Finding an internship related to my degree, Geography, and more specifically my interests in quantitative models, glaciology, and climate change is pretty tough! I would say impossible but luckily, I stumbled across a listing for an internship at CDP (the Carbon Disclosure Project). Never heard of them I hear you say? They are a… Continue reading Internship Advice from Rebecca Shannon
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Advice Gaining Teaching Experience from Rowan Doherty
In August I applied to the Leadership Development Programme with TeachFirst (one of GeogSoc's sponsors), and as of September I will be working as a Primary School Teacher in Yorkshire. TeachFirst is an educational charity in England and Wales that aims to end educational inequality. Every summer since I was in Year 12 I have… Continue reading Advice Gaining Teaching Experience from Rowan Doherty
Internship Advice from Aleksandra Zaforemska
Every previous summer since I moved to the UK, I spent working in hospitality and while customer service can be very rewarding, I craved a change. I wanted to do something that might equip me with new skills and prepare for the scary future after graduation. When I received a summer internship offer with Nestle,… Continue reading Internship Advice from Aleksandra Zaforemska
Internship Advice from George Boulton
I did an internship at a digital marketing agency and got it off the back of all the societies I have been doing alongside my degree. At Freshsight, for example, I worked through two projects specialising in marketing to get experience of working in a team in that sector, presenting to a client and developing… Continue reading Internship Advice from George Boulton
A taster of qualitative methods fieldwork…
How the Perceptions of "wild nature" amongst walkers feed into attitudes towards wind farms in the Scottish Borders By Megan Blyth For my dissertation, I am looking into how perceptions of “wild nature” among walkers feed into attitudes towards wind farms in the Scottish Borders. To do this, I’ve set myself the mad task of… Continue reading A taster of qualitative methods fieldwork…
A taster of quantitative methods fieldwork…
Investigating the erosion rates of Virkisjokull glacier, Southeast Iceland By Francesca Baldacchino During my summer holidays, I went to Iceland for 6 weeks to study the erosion rates of Virkisjokull glacier. Iceland is a land full of ice and fire interactions that still shape the landscape today. Virkisjokull glacier is an outlet glacier of Vatnajokull… Continue reading A taster of quantitative methods fieldwork…