First Post - Some Explanations

I'm working at my University and doing a Work Experience module whilst I do so. Hopefully this exercise will let me improve my effectiveness and be a generally more useful person. To put things into context I'll explain what I've already done and some of the people.

I applied for an internship - the 'reuse intern' job - at the start of summer 2010. This job involved 100 hours over the entire summer helping with a project to direct as much of the reusable waste produced by freshers leaving halls away from landfill. In practice it meant taking about 3-4 tons of clothes, kitchen utensils, knick-knacks and old books etc and managing a team of volunteers who sorted them ready for charity shops and finally fellow students to take over the summer. Since I impressed in the interview I was offered a job with the Sustainability team as a flexible intern - essentially working as full time as I cared to be given my other commitments over the summer.

I enjoyed the work - it varied from sorting clothes, rehanging a door(!) to serious number-crunching in excel and access. The main thrust of my work 'in the office' (ie non-reuse) was to make a map of all the electricity meters in the uni so that places to install additional automatic meters could be identified. I enjoyed this, but I did a bunch of other things now. Along the way I met people:

N - a manager in the accommodations office - was my line manager for the re-use project.

K - was my line manager in Sustainability

J - works under K in Sustainability - I have done a lot of little bits of work when she has too much

G - manages the utilities and parts of the shadow-billing systems. I did most of the analytical work for him on various projects. He asked me to make the meter map.

Other people will crop up, but those can be it for starters. My first 'reflective' post will pop up shortly!