IET Power Academy Scholarship placement scheme Review
at National Grid
Internship (1 Month+)
Warwick (Online)
Review Submitted: October 2021
Overall Rating
4.1 /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!
3.5/5
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Overview of Experience
4/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Company Culture
3.5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Recommendations and Advice
Overview of Experience
Please give an overview of the virtual experience and what was involved on a day-to-day basis.
Daily morning team meetings with my team, as well as weekly one to ones with my allocated mentor, working on simulations and researching the project I was doing. Working on the final report.
What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?
The placement was mostly focused on main project, and did not involve a lot of research into all the different parts of the business or potential roles, as one was there more for the personal development and creating links to people within the company, and the company investing their time into you for your future at the company
Please rate how insightful you found the virtual experience
4/5
How would you rate the structure of the virtual experience
3/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
Professional skills such as better time management, networking with other people (online of course) in order to research into the background behind my project, better organizational skill.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
How would you rate the knowledge learned around industry-specific skills during the experience?
4/5
How would you rate the knowledge learned around personal or professional skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how the knowledge learned has helped you with regards to your career development
4/5
Company Culture
How would you rate business leader involvement during the virtual experience
4/5
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Being an online placement (with only a few days in the office) it was difficult to get an idea of how people would usually interact in a normal environment, however online there was a strong emphasis on regular catchups with the rest of your team and making sure people are doing well.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the networking opportunities?
5/5
Please rate how valued you felt during your virtual experience?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy the virtual experience?
Ups and downs due to the online environment, having had online classes all year at uni made it quite tiring to be on PC all day, however did get to meet a lot of people and was a lot more interesting on a day to day basis than university
Please rate your level of enjoyment on the virtual experience
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
I was paid and reimbursed expenses
Recommendations and Advice
Please rate the future employment prospects at National Grid
5/5
Would you recommend National Grid to a friend?
Yes
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to National Grid
Make sure to ask well in advance where the placement will be, especially due to covid all placements were online and as a result it was not necessary to move, unlike planned
