{"id":323,"date":"2016-11-22T20:37:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T20:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/?p=323"},"modified":"2016-11-23T19:15:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T19:15:38","slug":"2017-summer-placements-in-biological-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/2016\/11\/22\/2017-summer-placements-in-biological-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Summer placements in Biological Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>22th November 2016<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"334\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/2016\/11\/22\/2017-summer-placements-in-biological-sciences\/career-growth-photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2016\/11\/career-growth-photo.jpg?fit=500%2C334&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,334\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"career-growth-photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2016\/11\/career-growth-photo.jpg?fit=500%2C334&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-334 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2016\/11\/career-growth-photo.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"career-growth-photo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2016\/11\/career-growth-photo.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2016\/11\/career-growth-photo.jpg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2016\/11\/career-growth-photo.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2016\/11\/career-growth-photo.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>David Tumbarello held a workshop on undergraduate Summer placements on 21st November.\u00a0\u00a0All\u00a0\u00a02<sup>nd<\/sup> year undergraduate students are encouraged to\u00a0 contact \u00a0academic staff\u00a0 to explore\u00a0placements in biological sciences labs during\u00a0the summer 2017\u00a0for a period of 6-12 weeks.\u00a0\u00a0This is an excellent opportunity for undergraduate students to gain work experience in a research laboratory and\u00a0obtain \u00a0unique training in research skills as potential future scientists.\u00a0\u00a0 A placement can boost CV&#8217;s and can make student more employable.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to know more about summer placement? &#8211; Read about the experience of previous student who secured summer placement <a href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=109&amp;action=edit\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">here<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are numerous routes to obtain funding that mostly provide the student with a stipend, either through charitable organisations (Wellcome Trust, Alzheimer\u2019s Society, etc.) or through learned societies you may be a member of (Biochemical Society, Genetics Society, Physiology Society, Pharmacology Society, BSCB, etc.).\u00a0 The applications require the effort of both the academic supervisor and the student. A list of potential funding sources with links can be found in the excel sheet &#8211; see link <span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><strong>below<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0(there may be others\u00a0that were missed) \u2013\u00a0 These deadlines range from around January through to early spring. <strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900\" href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2016\/11\/Vacation-studentship-opportunities_2016-17.xlsx\">vacation-studentship-opportunities_2016-17<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u00a0are looking for more general guidance on careers and support in applications for jobs and placements\u00a0please visit the career university site\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/careers\/index.page?\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">click here<\/span><\/strong><\/a> or watch a great video\u00a0with tips on \u00a0writing an application &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/careers\/students\/work-experience\/year-in-employment.page#_ga=1.268475953.1977226279.1478779248\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0or a video made by our own communication students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GGSqReAgZzM\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">click here<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more details contact <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">David Tumbarello <\/span><\/strong>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>22th November 2016 David Tumbarello held a workshop on undergraduate Summer placements on 21st November.\u00a0\u00a0All\u00a0\u00a02nd year undergraduate students are encouraged to\u00a0 contact \u00a0academic staff\u00a0 to explore\u00a0placements in biological sciences labs during\u00a0the summer 2017\u00a0for a period of 6-12 weeks.\u00a0\u00a0This is an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1730,"featured_media":330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,14,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-funding","category-studentships","category-uncategorised"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2016\/11\/summer-students-e1479846835702.jpeg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7IKTM-5d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":805,"url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/2017\/10\/22\/wellcome-trust-vacation-studentships-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":323,"position":0},"title":"Wellcome Trust Vacation Studentships \u2013 2017","author":"Jessica Teeling","date":"22nd October 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Each year we encourage our undergraduate students to apply for a Vacation Studentship to undertake a research projects in the research laboratories of Biological Sciences. 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