Towards the end of my placement at NPL a few months ago, I was asked by Kingston University to write a short bit of text about my time on placement such as how it helped me, and what it’s given me for the future. Then, after providing the uni with a photo of myself the piece was published a few months later in the 2009 Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics prospectus.

Below is an excerpt of the piece;

“I’m nearing the end of my placement at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington. I’ve been working as a technical coordinator in the knowledge transfer team doing web development and managing technical setups at events and conferences…” More…

 If you fancy seeing the page it’s on you can download it as a PDF here.

This month a few of my photos from NPL’s Work Life Balance Day (some of which you can see here) were published in the September Issue of the Company’s Newsletter NewsNet, within the special feature pages for the event.

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I’m glad to say I’ve been accepted as an intern at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington, Surrey and start from mid-August. NPL is the UK’s national standards laboratory who carry out fundamental research and develop measurement technologies, vital to improving quality of life, trade competitiveness, and protecting the environment.

My position within the company will be the Technical Coordinator for Online Media and Communities. I will be using web and online media technologies as part of the Knowledge Transfer Delivery Team as well as providing technical support to the KT Delivery Team, helping to communicate scientific knowledge using the web and collaborative technologies.