Emily Knowles Discovery Internship Case Study | Student Futures
History student Emily Knowles tells us about the Discovery Internship she undertook as a Classroom Learning Support Intern at Knotty Ash Primary School.
History student Emily Knowles tells us about the Discovery Internship she undertook as a Classroom Learning Support Intern at Knotty Ash Primary School.
An MSc Exercise Physiology student reflects on their internship at the Inspire Institute of Sport in India, where they worked with Olympic athletes and professional footballers, gaining invaluable experience that led to a PhD offer.
Tom Toward graduated from LJMU with a degree in History. He then went on to do a Masters in Defence, Diplomacy and Development at Durham University. He secured a place on a 2-year graduate scheme with the Ministry of Defence as a Corporate Service Group (CSG) graduate in Defence, Equipment & Support (DES). The CSG graduate scheme is a two-year development programme focused around corporate services roles across different areas of DES.
Sue Riley, who graduated with a degree in Criminology in 2025, tells us about the voluntary work she completed during her final year at Merseyside Police as a Victim Update Volunteer in the Marsh Lane Protecting Vulnerable Person’s (PVP) Unit.
Hayley Worsfold is an Animal Behaviour graduate who works as an Advanced Practitioner in Animal Management at Reaseheath College.
Charity Bose Azebeokha graduated in 2023 with a Masters in Public Health and now works as a Clinical and Clerical Research Assistant at Liverpool University Hospital.
Bridie Smith graduated with a History degree and then went on to complete her graduate diploma in Law and a Legal Practice course at the University of Law before becoming a Paralegal for DWF.
Hannah Lacy graduated from LJMU in 2021 with a degree in Wildlife Conservation, followed by an MSc in Wildlife Conservation Technology in 2022, and is now a PhD Researcher in Conservation Biology at the University of Leeds.
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.
We talk to Professor Andy Newsam, Director of the National Schools’ Observatory, about the Apollo 11 Moon landing and learn some interesting facts about the Moon along the way.