Cancer Grand Challenges Intern Review
by Cancer Research UK
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
4.8
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 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 Cancer Research UK
- 7. Would you recommend Cancer Research UK to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Cancer Research UK
Overview
Cancer Grand Challenges is a global funding initiative founded in 2020 by the two largest funders of cancer research in the world: Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the US. Cancer Grand Challenges (CGC) builds on the success of CRUK’s Grand Challenge that launched in 2015 - we’re currently supporting eleven interdisciplinary teams across ten countries. I am involved in developing the future leaders programme
Skills
I have developed an understanding of different areas of cancer that vary across the different research teams we fund. I have developed my strategic skills through helping to organise events. I utilise excel and PowerPoint daily, analysing spreadsheets and collecting data. Involved in a financial audit
Responsibilities
Yes I was supporting the future leaders programme and as part of this was given my own project
Support & Guidance
I had 2 line managers that supported me throughout the internship
Culture
Lovely, I enjoyed working with all of my team
Your Impressions
Really enjoyed
Yes
Understanding the different positions within a team, and the different teams within CRUK
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Research
London
August 2023
