capitalise on the awareness of gaps in study. It also gave me contacts in the field which are very helpful. My supervisor was very kind to give so much of his time to helping me learn and it will be invaluable towards my future work. Even if I do not go into academia the transferrable skills I gained from undertaking self-guided research will help me work independently and carefully wherever I end up. I found the experience enjoyable and stimulating as well as a very good opportunity to build some concrete experience in something which I had not really done before.
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, CAREERS SERVICE Mia Sorenti, Wadham College, Second Year Undergraduate, BA History, Remote working Work Projects I was a publishing assistant for the Oxford University Careers Service, helping to assemble the annual Oxford Careers Guide. I was mainly responsible for the adverts in the Guide - I made sure they were submitted by companies before the deadline and with the right dimensions, formatted them and laid them in to an InDesign template. I kept track of the progress of each submission and worked closely with the designer. I also completed tasks like copy editing profiles, writing social media posts, selecting images and proof-reading the whole Guide. Overall, my role involved a lot of emails, spreadsheets and formatting directory listings in InDesign. Daily Life This was a remote internship, so days were spent working in a separate office space in my home. I usually spent a chunk of time early in the day sending and responding to emails, processing advert submissions and updating the spreadsheet that I used to track the progress of each submission. The rest of the day would be spent doing whatever tasks
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