Employer Interview: Waterstons

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What placement roles do you offer to Computer Science Undergraduates? 

We offer placements to Undergraduates as Software Consultants – this means they would be writing, testing and developing solutions to solve our customers’ requirements. This might be a fully bespoke application, integrating two systems together or even extending a piece of off-the-shelf software. We typically develop solutions in .NET and in Azure. 

What do students work on during their placement? 

A huge variety of things – you will be client-facing from a very early stage. You might be working as a full member of a team doing agile development for a client or doing smaller pieces of work. You won’t just be coding all day – we need our consultants to understand our clients really well so there are opportunities to visit some amazing client sites and get an insight into a really wide range of sectors and organisations. 

What are the key skills you’re looking for in students applying for placements? 

Communication and teamwork are fundamental to how we work at Waterstons. The ability to organise your time is also a really key one. Technology skills can be learned so we’re looking for that passion for technology but not necessarily the experience yet! 

What support does Waterstons offer for placement students? 

You’ll have a line manager who has regular one to ones and discussions about your progress. You’ll have the opportunity to study for exams based on your interests and where you want to take your career longer term and the chance to do things like self-directed research and development as well. We have regular hackdays to give our teams the space to have fun and learn something new!.The teams are really supportive and will take good care of you as well. 

Have any of our students you’ve previously taken on placement been offered a role after graduation? 

Yes – a huge number of our staff today started their careers as a placement year or year in industry student – including myself! 

How can students find out about the placement vacancies you have available? 

Head to our website and check out the Careers pages. 

Is there anything else you’d like to say? 

If you aren’t sure, ask! Don’t let the lack of technical skills put you off – when I joined, I could just about write some HTML and by the end of my year, I was leading software development projects on my own. 

SU Research Intern – Newcastle University Students’ Union (NUSU)

NUSU are looking to renew and refresh their strategy and services, and over the years, have become disconnected from the SU sector. The new CEO began work with NUSU in June 2023, and over the spring and summer of 2024, will be reviewing resourcing and priorities. This intern post is to assist this process by conducting research of other student unions, benchmarking NUSU activities and spending, by establishing a ‘peer group’ of similar SUs, and conducing online and interview research to compare our outcomes, processes and resourcing.

For more information and to apply, visit MyCareer (link). https://mycareer.ncl.ac.uk/leap/jobs.html?id=65796&service=Careers%20Service

Duration: This internship will take place for 50 hours over the summer vacation. You will attend business premises in Newcastle as well as working remotely. 

Bursary/wage: £625 Bursary

Closing date: 15/04/2024

Impact and Data Officer Intern, Search Newcastle

In Search we use a range of methods to measure our impact, some are “Manual” and on Spreadsheets, and some are captured on existing our database. We are looking at renewing our database/IT system in the coming months and we would like to look at how we measure the impact our services have on the people we support, and what elements of this we can capture in our new Database/IT system as possible.

For more information and to apply, visit MyCareer (link). https://mycareer.ncl.ac.uk/leap/jobs.html?id=65694&service=Careers%20Service

Duration: This internship will run for 50 hours undertaken flexibly around your course. You will attend business premises as well as work remotely

Bursary/wage: £625 Bursary

Closing date: 15/04/2024

Energy Intern – Kinewell Energy

Kinewell Energy is looking to support 2 x internships to support recently awarded projects such as the Technology, Innovation and Green Growth for Offshore Renewables (TIGGOR-2) programme. This project will accelerate innovative technology concepts in key areas for advancing offshore wind development with AI to lower the cost of energy and boost productivity gains.

For more information and to apply, visit MyCareer (link). https://mycareer.ncl.ac.uk/leap/jobs.html?id=65638&service=Careers%20Service

Duration: This Internship will run for 200 hours, either part-time or full-time, over the summer vacation. 

Bursary/wage: £2,500

Closing date: 08/04/2024

NCL Internships

NCL Internships are open to all current Newcastle University students and provide a unique opportunity to gain valuable graduate level work experience alongside your course.

