Eva, Employability and Work Placement Assistant

Degree: MA in Human Rights and International Politics 2017 Job Role: An Employability and Work Placement Assistant works within the Student Employability and Acadmic Success team to provide administrative support covering all aspects of emplyability and in particular, work placements across all colleges. Eva’s Experience: I am originally from Athens, Greece and started applying for jobs, in various NGOs … Continue reading Eva, Employability and Work Placement Assistant

Rosie, Waste Management Support Officer DCC

Degree: BSc Biological Sciences 2017 Job Role: A Waste Management Support Officer works for Devon County Council on various projects, including promoting schools waste education work, supporting the Waste@Work scheme and changing behaviour. Rosie’s Experience: Completing a GBP is a perfect opportunity to try out a field of interest without committing the rest of your … Continue reading Rosie, Waste Management Support Officer DCC

Simon, Higher Education Project Officer

Degree: BA History and Politics 2017 Job Role: A Higher Education Project Officer provides support for projects in the Exeter Education Incubator, supporting academics who are working on projects to reimagine how university education can be delivered. Simon’s Experience: I applied for this GBP because it was an exciting chance for me to learn a variety … Continue reading Simon, Higher Education Project Officer

Sam, Higher Education Project Officer

Degree: Biological Sciences at University of Exeter 2017 Job Role: A Higher Education Project Officer provides support for projects in the Exeter Education Incubator, supporting academics who are working on projects to reimagine how university education can be delivered. Sam’s Experience: Applying to be a GBP arose at a difficult time post-uni, when my original master’s … Continue reading Sam, Higher Education Project Officer

Catherine, Higher Education Project Officer

Degree: BA Geography with European Study 2017 Job Role: A Higher Education Project Officer provides support for projects in the Exeter Education Incubator, supporting academics who are working on projects to reimagine how university education can be delivered. Catherine’s Experience: I decided to apply for a GBP internship to help me further my skills. I … Continue reading Catherine, Higher Education Project Officer

Marie, Survey Project Officer

Degree: BA Philosophy and Sociology 2017 Job Role: A Survey Project Officer undertakes data collection, inputting and profiling. Working with academics, graduates and postgrads they support survey completion and promote the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education survey. Marie’s Experience: I am very interested in pursuing a teaching career, and the GBP is giving me … Continue reading Marie, Survey Project Officer

Eleanor, Careers Information and Student Engagement Assistant

Degree: Literary Studies MA 2017 Job Role: A Careers Information and Student Engagement Assistant provides careers information and advice to students and recent graduates, and supporting the student engagement agenda. Eleanor’s Experience: My role within the Careers Team includes manning the Career Zone desk at St Luke’s, providing careers support for students on an ad-hoc basis and … Continue reading Eleanor, Careers Information and Student Engagement Assistant

Employment Services Administration Assistant – University of Exeter, Exeter

What were your main duties and responsibilities during the course of your internship? Latterly my main role was to oversee and organise follow up for the Employment services team, and deal with any queries that revolved around this. Previous to this I also helped with returning signed contracts, advertising new GBP placements on external University … Continue reading Employment Services Administration Assistant – University of Exeter, Exeter

Data Analyst – Citizen’s Advice Bureau, Exeter

What were your main duties and responsibilities during the course of your internship? These included analysing data from their recent wellbeing survey, specifically exploring gender and age differences and summarising my findings in a report.  I also provided recommendations on how to improve the survey. Once this was finished, I helped with research into local … Continue reading Data Analyst – Citizen’s Advice Bureau, Exeter

Graduate Finance Associate – University of Exeter, Finance Services

What were your main roles and responsibilities during the course of your internship? My main responsibilities were assisting my colleagues with various daily and monthly tasks (including staff monitoring and modelling bursary allocations), carrying out and presenting data analysis and processing journals for management accounts. I contributed to the preparation of the University’s Access Agreement … Continue reading Graduate Finance Associate – University of Exeter, Finance Services