{"id":843,"date":"2024-09-24T05:56:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T04:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/?p=843"},"modified":"2024-09-24T05:56:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T04:56:59","slug":"making-the-most-of-work-experience-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/2024\/09\/24\/making-the-most-of-work-experience-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the most of work experience opportunities\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/staff\/profiles\/sportex\/brownlee-thomas\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/staff\/profiles\/sportex\/brownlee-thomas\">Dr Tom Brownlee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2024\/09\/bill-jelen-NVWyN8GamCk-unsplash-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2024\/09\/bill-jelen-NVWyN8GamCk-unsplash-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2024\/09\/bill-jelen-NVWyN8GamCk-unsplash-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2024\/09\/bill-jelen-NVWyN8GamCk-unsplash-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2024\/09\/bill-jelen-NVWyN8GamCk-unsplash-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2024\/09\/bill-jelen-NVWyN8GamCk-unsplash-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2024\/09\/bill-jelen-NVWyN8GamCk-unsplash-167x250.jpg 167w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2024\/09\/bill-jelen-NVWyN8GamCk-unsplash-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo by\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@billjelen?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bill Jelen<\/a>\u202fon\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/space-rocket-with-flames-NVWyN8GamCk?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unsplash<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This month I was lucky enough to have been invited onto the Science for Sport podcast to speak about something that we\u2019re all passionate about within the GSSPP. Matt and I discussed how to go about landing an internship or placement and how to get the most out of one when you\u2019re there.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To listen to the podcast please see the audio link below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/media24.fireside.fm\/file\/fireside-audio-2024\/podcasts\/audio\/e\/ed3f06f4-af55-41d4-87cf-0e484d2d9fef\/episodes\/0\/08a40493-cf03-4210-80f8-9553e46b7f5e\/08a40493-cf03-4210-80f8-9553e46b7f5e.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2024\/09\/Tom-Brownlee-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2024\/09\/Tom-Brownlee-1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2024\/09\/Tom-Brownlee-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2024\/09\/Tom-Brownlee-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2024\/09\/Tom-Brownlee-1-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 85vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>T.Brownlee@bham.ac.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dr Tom Brownlee Photo by\u202fBill Jelen\u202fon\u202fUnsplash\u00a0 This month I was lucky enough to have been invited onto the Science for Sport podcast to speak about something that we\u2019re all passionate about within the GSSPP. 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