ACE Intern - Research Assistant Review

Item: ACE Intern - Research Assistant at De Montfort University
Rating: 3.6
Author: Anonymous

at De Montfort University

Internship (1 Month+)

Research

Leicester

Review Submitted: October 2025

Overall Rating

3.6 /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 - Overview of Role

3.8/5 - Skills Development

4/5 - Support and Guidance

4/5 - Company Culture

3/5 - Overall Experience

2/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

My role was to help a researcher on a wider project looking into mental health in the professional sports industry. I learnt to and completed a literature search through media outlets using a tool which was new to me, and performed thematic analysis throughout.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given autonomy to choose the case I looked into from some suggestions, and was left to perform the tasks by myself with helpful, but not overbearing supervision.

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?

How to use media literature searching tools, refined thematic analysis skills. Broadened some understanding of theoretical approaches to qualitative research.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

4/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

4/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

3/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

As much as I needed at any point - when staff were away I was given alternative contacts.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

4/5

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?

Redundancies were occurring at the time, with marches against the process in campus. Generally lecturers had low morale at this time, but this did not effect my line manager's conduct and my work.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

4/5

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?

I enjoyed it, I would say there could be more structure in place through the process to ensure that there are a variety of tasks and there is a goal to work towards, but I had fun!