Graduate champion scheme Review

by Hannah Tounsend

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

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

    • I clean the tools and the area while we plan the day. Hannah has a list of things for me on the day which can vary. Normally I am reclaiming clay, discussing ideas about her work and mine. We make her work which varies in scale and glaze and load the kiln.

    Skills

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

    • I have learnt new skills in ceramics and developed those I already had. We had technical talks about why some things worked and some of the research I did, I can use for myself too.

  • 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?

    • At first I was given very simple tasks but then I was given important things to do as well. I felt very valued and like I was trusted there.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

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

    • Hannah was mostly with me, she was doing her own stuff while I did mine but would stop if I needed advice on what I was doing or finished my tasks.

  • 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?

    • As it was a ceramic studio it was casual and nice, we would talk about work or our personal lives and I enjoyed being there everyday.

  • 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?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 3/5

    Your Impressions

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

    • I enjoyed it so much, I really loved working there.

  • 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 Hannah Tounsend

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Hannah Tounsend to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Hannah Tounsend

    • As long as you are good at making in ceramics this is a good role, you will improve fast.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Product Design, Research

East Midlands

October 2024