The Placements Pod

Having a break now, 'Season 2' should start again in August. Thank you for listening!

I had a great chat with Stacey - it was very good to hear about her placement experience and it also reminded me how much I enjoy Muller Rice! (Other sweet, rice-based snacks are available of course...) Links and info below Müller Early Careers (Placements & Graduate Roles) -  Early Careers | Careers at Müller UK & Ireland Student Voices Placement Year Blogs -  Placement Year Archives - St...

Orla is a recent graduate and science communicator. Orla did a placement with STFC a couple of years ago which was a great experience that took her down the sci comms path! STFC: https://www.ukri.org/councils/stfc/ You should definitely check out Orla's substack! https://orlawritesscience.substack.com/ Rowntree Park: https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g186346-d3709496-Reviews-Rowntree...

I had a great chat with former students Morgan Steigmann and Melissa Foyle about their respective careers in medical communications - they are both doing excellently! Some useful/interesting links below https://www.wizzard.co.uk/ Spectrum website:  https://www.spectrumscience.com/ Patient Information Forum:  https://pifonline.org.uk/   The Unmentionables  https://theunmentionablesguide.com/ https:...

I spoke to Grace remotely - she is currently on placement at Siemens! Ologies Pod: https://www.alieward.com/ologies Siemens placement: https://www.gradcracker.com/hub/57/siemens/work-placement-internship/78441/sustainability-intern-12-months

In a Placements Pod/Phil Lang is Not a Scientist crossover, I spoke to Jodie Malcolm for this eipsode. Jodie was a placement student at the Institute of Cancer Therapeutics in Bradford a few years ago, went on to do a PhD at York and is now a Research Associate in the Department of Biology. She is York through and through!! https://www.bradford.ac.uk/ict/ https://rowntreepark.org.uk/home/the-park/...

Barbora spent a year at Rothamsted Research

It was very interesting to speak to Adam about his experience with Nxera Pahrma: https://www.nxera.life/ Nxera (and Sosei Heptares/Heptares before that) have been placement partners over a number of years. Little Blondie Bakery: https://littleblondiebakehouse.co.uk/ The Rest is History: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rest-is-history/id1537788786 Ologies Podcast: https://www.alieward.com...

Lucie Stanworth and Charlie King are careers consultants at the University of York. In this podcast we discuss top tips for interviews and assessment centres. https://www.york.ac.uk/students/work-volunteering-careers/apply-interview/interviews/ https://www.york.ac.uk/students/work-volunteering-careers/apply-interview/assessment-centres/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL6tv_jerAk (listen or wait t...

It was great to talk to Becca about her study abroad experience in Japan! Kyoto https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2158.html Study Abroad Links https://www.york.ac.uk/study/study-abroad/ https://www.york.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/ https://sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/kyotouniversity/home

CPI website: https://www.uk-cpi.com/ Infinite Monkey Cage pod featuring Jane Hill https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-infinite-monkey-cage/id343580439

It was great to speak to Amelia, a returning student who did a year in industry at Reckitt! https://www.reckitt.com/

Huge thanks to Lilly and Clara for sharing their study abroad experiences! Study abroad applications open on 5 November and close on 28 November. Come along to the Global Opportunities Fair on 5 November if you can! Some useful information below https://www.york.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/calendar/ https://www.york.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/opportunities-by-subject/biology/ https://sites.google...

It was great to talk to David about his experience applying for placements and securing a year in industry with pharma giant MSD.

You can apply for 2026/27 years in industry at Mayo now! (Florida and Arizona.)

It was great to chat to returning student Killian for this episode about his AZ experience - hopefully there are some top tips for you! AZ placements are open: https://careers.astrazeneca.com/job/cambridge/12-month-university-industrial-placement-student-uips-r-and-d-biopharmaceutical-and-oncology/7684/85643238784 Killian mentioned this podcast: https://www.thermofisher.com/uk/en/home/brands/invit...

In this episode I interview Ansh Kumar, Padmapriya Ramamoorthy and Angel Liang about their experiences with the E&G Dissertation with Placement module (https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/ENV00102M/2024-25)

Sarah is coming to the end of her year in industry in Perth, Australia having previously completed a replacement year of study abroad at the University of Western Australia. Can also be viewed as a video here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tgtYqYu8Wa1ixqRU8YNFXixro07_46fd/view?usp=drive_link (Available if you are logged in to your uni account)

Today we are joined by Naomi who talks about her experience on a year in industry at Charles River Laboratories.