Lasting Impressions I enjoyed the experience. The founder, Pam Steele, is passionate about the humanitarian outcomes of her consultancy efforts and deeply connects with challenges in the African continent. Her personal story, determination and vision for Africa is inspiring. I have formed very good connections during this time, and I can say that I have friends in PSA and several cities in Africa that I have got invitations to visit. What advice would you give to future interns? I strongly encourage all future interns to consider speaking to the founders and their personal stories of determination and change that helped launch transformative initiatives, be it their firm or an initiative within the firm. Also, spend time in understanding the cultural diversity in the teams and the countries they come from as it is always fascinating.
PINEWOOD GROUP Second Year Undergraduate, BA Classics and English, In-person Working Work Projects I organised, classified and catalogued the extensive artistic reference material that forms the Pinewood Research Library. At the end of my four weeks, we had shelved and catalogued almost all of the bound books and the box-files in the library (in 16 shelving-units) ordered according to the subject. We had the guidance of a member of the British Film Designers Guild as well as the Brand and Marketing Manager and continual support from the other members of staff in the Studios. Daily Life We worked in a large room at Shepperton Studios in which our first task was to open and empty all the boxes of books and files that covered its floor! That's always the hardest task, knowing where to start, especially in a project of this size, but once you do it's nowhere near as daunting. Every day was different since we liked to vary our tasks, and indeed our breaks as well. There is quite a bit to see in the site itself, but we also enjoyed walking along the River Ash nearby, eating our lunch by a brook and exploring the village. What made the work itself so interesting was the sheer variety of material in the collection, some of which
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