Industrial Placement Student Review
by GSK
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at GSK
- 7. Would you recommend GSK to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to GSK
Overview
1/3 - 2/3 lab work, involving a range of activities, generally unsupervised unless necessary, but people are always happy to help if needs be. The rest of the day is generally spent in meetings and writing up experiments etc.
Skills
Lab work skills have developed hugely, feel much more confident talking about my work. In addition, presenting in team meetings (~20 people) and chairing meetings has made me more confident in my presenting skills and ability to showcase my work.
Responsibilities
Yes, after initial training I was given several projects and tasks that were my responsibility over several weeks and months, with minimal supervision unless asked for. We are given plenty of responsibility and all the work is 'real' work useful to the company and projects.
Support & Guidance
Weekly meetings with my manager to update how things are going (not all projects and tasks are given directly by your manager, others in the team etc. will often ask for things to be done), plenty of support and access to help should it be necessary.
Culture
Very forward-thinking, motivated both by a desire to push the company forward monetarily and to push medicines out to those who need it. Culture is very supportive and encourages learning at all stages, not hierarchal with managers etc. being more respected than those 'lower' than them at all, it is very equal.
Your Impressions
Really enjoyed, social aspect good too due to the number of placement students.
Yes
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Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Pharmaceutical, Medicine, Science
London
April 2023
