against a career plan
January 18, 2017
This week Hilary Jones, our PPN Research Associate, shares her reflections on ‘career plans’. When I was at college struggling to decide which degree to study, one of my teachers said to me ‘just do something you love, and you’ll do well’. His advice has stayed with me, and I’ve noticed that the flipside is …
The Wonderful World of Placements
January 4, 2017
Paul Rice, Placements Delivery Manager at Postgraduate Placements Nottingham, shares a personal reflection on why working with postgraduates is a ‘best bet’ for business enhancement. A colleague once told me that the business of universities is to teach and anything else is a bonus. Well I have to say whilst I understand the sentiment I …
Behind the scenes at the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
December 15, 2016
Nel Taylor a PhD Neuroscience student gives an update on her placement as a Media Assistant for the 2016 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. Every year on TV over the Christmas period there are a series of 3-4 hour long Royal Institution Lectures on a given science topic. Last year’s was on Surviving in Space and …
A unique opportunity to access knowledge and university talent
December 1, 2016
This week Christopher Nankervis, Owner & Scientific Director of Weather Logistics, tells us why he chose to offer a placement opportunities at his company.
From Visionary Words to a World Envisioned
November 16, 2016
World Educational Theme Parks Limited (WETP Ltd) are an ambitious start-up company looking to create educational theme parks where families and schools can learn about other cultures through sight, sound, touch and smell and in an interactive and fun way. As for any entrepreneurial enterprise, investing seed funds effectively and efficiently in the initial pitch …
Building my reputation with Rob Brown
November 2, 2016
This week Khatira talks about her postgraduate placement working for Rob Brown on the promotion of the sequel to his bestselling book ‘How to Build your Reputation’. My Postgraduate Placement job with the famous writer and coach Rob Brown was absolutely brilliant. Rob had just submitted a 60K word manuscript to Wiley Press, the world’s largest …
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