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Summer Associate
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Internship (1 Month+)
As an intern my work was spread around a few different teams in the department Effectively I was picking up jobs around the department which meant I got a breadth work and met nearly everyone I did a lot of work on PowerPoint Excel and Word Excel
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Summer Intern
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Internship (1 Month+)
My work and responsibilities have varied over the course of the internship depending on the specific tasks that I was working on at a given point in time However for the most part Ive worked on thematic review projects while these have all differed
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Corporate Finance Intern
- EY
- Internship (1 Month+)
Being assigned various assignments daily by different members of the team This ranges from research tasks using Microsoft excel powerpoint and also using Microsoft Teams to communicate with the wider team across the country as well as clients The m
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Communications and Government Affairs Placement
- GSK
- Placement (10 Months+)
I worked in Communications and Govt Affairs mostly on internal communications A large part of my role was based around trying to streamline my team039s ways of working and communicate our activities for the leadership team I also worked on external
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Intern Corporate Affairs
- GSK
- Placement (10 Months+)
Different projects every week freedom to engage in things that I was more keen to learn about Weekly catch ups with my manager to review my to do list and multiple opportunities to engage in activities that have helped me develop my knowledge in areas b
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Summer Intern
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Internship (1 Month+)
Working in a small team of about five to six people within the supervision department Tasks including taking notes at external meetings drafting communications and researching cases I had responsibility for smaller tasks within larger projects such as
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General Intern
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Internship (1 Month+)
My role in the EU Strategy and Engagement team involved monitoring EU authorities attending online speaker events and European Parliament hearings doing research for briefings for senior leadership speeches assessing EU jurisdictions for their regulati
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Service Delivery Intern
- IBM
- Placement (10 Months+)
I worked within the Service Delivery Team on the ESR Account I was responsible for providing support to all managers across the whole team I worked with the Service Monitoring Team to analyse statistics daily regarding the performance of the service I
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Participant
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Internship (1 Month+)
The first day of the programme consisted of an introductory talk from Sheldon Mills Next was a chance to speak to graduates at the FCA who kindly fielded our questions and gave us their experiences We then prepared for the assessment centre that came
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Summer Associate
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Internship (1 Month+)
I thoroughly enjoyed my internship Overall it was interesting work in an extremely supportive environment with a clear and helpful manager Also I learnt a lot about my teams work and information about other business areas which was extremely interes
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Intern
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Internship (1 Month+)
On the whole Ive enjoyed the experience to a large extent However sometimes the fact that the whole programme has been online has sometimes felt that Ive been slightly disconnected However I recognise that it would have been impossible to hold the
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Summer Intern
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Internship (1 Month+)
I thoroughly enjoyed the programme It was fascinating to learn and take part in what the FCA does I really liked working as a team with other interns on the community project I found the training to help me develop my own skills Furthermore the oppor
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Summer Intern
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Internship (1 Month+)
My time at the FCA was really good It was done remotely during the coronavirus pandemic which meant I probably missed out on some social activities and didnt get to know my team quite as well as I would have liked but considering the circumstances Im
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Summer Intern
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Internship (1 Month+)
The culture of the FCA is fantastic it is open encouraging and emphasises investment in its workers The work I did was enjoyable too I was involved in some unexpectedly highlevel work for an intern However I was placed in a division where there
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Industrial Placement - Supply Chain
- Unilever
- Placement (10 Months+)
Overall I think this is a very good placement scheme and an enjoyable experience Unilevers friendly atmosphere helped me to settle in from day one and Ive really enjoyed working with some great people I was lucky enough to be based in the London off
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Finance Analyst
- IBM
- Placement (10 Months+)
I thoroughly enjoyed my placement year with IBM for a number of reasons First you are doing vital work and from the first day you are given real responsibility in a manageable load So you make an impact straight away but crucially you are not overwh
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