{"id":3809,"date":"2022-07-11T11:30:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T10:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/?p=3809"},"modified":"2022-07-11T11:30:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T10:30:13","slug":"student-case-study-shore-crab-research-intern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/2022\/07\/11\/student-case-study-shore-crab-research-intern\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Case Study: Shore Crab Research Intern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/files\/2022\/10\/pexels-summer-li-584501-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3811 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/files\/2022\/10\/pexels-summer-li-584501-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name of Student:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Madeline Kirby<\/p>\n<p><strong>Degree Subject:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0BSc Marine Biology<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Title:\u00a0<\/strong>SCP6015 Shore Crab Research Intern<\/p>\n<p><strong>Company Name:<\/strong>\u00a0 University 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>Assisting with fieldwork in the intertidal environment. Transferring data from the IUCN redlist to an excel format.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your biggest achievement on your internship?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I personally became more confident with identifying European Green Crabs, and learned a lot about the scientific process and how to conduct research. As I was working with a PHD student, the work I assisted with won&#8217;t be published for a few years yet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Were there any challenges and how did you overcome these? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Catching covid in the first week of my internship was inconvenient, but we adapted by shifting to online tasks. Other challenges were trap placement and how to maximise our catch, so we played around with the methodology until we found the best practise.<\/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>Time and Workload Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Attributes Developed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Logical thinking<\/li>\n<li>Confidence<\/li>\n<li>Creative thinking<\/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>My internship experience was really positive. Working with a postgraduate student was really exciting as I felt I was learning a lot about the scientific method and gaining loads of skills I will be able to take into my own research career. I also felt included and the informal approach made me feel comfortable to ask questions. I loved being able to take a more active role in research and meet other people in the field. I have also secured a part-time internship extension with the team which is exciting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Name of Student:\u00a0\u00a0Madeline Kirby Degree Subject:\u00a0\u00a0BSc Marine Biology Job Title:\u00a0SCP6015 Shore Crab Research Intern Company Name:\u00a0 University of Exeter Type of Internship:\u00a0 Student Campus [&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":[103,111,5,33,129,131,157,81],"tags":[219,225,343,369],"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: Shore Crab Research Intern - UoE Internship Schemes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/2022\/07\/11\/student-case-study-shore-crab-research-intern\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Student Case Study: Shore Crab Research Intern - 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