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Wow, that is incredibly helpful. Thank you. www.alomshaha.com On 9 Jul 2012, at 11:22, "Blackford, Sarah" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Alom, > > I asked my colleagues at some of the Bioscience learned societies who came up with the following list (however, I suspect the closing dates for most of them have passed for this year). > > Queen's University Belfast offers lab experience in their Marine Laboratory in Portaferry and Belfast > http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/QueensUniversityMarineLaboratory/education/ > > UCL say they have Summer work experience for A-level students (not sure if they still offer it as I can’t see a link) > http://www.ucl.ac.uk/zebrafish-group/outreach/ > > MRC - The Summer Studentship programme offers undergraduate and A-level students the opportunity to learn first-hand about biological and clinical science by working in a cutting-edge research laboratory at the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre (now closed for summer 2012) > http://www.csc.mrc.ac.uk/Jobs/SummerStudentships/SummerStudentships/ > > Work experience for school students at GSK > http://www.gsk.com/careers/uk-stud-school-workexperience.htm > > Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry careers website: > http://careers.abpi.org.uk/getting-into-the-industry/pharmaceutical-recruiters/Pages/default.aspx > > Wellcome Trust run schemes for 14-19 year olds > http://www.sanger.ac.uk/workstudy/placements/ > > 'Year in Industry' - http://www.etrust.org.uk/the_year_in_industry/about_the_year_in_industry/students_information.cfm > > Nuffield Science Bursaries for Schools and Colleges - http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/students (although these are for less time and for AS level rather than A level students)… > > > Best wishes. > > Sarah > > From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alom Shaha > Sent: 09 July 2012 10:41 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Summer jobs in Science? > > Thanks - that's really helpful > > www.alomshaha.com > > On 9 Jul 2012, at 10:20, Diane Crann <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi Alom, > > I’d suggest that your students look into registering with the Year in Industry (YinI) Scheme http://www.etrust.org.uk/year_in_industry.cfm . > > YinI provide gap year students with 9 to 12 month paid work placements in fields such as engineering, maths, science, IT and business. I am currently on a gap year and have almost completed my Year in Industry. I’ve gained invaluable experience and it’s a great thing to be doing before starting a degree. > > Zainab. > > Zainab Kwaw-Swanzy > YINI student at the Royal Institution 2011/2012 > > > From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alom Shaha > Sent: 09 July 2012 09:54 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [PSCI-COM] Summer jobs in Science? > > Hello everybody, > > A number of my A-level students are planning to take a year out before going to university and would like to spend some of that time working in a "science" job. > > Does anyone out there know if university science departments might employ school-leavers in any capacity, or of any schemes I could point my students towards? > > Alom > > -- > www.alomshaha.com > ********************************************************************** Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html You may also change your settings and subscribe/unsubscribe to psci-com from the web site. > Psci-com is part of the National Academic Mailing List Service, known as 'JISCMail'. 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