Summer Placement Student (Acoustics) Review

by Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)

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Rating

3.3/5
  • The Role
    3.8
  • The Company
    3.7
  • The Culture
    2.3

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • The projects I were given were very interesting and I enjoyed having the freedom to make my own decisions about how to tackle my project.

    4/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • I felt like the work I was doing would be of some value to the team once I had left. I was entrusted to decide myself what to do on a day to day basis, so I felt like my colleagues valued my judgement.

    4/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • My supervisors where always there if I had any questions about what I was doing and checked up on me from time to time to make sure that I was on the right track.

    4/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • I always had something to do, though it did often involve watching my computer run programs (I'm not sure anything could have been done about this though!)

    4/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • I was set a project and given a lot of freedom in how I completed it and what I did on a day to day basis.

    4/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • I think the programming experience I gained will be very useful in my later studies, as will the physics knowledge I gained.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • The general atmosphere was quite relaxed

    4/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • The internship was pretty well organised and i always had something to do

    4/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • They made sure that what I was doing would be beneficial for me in terms of developing my knowledge and skills and would be something that I found interesting

    4/5

  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
  • Flexi Time

    Sports and Social Club

    Subsidised/Company Gym

    Staff Sales/Staff Shop

    Above 25 days holiday

    4/5

  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
  • I got the impression that they would be glad to have me back next year and would be keen to enrol me in the graduate scheme if I wished.

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
  • I didn't really get involved with this

    3/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • I stayed with a relative, so I'm not really sure

    3/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • I didn't really investigate this but got the impression it was pretty poor

    2/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • There was a new starters group that did activities outside of work but I did not get involved

    3/5

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

South West

September 2013


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