A NEW industrial training programme will create up to 40 oppurtunities for STEM and business management syudents.
Global biotechnology firm Randox Laboratories, in partnership with Queen’s University Belfast, is offering the new Randox Apex Scheme to full time undergraduate students at Queen’s.
The training will see selected students awarded paid, full-time summer work experience throughout their degree, a paid placement for their Professional Experience Year and after graduation they will be offered jobs with Randox, subject to gaining a 2.1 degree.
First year students from the Schools of Management; Electronics, Electrical Engineering& Computer Science (EEECS); Mathematics & Physics; Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and the School Of Chemistry, will be eligable to apply to Randox Apex.
The aim of the training is to develop skills accross the board as Randox human resource manager Linda Magee explained: “Students accepted onto Randox Apex will be working with and learning from the best. They might be assisting our groundbreaking research into tests for cancers, kidney disease & alzheimer’s, they could be working on engineering cutting edge diagnostic technology, they’ll have the oppurtunity to experience a busy forensics laboratory, or they could be joining our business development teams as they expand the Randox footprint accross the globe.”
Speaking at the launch of Randox Apex at Queen’s Student Guidance Hub , Professor David Jones, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education said “This exciting scheme will offer our students the oppurtunity to gain invaluable experience and skills, test themselves in the workplace, and prove they have the attributes needed to gain employment at one of Northern Irelands most pioneering companies.”