Charity Insights

Based at Imperial on St Mary’s Campus, the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) works to improve the health and development of the world’s poorest populations. SCI is offering an internship for Imperial students, which is eligible for the Charity Insights bursary from the Careers Service.

Working with biostatisticians, the internship will involve data analysis using R, providing an excellent opportunity to develop programming skills. Depending of the statistical and programming experience of the post holder, the role can be further extended to test impact analysis recommendations and determine how these can best be applied in ‘real world’ settings using linear mixed models and sample size calculations or simulations.

For the full job description, and for details on how to apply visit JobsLive. To be considered for the bursary you will need to submit a Charity Insights application form and go through the application process for this – see the website for details.

If you have any questions in regard to this opportunity please email  michelle.clements@imperial.ac.uk or myself and Barnaby via internship.unit@imperial.ac.uk.

Best wishes,

Helen

Placement & Internship Adviser, Careers Service

Read Statistical Internship Opportunity at SCI in full

Your Placement & Internship Advisers, Helen and Barnaby, are running 20 minute Charity Insights Drop-In appointments Monday – Friday over the spring vacation. On the day, book a slot via JobsLive if you have any questions regarding Charity Insights or want some help with your application. We’ve already been helping students with their CVs, speculative cover letters and getting ideas of what type of project may be successful at application stage. These appointments are available Monday – Friday from 2 – 3pm in the weeks of the 13th and 20th of April 2015. We look forward to answering your questions and seeing your final applications!

Best wishes,

Helen & Barnaby

Read Charity Insights Drop-Ins over Spring vacation in full

With the spring term in full swing, the Careers Service is very pleased to announce the opening of applications for Charity Insights 2015. This is an opportunity for returning UG and PhD Imperials students to be awarded a bursary to complete a 4 week long internship with a UK registered charity.

Last summer placements ranged across the charity & not for profit sector, including organisations such as Shelter, Barnado’s and RSPB’s Wild About Hampstead Heath. To mention a few, projects involved investigating the feasibility of renewable energy installations; analysis and research into coffee production; through to creating and launching social media campaigns.

We are opening applications for summer 2015 from Monday 9 February and the deadline is 12 noon on Friday 15 May.  We’re looking forward to reviewing details of new and exciting projects and making Charity Insights 2015 another successful scheme. Check out our eligibility criteria and more information on how to apply on the website.

Any questions, get in touch with your Placement & Internship Advisers on internship.unit@imperial.ac.uk or book an ‘Internship Consultation’ via JobsLive.

Best wishes,

Helen

Read Launch of Charity Insights 2015 in full

Amy and I have been out on the road again since our last tour of Hampstead Heath, Vauxhall and the West End. This time we took in the sights of Moorgate, Victoria and trendy Clerkenwell with one mission in mind; to see how three more Charity Insights internships were progressing! Okay, with one minor detour for cupcakes at Bea’s of Bloomsbury…

We got to catch up with Jay, Rupert and Chun-Yin interning at the British Red Cross, The Passage and Sense about Science respectively. What stood out about these visits was the variety that working in the charity sector can offer. At our visit to the British Red Cross we saw a working environment of being in a large office with a large building dedicated to the charity and hundreds of employees working on different tasks and projects. The Passage and Sense about Science showed us a more intimate office environment with a small team all working together and getting stuck in wherever help was needed. The projects also varied massively from software and IT solutions, policy and report writing, through to graphic design and communication. From speaking to all three students, they really have learnt so much in their time with their charity and have been given the time and flexibility from their supervisors to grow their existing skillset, be it doing Code Academy training or deciphering legal legislation and copyright laws.

Whilst there were differences to these internships, there were also some commonalities. All took on early responsibility, with Jay being put straight into an urgent project with a deadline of two days after his start date. Rupert was also keen to take the lead on his project and set about defining his research and initiating and setting up meetings to speak to important figures in the field. Chun-Yin has already made leaps to complete various infographics and posters on topics including Radiation and Screening; and still has a week to go in his internship! The supervisors of the internships (Andrew, Miranda and Victoria) were also hugely encouraging, passionate about what they do and really cared about their intern’s future development; not only the progress of specific projects they had been tasked with.

This summer really has been amazing so far for Charity Insights and we’ve loved hearing about your internships through your blogs. And there is still more to come; good luck to Anna and Chandrika who are starting their internships in September!

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