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Life of an Intern – Organisational Psychology

Over the summer, I had the chance to work in the field of organisational psychology, when I applied for an internship in MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Berhad. I worked on the 23rd floor of Menara Weld in Jalan Raja Chulan. During my three months there, I worked as an assistant at the KL Agency Department. This …

Life of an Intern – Research in Animal Behaviour (Part 2)

Summer break is a good time for undergraduate students as they can be enrolled into various programs, part-time jobs and internships. For me, I applied for an internship in Cerca Insights, a Contract Research Organization (CRO) which specialized in behavioral pharmacology. This company collaborates with customers from all around the world. Their vision is to …

Life of an Intern – Research in Animal Behaviour (Part 1)

Working in Cerca Insights, Penang gave me a brand new experience in the field of psychology. Before this, what was taught in class about animal behaviour and psychopharmacology could only be read in textbooks and articles, but here in Cerca Insights, I was exposed to the devices and methods used in these areas of research. …

Life of an Intern – Research in Malaysian Orphanages

It was definitely a great experience to be able to work for an internship research project under the supervision of Dr. Marc Archer during the summer. The project aimed to understand the situation of child abandonment and alternative care in Malaysian context. Personally, I have always had the passion and curiosity for understanding, and helping …

Life of an Intern – Research in Memory & Attention

What started off as a productive way of spending the summer holidays turned out to be exactly that and also an opportunity to learn more about what research really is, outside the context of a classroom and in the seriousness of a full-fledged, ongoing research work. This gave me an exclusive peek into the amount …

Life of an Intern – Active Vision Research

As one of the first year students, I was delighted to be given such a wonderful opportunity to join the 3-months summer internship on campus. The research – a collaboration between UNMC and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) – that I was working on, aimed to explore the anticipatory eye movements of children with clinical nystagmus …

Life of an Intern – Human Resources

Every year, a Careers Fair is held at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, where dozens of corporations offer internship and job opportunities to the students. In 2012, I dropped off a copy of my resume at the IBM booth, and was fortunate enough to receive a call from them roughly three weeks into the …