internship Archive
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Internship at POST: Blog 4
Posted on October 10, 2017 | No CommentsBlog 4: Writing the POSTnote The aim of a POSTnote is to inform Parliamentarians (MPs and Peers) about an important science topic that is relevant […] -
Internship at École Normale Supérieure: Blog 2
Posted on October 10, 2017 | No CommentsBlog 2: A Summer of Science in Paris Coming to the end of my two-month internship, I’ve been reflecting upon what exactly I’ve learnt from […] -
Internship at the Smithsonian: Blog 5
Posted on October 8, 2017 | No CommentsBlog 5: The Taxonomist’s Assistants So far in these posts I have practically maintained a fiction that the entirety of research is done by curators […] -
Internship at POST: Blog 3
Posted on September 21, 2017 | No CommentsBlog 3: Working in Parliament The three months during which I was interning at POST were a particularly chaotic time for UK politics. When I […] -
Internship at the Smithsonian: Blog 4
Posted on September 12, 2017 | No CommentsBlog 4: The Taxonomist’s Psyche You might wonder, with fair justification, just what sort of madness drives someone into systematics, let alone molluscan systematics. After […] -
Internship at École Normale Supérieure: Blog 1
Posted on August 29, 2017 | No CommentsBlog 1: The Secret Lives of Diatoms This summer I’m lucky enough to be interning in a laboratory based at the École Normale Supérieure in […] -
Internship at the Smithsonian: Blog 3
Posted on August 24, 2017 | No CommentsBlog 3: The Taxonomist’s Tales Not every second of the work day is spent at work; indeed there are often stretches of time where there […] -
My Micro-Internship at the Curiosity Box: Bulk Buying Marshmallows and Inspiring Children
Posted on August 21, 2017 | 2 CommentsSTEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) is needed and, more importantly, STEM is wanted. The former is obvious, because many countries like the United Kingdom […] -
Internship at the Smithsonian: Blog 2
Posted on August 17, 2017 | No CommentsBlog 2: The Taxonomist’s Work When people imagine science, they imagine how it is in the movies. Men in white lab coats, peering into the […] -
Internship at the Smithsonian: Blog 1
Posted on August 9, 2017 | No CommentsBlog 1: The Taxonomist’s Office To an outsider, the most shocking thing about a scientist’s office is its poverty. In nearly every other field that […] -
Internship at POST: Blog 2
Posted on August 4, 2017 | No CommentsBlog 2: Engaging with Parliament During my 3-month internship at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), I was responsible for researching and producing […] -
Internship at POST: Blog 1
Posted on July 20, 2017 | No CommentsBlog 1: Science and Parliament As scientists, many of us aim to make significant changes, both nationally and globally, through our research and discoveries. But […]