Can anyone help Spider monkey?
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woolymonkeySpidermonkey needs to sort out his work experience placement for May and he's asked my to ask you...
Please does anyone work at or know of sciencey/medical or musical workplaces in Cambridgeshire that might be willing to have a 15-year old monkey hanging around for a week in May?
He has to choose between applying directly to workplaces or going through the school's system for big employers like Addenbrookes or John Lewis. So he's trying to do some research into what might be out there that he could apply to directly. What he'dreally like is a behind-the-scenes view of working in science or medicine, since that's the kind of thing he hopes to do one day (or music just cos he likes it!). And preferably not where he'll bump into his dad all the time... It needs to be in Cambridgeshire, or possibly East Anglia. I don't think the employer gets anything out of it other than whatever they can manage to use Spider for (no experimenting on him, please).
If anyone has any thoughts, all the monkey family would be very grateful. We'll know more about how it all works--terms, conditions, insurance--after the info evening on Thursday, but it would be good to have an idea before then of whether there's anything out there that he could explore further. Thanks in advance!
BTW, apologies for being very intermittent and inconsistent about lj at the moment. It's the time of year when all my courses overlap, so I'm either staying off lj to get on with marking and teaching, or wittering excessively in bursts of procrastination.
Please does anyone work at or know of sciencey/medical or musical workplaces in Cambridgeshire that might be willing to have a 15-year old monkey hanging around for a week in May?
He has to choose between applying directly to workplaces or going through the school's system for big employers like Addenbrookes or John Lewis. So he's trying to do some research into what might be out there that he could apply to directly. What he'dreally like is a behind-the-scenes view of working in science or medicine, since that's the kind of thing he hopes to do one day (or music just cos he likes it!). And preferably not where he'll bump into his dad all the time... It needs to be in Cambridgeshire, or possibly East Anglia. I don't think the employer gets anything out of it other than whatever they can manage to use Spider for (no experimenting on him, please).
If anyone has any thoughts, all the monkey family would be very grateful. We'll know more about how it all works--terms, conditions, insurance--after the info evening on Thursday, but it would be good to have an idea before then of whether there's anything out there that he could explore further. Thanks in advance!
BTW, apologies for being very intermittent and inconsistent about lj at the moment. It's the time of year when all my courses overlap, so I'm either staying off lj to get on with marking and teaching, or wittering excessively in bursts of procrastination.
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Date: 2011-01-17 10:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-18 09:24 am (UTC)We need to find out fairly soon if there's anything he can arrange directly, because he can't go both the direct route and the website route, but he'll miss out on the website if he leaves it too long after it opens.
So if you could find an opportunity to nudge your astronomer gently and see whether the idea is even feasible, that would be very helpful. All the info I have for now is he's 15, at Parkside, and placements are for one week, May 23-27.
Is it the Institute of Astronomy? When the website opens, I can check if it's listed there or up to us to contact directly.
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Date: 2011-01-18 10:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-18 10:19 am (UTC)