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Prarthana Madan - JP morgan
This is a photo of me and my fellow industrial placement interns at JP! It was my first scottish ceilidh and I will remain forever grateful to my company and wonderful HR for organising it. Before I joined this company I thought my placement would be all code no culture or fun but fortunately I couldn’t have been more wrong! Our HR Will Mahood created a deep sense of inclusivity and culture that evening, we danced all evening, bonded over not getting the steps and at last all sang the bonnie banks of loch lomond together. That evening made me feel like I truly belonged, in this company, this cohort, and last but not the least glasgow! I love my day to day interactions with my team over coffee chat and debugging sessions but nothing made me feel more part of a team than that ceilidh !
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Tom Gwilliam - RWE
This photo was taken on my first offshore visit, on top of a V112 3MW wind turbine in the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. I’d completed my offshore training two weeks before, so I could put what I’d learned into practice right away. I was very relieved to discover that I wasn’t afraid of heights, considering I was nearly 100m above sea level! The opportunities to work offshore and see the turbines up close has been my favourite part of my placement, and I hope to go out as much as possible when the weather improves in the spring.
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Sam Green - Atkins Réalis
On the Tees Transporter Bridge in Middlesborough after conducting an inspection of the Backstay Cables. It's an old bridge (Built 1907) so there lots of refurbishment taking place to try and get it back to being operational.
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Rowen King - CERN
This photo was taken at a CERN outreach event, where I spent two days operating one of our quadruped robots. These robots are used for interventions within the accelerator complex, allowing us to inspect and operate in environments that are inaccessible or unsafe for people.
Through my placement at CERN, I’ve had the rare opportunity to visit the Large Hadron Collider tunnel itself and see firsthand how cutting-edge engineering supports fundamental physics. Living and working in Geneva has also meant sharing unforgettable experiences with colleagues beyond the lab - from skiing in the Alps to hiking in Switzerland.
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Charli - Rolls-Royce
I am standing next to a model of the Ultra Fan engine. When applying to Rolls Royce I talked so much about how excited I was to research more about the engine, that my team is primarily focus is Ultra fan. So I get to learn more about it everyday.
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Will - Arup
Here I am in rural Wales surveying culverts! This project involved driving off road through forests across Wales locating and surveying culverts in all weather conditions. Key skills I learnt involved an outdoor first aid course and a day of very fun specialist 4x4 off road training which came in handy when having to traverse through some very muddy terrain! This is just one of the many projects I have got involved with so far spanning the whole breadth of the water cycle ranging from advising on flood protection for a city farm to designing sewer systems for Welsh villages.
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Leila - CERN
While at CERN, I had the opportunity to visit the LHCb detector, located 100 metres underground in Ferney-Voltaire, France. This is one of four main detectors at CERN, stationed along the 27 km-long Large Hadron Collider (LHC). These photos show the cross-section of the first-generation detector, operated from 2010-2018. The right-hand photo demonstrates its sheer size, measuring 10 metres high and 13 metres wide. The LHCb experiment gets its name from the b quarks it specialises in detecting. These quarks are key to understanding why matter dominates over antimatter, and ultimately, why our universe is the way it is.
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Umut - Sent Into Space
I had the opportunity to work on some of the most unique projects during my time at Sent Into Space, including the world's first beer pour in space. The bottom photo shows me working on the craft, while the top photo captures the pour itself from the actual launch footage!
Faculty of Science
Karl - Kyowa Kirin International
After a long day of connecting with key opinion leaders (KOLs), attending symposiums and viewing posters at the British Society of Paediatric Endocrinology (BSPED) 2025 Annual Meeting in Sheffield, my colleagues Craig, Holly and I sat down for a well-deserved dinner. Fieldwork is a key aspect of both medical affairs and commercial teams within a pharmaceutical company. At congresses such as BSPED, it allows the company to connect with subject matter experts and to make our presence known whilst keeping ourselves well informed of the latest findings within the disease area.
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Theo Hunter - Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust
As part of my placement with Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust we've been conducting a harvest mouse nest survey at Woodhouse Washlands. We found 215 nests, which is a 424% increase from the last time the survey was done three years ago. This is a photo of a bird we saw while we were surveying called a jack snipe. It's incredibly well camouflaged - see if you can spot it (hint: it's in the middle of the frame, you can just see its eye). Credit to Rebecca Huang for the photo!
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Hannah Marsh - Game and Wildlife Trust
A common Cross Bill caught whilst mist netting. All birds handled under the correct BTO licencing.
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Nairne Clark - Porsche Cars Great Britain
This photograph captures a moment from my placement year at the Porsche Experience Centre in Silverstone, taken on the iconic Silverstone track. The 911 pictured was one of several Porsche models I had the chance to drive as part of my role, giving me invaluable insight into the brand’s engineering and performance. The experience deepened my understanding of the product range and strengthened my appreciation for the precision and innovation behind Porsche’s identity.
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Bade - The Living Rainforest
This is Cinnamon, our free ranging two-toed sloth at The Living Rainforest. Sloths are nocturnal, so she is normally asleep during the day, but sometimes she wakes up and waits for us to give her a treat. Her favourites are parsnips and sweetcorn; in this photo, I'm giving her a piece of parsnip. As one of the keepers, I've had the amazing opportunity to work closely with her, observing her behaviour and ensuring her wellbeing. Working with Cinnamon is one of my favourite parts of my job. I love getting to interact with such an interesting and misunderstood animal.
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Tala Halawani - QIAGEN
Pictured here is me adding a rubber seal to this nanoplate, ready to be loaded into the QIAcuityDx for digital PCR.
The automated system partitions, thermocycles and images the fluorescence of this plate, providing absolute quantification of my template DNA in under 2 hours.
