{"id":5695,"date":"2024-10-10T11:01:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T11:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/?p=5695"},"modified":"2024-10-10T11:01:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T11:01:36","slug":"student-case-study-students-as-change-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/2024\/10\/10\/student-case-study-students-as-change-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Case Study: Students as Change Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Name of Student: <\/strong>Samuel Herbert&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Job Title: <\/strong>Students as Change Agent Project Lead&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Company Name:<\/strong> University of Exeter &#8211; Students as Change Agents&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Description of Organisation:<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students as Change Agents (SACA) is the University\u2019s pathway for empowering students to actively improve the university experience for themselves and their peers via leadership and participation in a series of impactful change projects&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What was your biggest achievement on your internship?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Networking and using the connections I formed by consistently reaching out to people to find new avenues for my project. 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