Arsha Kaur is in her fourth year of a Biomedical Sciences degree. She recently completed a six-month placement with DECIPHer and Cardiff Third Sector Council… Read More »Arsha: ‘I sometimes have to pause and remind myself how far I’ve come.’
Georgina Booth is studying for a Master’s degree in Psychology at Cardiff University. She recently completed a three-month placement at DECIPHer with Dr Rabeea’h Waseem… Read More »Georgina’s placement: ‘I’ve gained so many skills from taking part’
Kayleigh Nash, a second-year Biomedical Sciences student, took part in Cardiff University’s On-Campus Internship Scheme in summer 2024. Here, she reflects on what she gained… Read More »‘Nothing short of transformative’ – Kayleigh’s internship
Trine Brøns Nielsen, a PhD student at Aarhus University in Denmark, reflects on her six-week study visit to DECIPHer. I am a physiotherapist by background… Read More »‘Very valuable, professionally and personally.’ Trine’s DECIPHer placement
Frederik Martiny is a medical doctor by background, currently working as a PhD student at the University of Copenhagen. He recently visited DECIPHer for six… Read More »‘An amazing environment where everybody is just as nerdy as me about complex interventions.’ Frederik on his DECIPHer research visit
Christine Jenkins looks back on her summer placement at DECIPHer, which involved drawing on her data handling skills Summer internships are a rite of passage… Read More »Christine’s internship: ‘It was a transformative experience’
What’s it like completing a summer research internship at DECIPHer? Five Cardiff University students discuss their experiences.
Henry Amery looks back on his 12-week placement at DECIPHer, which he undertook as part of his MSc Psychology Conversion. My time at Cardiff University… Read More »From music to methodology
Alice Porter discusses her PhD research on age-appropriate portion sizes for preschoolers and reflects on her placement with DECIPHer Portion size is the amount of… Read More »What’s the right amount of food for preschool children?
Molly Burdon, a second-year Psychology student at Cardiff University, looks back on her seven-month placement at DECIPHer I was delighted to be offered the opportunity to… Read More »My DECIPHer work taster
Gemma Sawyer is a final year psychology student. She spent summer 2019 as a CUROP student at DECIPHer. For the past eight weeks, I have been working… Read More »‘An incredibly valuable experience’ – Gemma on her CUROP placement
Elpida Petrovits is a second-year Human and Social Sciences student. During summer 2019 she took a CUROP placement at DECIPHer. My plan during the first year of… Read More »A CHARMING opportunity – Elpida’s CUROP placement
Eve Benfield is going into her fourth year of medicine and is currently completing a placement at DECIPHer via Cardiff University’s CUROP scheme Having completed a project during the third… Read More »Eve: My placement so far
Fatma Avşar works as a full-time research assistant and is studying for her PhD in the School of Health Science Department of Public Health Nursing at… Read More »DECIPHer, diversity and daffs: My research visit
Lena Hohwü works as a postdoc in the Department of Public Health at Aarhus University, Denmark. In March, she visited DECIPHer for a month. We asked… Read More »Q&A – Denmark to DECIPHer
Aleksandra Goudie, third-year joint honours Law and Sociology student, recommends her CUROP placement at DECIPHer I was actively seeking to obtain a summer placement which would help… Read More »‘An invaluable experience!’ Aleks’ CUROP placement
Danielle Couturiaux, a second-year Politics and Sociology student, completed a summer CUROP placement at DECIPHer. At the start of this year it dawned on me that my third-year… Read More »Dani: My CUROP DECIPHer placement
Marianne Davies, a first-year Social Analytics student, describes her CUROP placement at DECIPHer I initially applied for a CUROP placement because I was really interested in the… Read More »‘A brilliant opportunity’ – Marianne’s CUROP experience
Chloe Ryce, a second-year psychology student, reflects on her CUROP placement at DECIPHer. I first learnt about the DECIPHer CUROP project when I came across an email advertisement… Read More »‘I felt part of a community’ – Chloe’s CUROP placement
Lopa Banerjee, a fourth year Medicine student at Cardiff University, has just completed her Cardiff University Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP)placement at DECIPHer. I applied for the… Read More »‘Fascinating and rewarding’ – Lopa’s CUROP placement
This year, DECIPHer has a bumper intake of seven CUROP students (Cardiff University Research Opportunity Placements). CUROP provides opportunities for Cardiff University undergraduate students to gain experience working on… Read More »Meet DECIPHer’s new CUROP students
The start of the New Year marked an exciting change in my life: I flew across the pond from my home in Manhattan, New York… Read More »In Transit: from New York City to Cardiff, Wales
This summer I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to undertake an eight-week placement at DECIPHer. Although I was very excited, I was also… Read More »Rachel Morris – My DECIPHer Placement
Having reached the end of my 2nd year Social Science (BPS) BSc, it dawned on me that my final year and dissertation were fast approaching, and I… Read More »Karin Kanias – My DECIPHer Placement
As a first year SOCSI student, I was extremely nervous about applying for the 8-week paid placement through the Cardiff University Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP). Although I was… Read More »My DECIPHer Placement
I am currently 19 years old, and a second year Psychology student at the University of the West of England. As part of my BSc Psychology,… Read More »Oliver Sanders: My DECIPHer Placement
