SAMBa students are encouraged to explore opportunities to undertake an academic or industrial placement during their PhD research phase and have undertaken work in a wide range of organisations.
Much has been achieved with this visit and more is expected to come from it. All in all, it has been a fruitful experience, and I’d be happy to recommend it to both students and supervisors.
I gained insight into what it would be like to have a career in industry. It was great to experience the culture in the offices, and the learn about processes they use to progress research and development projects.
My communication and collaboration skills benefitted from this experience, and I learnt about the working environment within a private company in the software industry
I was able to meet amazing people from different backgrounds that helped me so much understanding the work and made me feel welcomed
I highly recommend the internship to PhD students who are curious about research impact and policy and who are looking to gain work experience beyond academia and industry.
...this research visit provided me with an invaluable opportunity to work and network with world leading experts
Doing an internship during my PhD was a great way to learn about opportunities to apply my technical skills to high impact real-life problems in the finance industry and to secure a permanent role in the team I knew I enjoyed working with
I would absolutely recommend such an experience...to get an understanding of how valuable mathematical research can be in such a diverse set of problem domains
My research will benefit from this because I experienced a different and differently organised environment, with other ways (but similar) of working together to achieve the desired goals
