Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton led the way in offering work placements and we have recently introduced academic placements at a host universities in Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
We provide expert assistance in helping students to secure their placement through a series of pre-placement workshops on CVs, interviews, and assessment centres as well as through the efforts of our placements tutor.
- One-year placements can be in the field or in a research laboratory. Placements are usually paid employment
- There are opportunities, in year two, to undertake one semester at partner universities in Australia, New Zealand and Europe
- We also work with sponsoring agencies to provide vacation scholarships to undertake a research project in our labs during the summer
- If you are interested in mammalian physiology/pharmacology we help students to secure places on the British Pharmacological Society's course, Integrative Pharmacology and Physiology, which provides training for those who want to pursue a research career in this area.
Previous placements include:
- GlaxoSmithKline
- AstraZeneca
- Novartis
- Eli Lilly
- Pfizer
- Sanofi
- Jansen-Cilag
- Science and Technology Research Council
- Kew gardens
- Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust
- Royal Marsden (NHS)
Study abroad opportunities
- University of Adelaide (Adelaide, Australia)
- University of Western Australia (Perth, Australia)
- University of Tasmania (Hobart, Australia)
- Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia)
- James Cook University (Townsville, Australia)
- University of Sydney (Sydney, Australia)
- University of Auckland (Auckland, New Zealand)
- University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria)
- University of Gothenburg (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Contact Information
For more information on student placements please contact Dr David Tumbarello: D.A.Tumbarello@soton.ac.uk
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