{"id":1719,"date":"2016-08-01T10:35:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T10:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2016-08-12T23:01:36","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T23:01:36","slug":"bna-the-internship-continues-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/2016\/08\/01\/bna-the-internship-continues-23\/","title":{"rendered":"BNA: THE INTERNSHIP CONTINUES (2\/3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello again!
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I\u2019ve now reached the end of my second week with the British Neuroscience Association<\/a>, and plan to take one week off before returning. I chose to schedule my internship in this way so I could maximise the number of survey responses, and it also gave me a chance to head back to London to see my friends (and also attend the infamous beer & cricket festival in my boyfriend’s village).<\/span><\/p>\n

This week has really all been about sending off the surveys and reviewing the current marketing material. It sounds deceptively simple. As I had created surveys for three different demographics (undergrad, postgrad and potential associate members), I then had to build up an organised directory of \u201cdissemination points\u201d, or people\/organisations that could distribute my survey for me. For example, as the BNA is based in both Bristol & Cardiff University, I decided to contact the neuroscience course directors (both undergrad and postgrad) and ask if they could send my survey to their students. I also emailed the offices of the various schools involved with neuroscience at the university, e.g. the School of Experimental Psychology, and the School of Clinical Sciences. I contacted relevant societies as well, and also posted in my own course\u2019s Facebook page, with around 150 of my peers at Imperial. All in all, this involved a lot<\/em> of emailing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finding potential associate members was harder. To elucidate, the BNA are planning to introduce a new membership category for \u201cpeople with a genuine interest in neuroscience but who do not work in neuroscience in a professional capacity\u201d. For the student surveys I could also draw on the database of current student members, which helped to bolster the numbers, but I couldn\u2019t do this for associate members. Instead, I had to give some thought to what kind of organisations could reach this specific type of person. I ended up using social media, and contacting Pint of Science, Cafe Scientifique, WI, U3A etc. Most of the people I talked to were more than happy to post my survey on their website and Facebook page – everyone has been an intern at some point. I also utilised the BNA\u2019s social media following by posting my survey on all of their social media outlets. At the time of writing, I currently have around 130 responses for each of the student surveys, and around 60 responses for the associate member survey: more than enough to do some solid analysis on when I return.<\/p>\n

\"Surveys<\/a>
Surveys were created via Surveymonkey.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alongside this, I was tasked with reviewing the current BNA marketing material. After I had given some\u00a0ConCrit, I set about creating my own flyers etc. through Microsoft Publisher. I\u2019m a big fan of art\/design, so I was really happy to be given such a huge responsibility and creative freedom when designing.<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s all for now – have a great week!<\/p>\n

P.S. As I didn’t really take any photos during this week (I was mostly just office based), here’s a picture of one of the first medical drawings done by\u00a0Cajal, the father of modern neuroscience, who beautifully illustrated the\u00a0arborisations of\u00a0neurons.<\/p>\n

\"Drawing<\/a>
Drawing by Cajal showing a section of the spinal cord<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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