{"id":7741,"date":"2025-05-13T13:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/?p=7741"},"modified":"2025-08-19T14:19:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:19:02","slug":"student-case-study-uoe-public-health-and-sports-sciences-research-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/2025\/05\/13\/student-case-study-uoe-public-health-and-sports-sciences-research-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Case Study: UoE Public Health and Sports Sciences &#8211; Research Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Name of Student: <\/strong>Archie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Job Title:<\/strong> Research Assistant <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2025\/05\/drew-hays-tGYrlchfObE-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7751\" style=\"width:337px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2025\/05\/drew-hays-tGYrlchfObE-unsplash-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2025\/05\/drew-hays-tGYrlchfObE-unsplash-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2025\/05\/drew-hays-tGYrlchfObE-unsplash-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2025\/05\/drew-hays-tGYrlchfObE-unsplash-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2025\/05\/drew-hays-tGYrlchfObE-unsplash-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2025\/05\/drew-hays-tGYrlchfObE-unsplash-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Description of Organisation:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences undertakes impactful research and teaching across all three university themes: Health, Environment and Social Justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Job Summary: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The role involved peer supervision of protocol implementation, supervision of sample analysis, and support in the analysis of bioinformatics data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What was your biggest achievement on your internship?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I supervised a group of students in a research project and I am currently writing up the results of my internship research in a paper to be published. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Were there any challenges and how did you overcome these?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were no challenges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Would you recommend this internship scheme to other students?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, I would recommend the scheme to other students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used it two years in a row and it was the only way I could have funded my internships, it changed my life by letting me explore options in carrying out and presenting research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to find out more about the A2i scheme, you can contact the team via a2i@exeter.ac.uk. 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