Defence stem undergraduate sponsee Review

by AWE

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.

    • Was introduced to the company via a 9 week program of lectures, technical work, public presenting and speaking, and research on a chosen real world topic to be presented on the final day of placement.

    Skills

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

    • Project management, presenting and public speaking, wider domain awareness for the organisation and the wider UK defense industry. Team work. Research. Critical thinking. Analytical skills. Industry required skills.

  • 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 we were given a research project alongside our normal responsibilities to complete ready to defend and present to industry specialists

  • 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?

    • Our facilitators were instrumental in making sure the 9 weeks went well. Alongside giving career advice and how best to approach tasks etc...

  • 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?

    • Great. Very open, collaborative and supportive

  • 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?

    • I enjoyed it

  • 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 AWE

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend AWE to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to AWE

    • Do the research into how Awe fits into the wider UK defense industry and the history of the company

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering

South West

September 2024

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