UKI Assurance SIP Review

Understandably, as an intern, I wasn't expecting to do "proper" audit work and for the majority of my time it was that way. However, I enjoyed my internship more than my usual summer job as it meant something more and had more significance . Learning about audit in the real world as opposed to theory was interesting.

This feels a bit of a loaded question. I was an intern, I wasn't trained to do tasks and therefore from a professional point of view its understandable that colleagues weren't running to give me their most difficult tasks. However, for the tasks I was given I felt I was valued quite well and no point did I feel I was just wasting time being there.

Management and supervisors were really good at helping with tasks. More than that, managers were happy to help about wider career questions I had which was actually really useful. There was not one person who wasn't willing to help me or answer a question for me which was really good as it meant I didn't feel awkward when asking questions.

Depends on the day. I was never too busy as since I was an intern there wasn't an abundance of work that I could do. There were normally enough tasks for me to do but if there weren't I would have to do Web Based Learnings which really quite got tedious towards the end. Once those were finished it was a bit dull. However it depends by task and by manager. Some jobs were eager to try and find me work whereas others just couldn't find anywork and were happy for me to resort to doing WBL's

I mean I was an intern so not much. However, I was expected to at least do the tasks as well as I could and to ensure that I was actually asking questions so that I was able to finish work. I think the limit of responsibility on me was simply so that I wouldn't refuse to do work-at least if I showed I was willing to finish the work then that would be enough.

Massively. Learning about Audit from theory was really useful before coming into this internship as it helped me understand the reasons why colleagues were doing the things they were doing. The thing I wasn't taught at uni was how to do the things that colleagues were doing. So now I can understand what the tasks in audit are (even though I can't understand fully how they're doing them) has really improved my knowledge of the whole area.

It's work so it wasn't party all the time but it was good. Everyone wasn't just focused on work and there was friendly chat in bursts throughout the day. This meant that (as long as you were willing to join in with conversations) the atmosphere was really friendly and was just a nice place to be.

Ok so the internship was set up well. I knew where I was going to be and at what time and for how long. Other colleagues were willing to give me lifts and the work I was given was organised and set up. Any queries made to buddies was quickly responded to which was overall just really helpful.

The company mainly invested time in me. The time of experienced colleagues who would show me how to do tasks was the most valuable thing they could have given me. We were also given some merch. Free hoodies, water bottles and a torch may be gimmicky but it’s kinda cool, especially if you’re a broke student.

Pretty appealing. I know what the graduates will be doing and I’ve heard how hard it will be and it’s really just convinced me that this is something that I want to be doing. The company atmosphere is really good and there’s a clear career promotion progression which is really good to see.

The social scene was good. There were only about 4 of us at our location and we always had a skype chat open and would occasionally ping messages to see how everyone else was doing. We organised a few socials which were decent fun. The social side was as good as it can get for a Summer Internship programme to be honest.

Fairly expensive. I didn’t live in the area but I went to Uni there so it was easy for me to get accommodation. It cost me around £600 to rent accommodation so I was effectively getting paid this much less than the other interns and this put a strain on my own personal finances as I wasn’t able to do as much as the other interns.

I mean if you know the area you would know its not great on paper but if you’re with your mates in the right frame of mind then any night can be fun. There’s definitely the opportunity to just have a good laugh on a night out which is all you can ask for.

There were a lot of opportunities but as an intern who wasn’t native to the area and was only there for six weeks then a lot of the activities didn’t really seem worth it. If I was there on a placement for 3 months then I probably would have been a lot more proactive.