{"id":3119,"date":"2021-11-16T15:17:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T14:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/?p=3119"},"modified":"2021-11-16T15:17:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T14:17:27","slug":"student-case-study-university-of-exeter-covid-19-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/2021\/11\/16\/student-case-study-university-of-exeter-covid-19-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Case Study: University of Exeter &#8211; Covid 19 Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/files\/2021\/11\/Platic-bottles.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3121 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/files\/2021\/11\/Platic-bottles.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name of Student:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Kathryn Bullough<\/p>\n<p><strong>Degree Subject:\u00a0<\/strong>MSci Zoology<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Research assistant (COVID-19 plastic bottle pollution)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Company Name:<\/strong>\u00a0University of Exeter<\/p>\n<p><strong>Type of Internship:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.exeter.ac.uk\/careers\/internships\/scp\/\">Student Campus Partnerships (SCPs) \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What were your key duties and responsibilities during your internship?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carrying out a literature review and data analysis of both public poll data and plastic bottle count data to determine how plastic bottle pollution has changed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What outputs and outcomes did you deliver for your\u00a0employer?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Created a publishable report detailing all my findings, along with a blog and presentation to access wider audiences. Discovered that plastic bottle pollution has decreased during the pandemic, however this is likely to be short-lived as life returns to normal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your biggest achievement on your internship?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As part of my time working with the #Oneless team, I was tasked with producing a report detailing how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted plastic bottle pollution. Using a multi-methods approach, I carried out a literature review, analysis of public poll data, and analysis of plastic bottle count data, coming to the conclusion that bottle pollution has decreased, however this is likely to be short-lived as life returns to normal. As a result, I ended up producing a publishable report that will be used by the #Oneless team to determine their strategy coming out of the pandemic, as well as being submitted to a journal later this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skills Learnt:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to Work Under Pressure<\/li>\n<li>Organisation<\/li>\n<li>Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Strategic Planning<\/li>\n<li>Decision Making<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Attributes Developed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Logical thinking<\/li>\n<li>Creative thinking<\/li>\n<li>Independence<\/li>\n<li>Work Ethic<\/li>\n<li>Professionalism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Your message to other students considering a similar job role,\u00a0organisation\u00a0or sector?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;My internship experience was a lot more challenging, but also a lot more rewarding than I expected. I was really pushed to reach my full potential, and as a result produced a genuinely useful and original report that will be used to guide future policies related to conservation.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name of Student:\u00a0\u00a0Kathryn Bullough Degree Subject:\u00a0MSci Zoology Job Title:\u00a0Research assistant (COVID-19 plastic bottle pollution) Company Name:\u00a0University of Exeter Type of Internship:\u00a0Student Campus Partnerships (SCPs) \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,69,5,33,117,129,131,81],"tags":[225,233,235,335,343,369],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Student Case Study: University of Exeter - 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