Internships!
A 3 month internship is a requirement of the Interdisciplinary Biosciences DTP funding, so I decided to get it out of the way early on in my DPhil so that I can spend the next 2-and-a-bit-years uninterrupted. I’m back at the lab bench now, after spending the past 3 months doing an internship in Science Policy. Luckily, the University allowed me to delay my Transfer of Status exam, and my funding body covered my travel costs to and from London. It’s been a really great experience to see science research from a completely different perspective, but I do feel a bit guilty for taking so much time out from my DPhil project!