{"id":4271,"date":"2023-08-31T15:26:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T14:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2023-10-03T10:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T10:15:28","slug":"student-case-study-exeter-science-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/2023\/08\/31\/student-case-study-exeter-science-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Case Study: Exeter Science Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Name of Student: <\/span><\/b>Rebecca Jones<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Degree Subject: <\/span><\/b>Global Sustainability Solutions<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Job Title: <\/span><\/b>Carbon accountant<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Company Name:<\/span><\/b> <\/span>Exeter Science Park<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Description of Organisation:<\/span><\/b>  <\/span><\/p>\n

Exeter Science Park is the South West\u2019s centre of activity for businesses in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM).<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

It is the result of a vision to develop a regional science park that stimulates a knowledge-based economy, delivering better jobs, higher productivity and economic growth.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Their mission is to help innovative STEMM businesses to deliver extraordinary growth in a like-minded community.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Type of Internship:<\/span><\/b>  <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span>Student Business Partnerships (SBPs) <\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

What were your key duties and responsibilities during your internship?<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

To calculate carbon footprint for Exeter Science Park and calculate emissions from commuting habits. Also, to provide recommendations on how to lower emissions and which aspects of business protocol were most carbon intensive and create presentation and report of findings.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

What was your biggest achievement on your internship?<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

Creating a carbon footprint report for the whole company! The work increased my confidence, gave me insight into corporate life, and provided me with experience that has enhanced my CV massively.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Were there any challenges and how did you overcome these? <\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

Being a remote worker, it was difficult to always stay in contact with the company. We scheduled weekly phone calls to overcome this. Also, being from a non-accounting background, I also struggled with some of the technical expense data. A combination of extra research and maintaining contact with the finance team helped me with this.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Skills Learnt: <\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n