Frontrunner - Bioanalytical Chemistry Laboratory Assistant Review

by De Montfort University

Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Assisting colleagues in carrying out a range of research based experiments, keeping record of results to share with colleagues, ensuring the lab was clean.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Adaptability and resilience = adapt skillset to learn new methods, and gain resilience of results not going the way they expected. Task management = engage with a wide range of tasks in the lab, and order them in priority. Communication = maintain a fully recorded lab book and present results orally where required

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Yes, but help was always available.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • Constantly had help and guidance.

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • It was an enjoyable and friendly environment.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • Thoroughly enjoyed it as I got to learn new things and meet new people.

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at De Montfort University

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend De Montfort University to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to De Montfort University

    • They offer a range of opportunities that are suitable for all people.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Research, Science, Chemistry

East Midlands

September 2023

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