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After having completed a 10-week internship with SPS and Astrobiology, I can
highly recommend the experience to anyone who may be interested. I first came
across the opportunity on the OU’s OpportunityHub and sent my application into
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During my time as Engagement and Outreach Coordinator I was able to create
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After an initial induction, I spent time researching previous World Space Week
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extensive mind map of my ideas and present this to the team. They gave
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Alice and Hannah also facilitated the introduction with an astronomer at the
university with whom I could create a video for World Space Week and provided
filming equipment, environment and set-up for my video. As usual they were
extremely positive and encouraging, giving support during the editing of the
video and trying to find more people for me to create videos with. The finished
video highlights some common misconceptions students have about astronomers and
will hopefully contribute to a better understanding of what astronomers do.



During the final phase of the internship, I created a full three-week social
media schedule surrounding World Space Week. I had the opportunity to let my
creativity flow, designing Facebook stories and posts to encourage engagement
and raise awareness of our World Space Week features and events. Working on
World Space Week, especially being an astronomy student, was so much fun and as
a bonus I’ve made some valuable connections at The Open University. Seeing my
blogs and videos published on social media will be extremely rewarding and the
prospect of inspiring other young minds to consider a career in STEM makes it
even more fulfilling. It is an experience I would strongly advocate and
encourage anyone reading this to apply.

Written by Aliss Rodricks, Engagement and Outreach Coordinator Intern


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