Industry Placement Review
at Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
Placement (10 Months+)
Research
Fareham
Review Submitted: November 2024
Overall Rating
3.4 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
3/5
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Overview of Role
3/5
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Skills Development
3.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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Company Culture
3/5
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Overall Experience
3/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
A mixture of research, data handling tasks, or design tasks for a variety of projects. For example this could be researching the difficultis of using VR for disabled people, compariing data on climate and operating condition of equiptment or designing a virtual environment.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Not given much responsibility. Felt often that tasks I was given were not important to the outcome of the overall project and that I was just doing things to save someone else from doing it.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
3/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Learnt new skills in VBS4 and a little bit in R. Also had opportunities to learn about Virtual Reality technology which I have not had much experience in before.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
4/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
2/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Got good support from the university and okay support from DSTL. My line manager changed 3 times over the course of my placement year which I think affecteed the quality of support I recieved.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
3/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Very nice workplace culture and environment. The people were very friendly and often keen to help me get the most of my placement experience. Good outside of work social opportunities aswell.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Overall I enjoyed aspects of it such as meeting people and the verall workplace culture. Howver large parts of this placement were very boring. I had to be very self-motivated to learn new things and make the most of it. Alot of the work didnt feel very rewarding.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
3/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
Don't be surprised if at first you are placed in an area that doesnt seem to match your expertise. There are alot of opportunities to move around and find work that is interesting to you.
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