Below, you can listen to placement students from the 2020/21 intake talk about their experience in two episodes of the Effective Statistician podcast. Topics included their motivation for doing a placement year, skills and knowledge gained, and the impact of the ongoing COVID pandemic. The students also share their recommendations and tips for anyone thinking of doing a placement year.
The first episode concentrates on the statistician role with the following students taking part:
| Malika Sachdeva | GSK | BSc in Financial Mathematics at Brunel University |
| Rajeev Sood | GSK | MMath in Mathematics at University of Bath |
| Miles Almond | Roche | BSc in Mathematics at University of Bath |
| Nick Thorne | Roche | BSc in Mathematics at University of Cardiff |
| Alex Zimmermann | Amgen | BSc in Mathematics and Statistics Sciences at University of Bath |
For the second episode, focus switched to the programmer role with three more students participating:
| Tohfah Gaibie | Roche | Integrated Masters in Computer Science at University of Leeds |
| Cameron Boddy | Roche | Integrated Masters in Bioengineering at University of Sheffield |
| Keoni Southwick | IQVIA | BSc in Mathematics at University of Bath |
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