{"id":1382,"date":"2025-03-10T15:33:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T15:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/?p=1382"},"modified":"2025-05-20T09:28:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:28:05","slug":"a-year-in-industry-owen-griffiths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/2025\/03\/10\/a-year-in-industry-owen-griffiths\/","title":{"rendered":"A Year In Industry: Owen Griffiths"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Q:\u00a0<\/b>Why did you decide to take a placement year?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>A:<\/b>I decided to do a placement year as I believe it is a great way to gain valuable experience in the field of work. As a result, I opted for the year in industry course when I joined the university and the more I learnt about a placement year and the opportunities and experience I could gain the better this decision became.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Q:\u00a0<\/b>Where did you do your placement year &amp; and what did you do there?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>A: <\/b>My placement year is at Ipswich School, a leading independent school in Suffolk, and I am an Athletic Development intern. The role involves creating and delivering S&amp;C programmes for age group sports teams, delivering 1-1 gym sessions with sports scholars and analysis of sports games using GPS tracking and video analysis. I also help the coaching of Rugby and Cricket games sessions, even taking my own age group cricket team in the summer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Q:\u00a0<\/b>Did you receive any support during your placement?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>A:<\/b>I have constant support while away on my placement year with frequent conversations with my placement advisor. With meetings scheduled to talk over what I am getting up to while on my placement but also helping me through the university coursework I am completing while away on my placement year<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Q:\u00a0<\/b>How do you think your placement year will help you in the future?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>A:<\/b> My placement year will help me in the future as it gives me a stepping stone into the world of work. The experience and training I have gained this year has put me on a good path to getting a better role straight of an undergraduate degree, compared to those who have not completed a placement year.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0Why did you decide to take a placement year? A:I decided to do a placement year as I believe it is a great way to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/2025\/03\/10\/a-year-in-industry-owen-griffiths\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37654,"featured_media":1383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[872,137665,137650,137646,28766,76476,91617,37392],"tags":[307759,5341,474,137657,137639,37392],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37654"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1384,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382\/revisions\/1384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}