Opportunities are advertised throughout the year and you find all current vacancies on My Career by searching ‘NCL Internship’

The following NCL Internships are advertising on MyCareer right now:

Marine Summer School Teaching Assistant, Newcastle University

Closing date: 10/04/2024

Duration: The internships are each expected to be for a total of 175 hours, working approximately 35 hours per week between July and August

Bursary/wage: £17.19 per hour including holiday pay

For more information and to apply, visit MyCareer (link). https://mycareer.ncl.ac.uk/leap/jobs.html?id=65246&service=Careers%20Service

The Summer School Assistants will support the delivery of three Summer Schools, each a week-long for 9-11 year olds, 11-14 year olds and 15-18 year olds. The role will require teaching, delivery of course content, and planning and development in the weeks between the summer schools.

Research Internship – Developing VR Environments, Newcastle University

Closing date: 07/04/2024

Duration: This internship is expected to be for a total of 60 hours, working approximately 10 hours per week between July and September

Bursary/wage: £17.19 per hour including holiday pay

For more information and to apply, visit MyCareer (link). https://mycareer.ncl.ac.uk/leap/jobs.html?id=65368&service=Careers%20Service

Dr Zachary Petzel is seeking a research assistant to help with developing virtual reality experiences in the School of Psychology. Development of these tools will assist in postgraduate research which focuses on factors which influence risky decision making among vulnerable groups (e.g., university students) using behavioural, cardiovascular, and neuroscience methods. 

NU-Farms Summer Internship, Newcastle University

Closing date: 07/04/2024

Duration: This internship is expected to be for a total of 350 hours, working approximately 35 hours per week between July and September.

Bursary/wage: £13.58 per hour including holiday pay

For more information and to apply, visit MyCareer (link). https://mycareer.ncl.ac.uk/leap/jobs.html?id=65384&service=Careers%20Service

Increased data capture has been recognised as a priority area within our first ‘NU-Farms 5 Year Teaching and Research Strategy’, published in 2022. This summer internship position is available to assist us with this activity, whilst also engaging in other farm activities such as open days. The successful applicant’s work will focus on both arable and livestock/grazing systems.

Software Developer Intern, Luggage-Point

Closing date: 08/04/2024

Duration: This internship will run for 200 hours undertaken flexibly around your course. You will attend business premises as well as work remotely.

Bursary/wage: £2,500 Bursary

For more information and to apply, visit MyCareer (link). https://mycareer.ncl.ac.uk/leap/jobs.html?id=65398&service=Careers%20Service

We require software upgrades to maintain our service, presence and growth and where necessary a re-write of our service provision that will take us through the next 10 years of development taking into account Windows base platforms are used. Also website upgrade/development is required.

Computer Image Analysis of Marine Microalgae Intern, AkzoNobel

Closing date: 08/04/2024

Duration: 300 hours, either part-time or full-time, starting at a flexible date from late May/June 2024

Bursary/wage: £3,750 Bursary

For more information and to apply, visit MyCareer (link). https://mycareer.ncl.ac.uk/leap/jobs.html?id=65430&service=Careers%20Service

AkzoNobel are a leading marine coatings company that develops innovative solutions for marine fouling control. An intern will support Computer Vision Automated Image Analysis of Marine Microalgae (slime) Assessment. You will work with our R&D department to develop and test a computer vision system that can analyse images of slime and extract relevant features and metrics. 

NCL Internship Week Workshop – 12/03/2024

Do you want to make the most of your summer vacation by developing graduate skills while undertaking paid opportunities with Newcastle University or with a local business? This week, as part of NCL Internship week, you can learn more about the opportunities available to you.

We’ll be sharing videos and other exciting content about our internships. There will be a special edition of our weekly vacancies, showcasing Summer and term time internships. Follow us on Instagram to see it all!

You’ll also have the chance to learn more about NCL Internships and get tips on making the most of your applications at our workshop next Wednesday – NCL Internships: what are they and how to apply. Click on the link to sign up!

Get in touch with us

If you have any queries regarding careers and employment, big or small, no matter what stage you’re at, you can get advice by submitting your query via MyCareer. You can also find details of all the internships we’re currently advertising on MyCareer by clicking on Vacancies; Search Vacancies and then typing NCL Internship into the Quick Search box.

Please visit www.ncl.ac.uk/careers to explore all we offer!