I really enjoyed my work placement. I was settled quickly into lab work, with full support from my colleagues and really enjoyed producing data that benefited the team. I learnt a lot from others around me, and I loved working for such a big company as I ...
I really enjoyed my placement throughout the whole 12 months I was there. The first couple of months were quite mundane with the amount of training that was required but after all of the training was complete, I was extremely busy, working in the labs eve...
I have definitely enjoyed my role at AstraZeneca. My department has been able to expose me to various parts of R&D and have been very supportive. The atmosphere at work was always very welcoming and then when COVID19 came around and we had to work from ho...
I am really glad I did this work placement. I got the opportunity to work with a wide range of people, and appreciated learning about so many aspects of research and drug development. It has improved my abilities in presenting and speaking, critical think...
I very much enjoyed my work placement at AstraZeneca. There is a friendly working environment with lots of opportunities to socialise with other students. I was given lots of support as a student, from my supervisor, and so were the other students that I ...
Great experience, full of challenges and opportunities. You can focus not only on your main project, but also draw from all the additional opportunities you can create or find within the company. All that with great deal of support, training and advice. Y...
The work was challenging but incredibly rewarding. Everything from the academic and pastoral support was amazing.
I have absolutely loved working at AstraZeneca, I have had so many opportunities to learn new skills, meet new people and find out more about the industry. I have been treated as a full member of staff and not just a student, I felt like an important part...
I had a great time on my placement, starting at the same time as other placement students made it really easy to make friends at the company. I learnt a lot during my placement year and loved the work I was doing.
Overall, the placement was very enjoyable. I found the first month or two to be quite challenging, but once I had gained some experience in the lab and with the computer systems I felt much more comfortable. I was exposed to some really interesting scien...
I really enjoyed my placement, I developed so much as a scientist and used the knowledge I had obtained during my degree in a practical manner. I think there was a good social aspect and a good support system for me and I fitted in well with the rest of m...
I enjoyed my twelve month placement at AstraZeneca as it gave me the opportunity to learn more about an area I was interested in pursuing a career in and to gain practical skills related to this career. As AstraZeneca has a large number of placement stude...
I enjoyed my internship far more than I could have ever hoped for. Its definitely one of the best decisions I've made to do it.
I've thoroughly enjoyed my year at AstraZeneca. The dynamic range of roles within the placement has provided an invaluable set of skills and knowledge for any future career within science and the pharmaceutical industry. Even in circumstances of COVID-19 ...
I have thoroughly enjoyed my placement and can say it has provided me with invaluable experience in many areas. My lab skills have improved dramatically and I have experienced what it is like to have a full time job. It has also helped me to learn to crea...
At the beginning of placement I felt slightly out of depth as I did not have much computational experiance and I was doing a bioinformatics placement. However once I became more confident in the work I was doing I felt that my overall experience in my pla...
I really enjoyed my experience. It was nice to get a break from academia and get a good insight into life in industry. By doing the placement year, it has reassured me that I want to continue with work in industry instead of academia after university. The...
I thoroughly enjoyed my industrial placement at AstraZeneca. I was given considerable flexibility and freedom over my project outline which was properly explained to me at the start, and I had the chance to build a good network of young scientists met at ...
I really enjoyed working at AstraZeneca. The placement was fulfilling and I got my own project to work on with the support of highly experienced colleagues in the field. The salary was competitive and HR operations were efficient. My relationship with my ...
I thoroughly enjoyed my year placement at AstraZeneca. I had minimal lab experience going into the role but now with the encouragement and guidance of my managers and teams, I am both confident and independent in my lab activities. As a student, you a...
