{"id":3215,"date":"2021-11-19T23:34:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T22:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/?p=3215"},"modified":"2021-11-19T23:34:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T22:34:44","slug":"student-case-study-university-of-exeter-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/2021\/11\/19\/student-case-study-university-of-exeter-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Case Study: University of Exeter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/files\/2021\/11\/STEM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3217 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/files\/2021\/11\/STEM-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name of Student:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Athena Atkinson<\/p>\n<p><strong>Degree Subject:\u00a0<\/strong>MSC Mining Engineering<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Title:\u00a0<\/strong>STEM intern<\/p>\n<p><strong>Company Name:<\/strong>\u00a0 University of Exeter<\/p>\n<p><strong>Type of Internship:<\/strong>\u00a0CEMPS Internship<\/p>\n<p><strong>What were your key duties and responsibilities during your internship?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was my responsibility to collect STEM-related questions for use in the STEM Day quizzes. After the group of interns had finished their respective parts of the presentation, we switched it up to keep it exciting. I also worked on the Growth Mindset part, which highlights the importance of resilience in the learning process. The Growth Mindset was very interesting as I hadn&#8217;t heard about it before this project, and it taught me to have more patience about new academic challenges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What outputs and outcomes did you deliver for your\u00a0employer?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The internship gave me the opportunity to collaborate with a confident group of interns and create activities and quizzes designed to inspire younger students considering STEM. We did this through a series of &#8216;STEM Days&#8217;, days where we would present our content to schools and colleges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your biggest achievement on your internship?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each member of the team had a specific activity to design and make for the STEM Days, where we would present our content to schools and colleges around the UK. I had to create a series of STEM-related quiz questions, which would engage the younger students and encourage thoughts about STEM subjects. I created questions for a range of different topics, and used menti.com to quiz the younger students in a virtual environment. This was very effective, and we were able to discuss each answer afterwards.<\/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;I thoroughly enjoyed being a part of STEM Beyond Boundaries this summer. It gave me the opportunity to collaborate with a confident group of interns and create activities and quizzes designed to inspire younger students considering STEM. We did this through a series of &#8216;STEM Days&#8217;, days where we would present our content to schools and colleges. Digital platforms such as Teams, Zoom, and Google Meet were brilliant in widening participation from schools all over the UK. Each STEM Day was varied with a range of different age groups and number of students. The Q&amp;A session at the end of the presentations were the best part of the internship as you could see what the students had taken in, listen to their thoughts about STEM, and discuss the next steps in their STEM journeys.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name of Student:\u00a0\u00a0Athena Atkinson Degree Subject:\u00a0MSC Mining Engineering Job Title:\u00a0STEM intern Company Name:\u00a0 University of Exeter Type of Internship:\u00a0CEMPS Internship What were your key duties [&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":[69,5,129,45,161,67],"tags":[211,219,225,233,343,369],"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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