{"id":90,"date":"2017-07-03T10:12:53","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T09:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/?p=90"},"modified":"2018-08-07T11:26:31","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T10:26:31","slug":"meet-our-apprentice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/2017\/07\/03\/meet-our-apprentice\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet our Apprentice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Hajra shares her day to day experience of being a laboratory scientist. She works for GSK and studies with the University of Kent. <\/p>\n<p>In the video Hajra explains why she chose to do an apprenticeships and what being an apprentice involves.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8216;The excitement comes from the fact that everything you\u2019re doing has potential to save lives and give someone their health back\u2019<\/em> \u2013 Hajra Bibi<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='1140' height='672' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GXLXyBIg0ao?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;My apprenticeship lasts for three years and it is a high level apprenticeship so you work towards a university degree, whilst working full time&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gaining skills in GSK labs, Hajra explains that &#8216;I work in the screening group and that&#8217;s basically screening a large panel of antibodies to its target, generating data and handing it over to the rest of the team to make decisions&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When I first started, I couldn&#8217;t enter the lab without the supervisor present. Purely because I didn&#8217;t know how the lab operated&#8230;but now after being here for about two years, I&#8217;m a lot more comfortable in\u00a0my role. My supervisor is a lot more confident in letting me do a piece of work independently as well&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve always been a person that prefers to do things hands on. I&#8217;m more practical so I had that opportunity through doing an apprenticeship&#8230; you really get stuck in. You gain so much experience and actually do valuable work&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>GSK\u00a0is a science led global healthcare company specialising in pharmaceuticals, vaccines and consumer goods that save lives and treat diseases that are currently not being treated. GSK is one of the industry-leading employers in partnership with the University of Kent.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Kent has been delivering higher and degree apprenticeships for more than five years, working closely with industry-leading employers including GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Novartis and Unilever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you interested in becoming a Laboratory Scientist? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To register your interest email <a href=\"mailto:apprenticeships@kent.ac.uk\">apprenticeships@kent.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more details about our Laboratory Scientist Higher and Degree Apprenticeship programmes\u00a0by following the links of our current apprenticeships page:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/apprenticeships\/current-apprenticeships.html\">https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/apprenticeships\/current-apprenticeships.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also use the government\u2019s find an apprenticeship service to search for current vacancies:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk\/apprenticeshipsearch\">https:\/\/www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk\/apprenticeshipsearch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hajra shares her day to day experience of being a laboratory scientist. 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