Industrial Year Placements – Amgen

At Amgen, we are committed to fostering talent and providing real-world experience to students through our placement program which we have run successfully for 16 years.  We offer a unique chance for students to apply their academic knowledge in a professional setting, learn from industry experts and develop essential skills that will prepare them for successful careers.

 

The placement will commence from 1st July 2024-30th June 2025.  We currently have openings for students in the following roles:

 

2 Statisticians in Biostatistics based in Cambridge/Uxbridge, UK

2 Observational Research Programmers based in Uxbridge, UK

1 Clinical Systems Analyst in Clinical Systems and Analytical Reporting based in Cambridge, UK

1 Clinical Trial Operations Analyst based in Cambridge, UK

1 Statistician in the Data Science Team based in Cambridge/Uxbridge, UK

 

These positions all come with a competitive salary of £22,000 for the year.

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Applications are via Hays Recruitment (https://www.applybe.com/haysapply/search/vacancy/all/1/5628459) and the closing date is 22nd October 2023.  All interviews will be conducted in our Cambridge office on 15th to 17th November.

Software Engineering Intern – Sophos

The student currently on his IY at Sophos has mailed to say they have advertised the IY positions for next year (see below). It raises the interesting point about remote working. In general I believe it is better to have at least some face-to-face in-the-office time for an industrial year job. However the work landscape is changing fast and remote working is being adopted by some companies and industries. A lot depends on the level of support the company provides. For employers that provide great support and monitoring and for people who have the self discipline and won’t go crazy working ‘alone’ for extended periods it can work, however remote working does not suit everyone so before anyone accepts a 100% remote working IY position you need to talk to me (nns@ber.ac.uk) and discuss it.

 

I am currently on my placement year with Sophos, I wanted to let you know that placements for 2024 are available with the deadline being quite soon:

https://jobs.lever.co/sophos/9c8eecc2-1139-481d-8807-882e54c85d24

My experience so far has been brilliant and I recommend them highly for the support I’ve been given.

One thing to note, is that although it will most likely be a fully remote position, the support from my team has been great but it might not suit everyone.

Year in Industry Placement – Net World Sports, Wrexham

Net World Sports_year in industry

 

This placement has just come in (see attachment). It’s in Wrexham – north east Wales. I’ve visited a student at this location before, and this year I think Edel visited – contact either of us if you’d like to know our thoughts. I’m around on Discord most of the time, so give me a shout on there for a chat if you like. Briefly, it is a great placement; the only comment I had from my student there a few years back was that, being on the edge of the town, it helps if you have transport (car, bicycle).

 

As far as I know, they are only advertising to us. So this makes an application to them very worthwhile if you like the look of the job (web dev mainly). I very much want to maintain our relationship with this company, so please apply! If you could let me know you’re applying, that would be great, just so I have an idea of the response. The company’s web site is here: https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.networldsports.co.uk%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cc2db0e740c1345ebb6f808db2f92e040%7Cd47b090e3f5a4ca084d09f89d269f175%7C0%7C0%7C638156080123054979%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=shX2NcczfgCP2CxAkQ6hbqZ7uJLP5dSLtNNZRm3tDLA%3D&reserved=0

 

Angharad