Biostatistics Industrial Placement Review
at GSK
Placement (10 Months+)
Pharmaceutical, Medicine, Research, Science, Consumer Products/FMCG
Stevenage
Review Submitted: April 2023
Overall Rating
2.9 /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
3.3/5
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Skills Development
2.5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.3/5
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Company Culture
2/5
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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.
Biostatistician- involves helping teammates on projects, helping manager with duties, learning coding and statistical programming languages, learning about disease areas
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
A bit harder to obtain responsibility as everything is very confidential or requires a lot of expertise and industry knowledge
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?
Provided with training courses in R and SAS to improve technical expertise.
Opportunity to improve time management skills as various priorities have to be balanced, which also helps organisation skills.
Communication skills improved through emails, video calls, in person networking
Opportunity to improve time management skills as various priorities have to be balanced, which also helps organisation skills.
Communication skills improved through emails, video calls, in person networking
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?
2/5
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Assigned a 'buddy' who is a means of support alongside manager. Both provide feedback on what I have done well and what I need to improve
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
2/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
3/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Very friendly and enjoyable! Everyone is always happy to help and looking out for each other- super collaborative!
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
2/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
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?
Underwhelming- I would have liked more productive and proactive opportunities, e.g., communicating with patients and clients as advertised in job role.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
2/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
2/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at GSK
3/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend GSK to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to GSK
Research into the company and see if their work culture is something you can adapt to. Look into the different research areas and select what is best suited to you and your needs and skills
Global Patient Safety and Pharmacovigilance Industrial Placement Student
at GSK
- Placement (10 Months+)
- London
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4.8
