On the 6th November 2012, I visited the GlaxoSmithKline Bioscience Catalyst centre in Stevenage, this was where the Made in Medicine challenge took place.
The day
On arrival to the GSK building, I was greeted by very friendly staff who told me where to go, then a room full of Year 9 students that we were to mentor in the Made in Medicine task they were partaking in.
Their task was to create a drug for a disease they have chosen and then present it to the rest of the students and the GSK staff there. If only I was offered something this fun to do in year 9!
The year 9 students, though young, were very friendly and willing to accept help, I went around the room introducing myself and offering help where they need it.
During lunch, I was able to meet people from other companies, for example the women from the RSC who were doing a cornstarch and water demo (funny link :D), they told me about their company and the work experience they offer. Also a man from the company Eisai in Hatfield, they are linked with the Japanese and do research and development, he also offered work experience.
Reflection
The day itself was not only informative, but fun and it was liberating to assist students of a younger age, relate to them and even learn things from them too. It was nice to know that this generation has still got hope~! Visiting GSK gave me connections to other companies and to the GSK company itself, I plan to go back and hopefully partake in work experience there.
To improve, I could have spoken to more students, and to more of the staff there just to gain more from the experience
However I think I did well on communicating to the people from the other companies what I wanted out of this experience and what I wanted to do in the future.
All in all, it was a day well spent :)
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