Utilising dPCR as part of the diagnostic assays team is highly rewarding and contributes significantly to clinical applications like rare mutation detection or genotyping.
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Isla - Becky Mayer Centre for Phage Research
This is a picture of me, at the Becky Mayer Centre for Phage Research, screening hundreds of zoo poo samples to see if they contain bacteriophages that we can use to kill antimicrobial-resistant clinical bacterial strains, which hopefully could be used one day to save a life. This one was Sumatran Tiger, completely black, and it was the worst smell I have ever smelt in my life!
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Jessica - Sika
This is the PPE we wear to handle some hazardous chemicals that go into our reaction. While this seems scary, we are well trained in how to handle all chemicals we use. At the end of the reaction, due to the magic of chemistry, our finished product has no hazards! The reaction makes a resin which will eventually go into paint or roofing products. Even though my job is to research paint, it is far from watching paint dry!
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Nathan - The Francis Crick Institute
Here I’m at my laboratory bench space, running a set of four different neutrophil functional assays on seven different mouse samples. These will be then analysed using a flow cytometer, which will allow me to compare how different conditions (healthy vs tumour) change the properties of blood neutrophils.
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Oliver - Sanofi
This photo captures a pivotal moment in our recent oncology drug launch, celebrating the 100th patient milestone at our Christmas EOY event with myself placing the 'fireball' sticker on, to mark this achievement. As marketing assistant, I designed and coordinated this visual patient tracker to drive internal awareness and engagement across the team. It has become a focal point in our office, helping to transform these clinical milestones into tangible celebrations.
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Rosie McGarry - TJX Europe
This photograph includes me holding the ribbon for the TK Maxx store opening in Meadowhall! Having the opportunity to travel to different locations with work has been brilliant, but there's nothing quite like coming back up north to Sheffield!
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Alice - The British Council
I work as a language assistant in Quebec, Canada and this photo was taken on a school trip to New York City! My school very kindly gave me the opportunity to help supervise the trip which meant that I got to visit NYC for free right before Christmas break! With the Christmas markets and the decorations, it was the perfect time to be in the city! The school paid for my transport, accommodation, food and activities such as a visit to Madame Tussauds, entry to the 9/11 museum and a boat trip to see the Statue of Liberty! This photo was taken in Central Park and you may struggle to spot me amongst the students but I'm on the far right, crouched with blue jeans!
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Lucy G - GXO
Pictured is a view from one of our VNA (Very Narrow Aisle) trucks looking down on B&Q Redhouse’s Regional Command Centre (RCC). The VNA trucks reach approximately 56ft up in the air, however, this photo was taken at approximately 40ft which gave a ranged view of the whole department. Despite pursuing both a degree and career in law, this placement has truly fascinated me in technology, machinery and the future of both my site and others within the Wincanton/GXO company. As fun as going up on the VNA was, next time I think I’ll do some photos on lower ground!
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Brandon - The Walt Disney Company
Just me flying from meeting to meeting in the millennium falcon... Star Wars is one of the many brands of The Walt Disney Company, where I am conducting a 12-month brand marketing placement within the Disney Consumer Products team!
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Eloise - Bedfordshire Police
This is me pictured in Bedfordshire Police Headquarters, with my office just in the background! My placement in Bedfordshire Police has brought my BA Criminology course to life. I have worked on and led key projects within my local Police Force. For example, I was project lead for Operation Lester, a national anti-spiking campaign, and I am now working on Victim attrition in the Rape and Serious Sexual Offences team through Operation Soteria. I am proud that the work I do here directly helps people, and I am making a difference in my local force!
Faculty of Social Sciences
Sophie Warren - Electronic Arts (EA)
Celebrating the launch of Battlefield 6 with EA! I’m working as a creative copywriter on the best-selling FPS video game of 2025, marking a huge moment in my career. This picture was taken in our Guildford office, where the day was filled with speakers, freebies, and plenty of games, highlighting the work and effort put into such a massive reveal and launch. It’s been incredible writing and creating for such a beloved franchise!
Faculty of Social Sciences
Henry - Bank of England
The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. The heart of finance for however many years, and the backdrop to a placement year where I’ve played an active role supporting monetary policy, developing analysis that informs Bank Rate decisions to balance inflation and growth. From dashboards and briefings to macroeconomic intel and scenario forecasting. This work has meant turning data into insight, helping policymakers weigh key macroeconomic trade‑offs. This photo captures the City of London's beauty, where the Bank of England’s 18th‑century architecture stands proudly alongside modern glass masterpieces, blending centuries of tradition with the energy of a contemporary global financial hub.
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Charlie Tittensor - The Co-op
Olly Murs Preforming at the Pioneer Awards (co-op annual ball) at the Co-op Live. This do, hosted by Dermot O’Leary was one of the highlights of my placement.
Faculty of Social Sciences
Emma - Samsung
An unforgettable moment from my placement year - standing on stage at the Mobile Industry Awards while Samsung picked up the award for Best Place to Work, plus Smartphone Manufacturer of the Year. A proud pinch-me moment being part of a team that genuinely puts its people first (and clearly does great phones too) - and yes, that is Kerry Godliman on the left!!
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Yasmine - Environment Agency
The Environment Agency has flexibility to dip into other teams. I was given the opportunity to look at the inner workings of Analysis & Reporting, under the Hydrology team. As a taster, I was given some specimens to look at in their lab. This was a stonefly specimen.
Stoneflies and other bugs, like mayflies, are an indicator species which give a more accurate picture of the water quality due to their sensitivity to organic pollutants. The team samples in spring and autumn, but in special cases like the drought in summer 2025, they did an extra one to ensure quality.
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