Ulster University Placement Diaries

30th May 2017

Jordan Crangle – Placement Blog

Name – Jordan Crangle Company – Allstate NI Role – Placement Software Developer Degree – BEng Software Engineering Talk us through your typical work day? Typically my day would begin with checking my email for any updates from teams based in either the India or US sites. After this, as we are working in the...

12th May 2017

Michael O’Regan – Placement Blog

Name – Michael O’Regan Company – Fenix Solutions Ltd Role – Marketing Executive Degree – BSC (Hons) Marketing A typical day in placement is… A typical day at Fenix consists of a morning discussion about the day’s tasks and how it relates to our long term objectives. From there, my day largely consists of creating...

12th May 2017

Catherine McCooey – Placement Blog

Name – Catherine McCooey Company – Titanic Foundation Ltd. Role – Communications Assistant Degree – BSc Public Relations 1) A typical day in placement is… There was no typical day while I was on my Ulster University placement! No one day was the same. I think that’s what I enjoyed the most. From the planning,...

12th May 2017

Andrew Woodside – Placement Blog

Name – Andrew Woodside Company – Irish FA Role – Referees Analyst/Performance Analyst Degree – Sport Theory and Practice A typical day on placement is watching full football games, either at senior level or a grassroots level, and picking out ‘Key Match Incidents’ such as cautions, dismissals, offsides etc. With grassroots games I am watching...

10th February 2017

Zara Davis – Placement Blog

Name – Zara Davis Company – Lidl NI Role – Bursary Student – Business Development and Management Degree – Business Management – Ulster University Talk us through your typical work day? As part of my Ulster University placement, I’m currently working in Lidl Northern Ireland at the regional distribution centre at Nutts Corner. Every day...

9th February 2017

Placement Blog – Amy Hunter

Name – Amy Hunter Company – Citi Role – Intern – Quality Assurance Degree – Computing Technologies at Ulster University  Talk us through your typical work day? I arrive at the office for 8.30am and go straight for a coffee. Get to the desk and before 9 o’clock I have read through all emails that...

23rd January 2017

Placement Blog – Thomas Gallen

Name – Thomas Gallen         Company – PwC Role – Operations (Finance / Sales & Deployment) Degree – BSc Economics with Finance from Ulster University Talk us through your typical work day? Every morning I’m in the office for 8:20am. The first thing I’ll do when I get in is get my laptop and notebook set...

20th January 2017

Emma Smyth – Placement Blog

Name – Emma Smyth                       Company – Health & Safety Services NI Role – Placement Student Degree – BSc Hons Environmental Health at Ulster University Talk us through your typical work day? A typical work day for me starts with checking my emails every morning on arrival. Generally, the Health and Safety Officer within the business...

19th December 2016

Placement Blog – Mollie Cunningham (Food NI)

Name – Mollie Cunningham Company – Food NI Role –  Admin and Events Assistant Degree – Ulster University’s BSc Hons Consumer Management and Food Innovation Talk us through your typical work day? I arrive into the office at 9.30am and the first thing I do is check my emails. In the run up to events,...

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