Sharon Burns Discovery Internship Case Study | Student Futures
Education and Early Years graduate Sharon Burns tells us about the Discovery Internship she completed whilst studying at LJMU as a Business Development Officer for Compass Counselling.
Education and Early Years graduate Sharon Burns tells us about the Discovery Internship she completed whilst studying at LJMU as a Business Development Officer for Compass Counselling.
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Sam Scragg graduated in 2023 with a degree in International Relations and Politics and secured a year-long internship as a Careers and Employability Information Intern with the LJMU Student Futures team.
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Kris Roberts graduated with a degree in Media, Culture, Communication in 2020, then completed an MSc in Digital Marketing. He is now the Head of Digital Marketing and Innovation at the MAPD Group following a role as Associate & Digital Marketing Manager at Jackson Lees Group. When studying at LJMU he told us about how he took matters into his own hands to gain writing experience when he found limited opportunities in the PR/marketing sectors.