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Shark research, embalming, carpentry: How some S’pore students pursued unconventional internships

Amid rising competition for career-driven internships, some young people here are eschewing the traditional route.

Ms Inez Alsagoff, then 19, working as a shark research intern at non-profit organisation Bimini Shark Lab in the Bahamas. SINGAPORE – For four months of her university studies, the Bahamas was home for Ms Inez Alsagoff. Then 19, the environmental studies undergraduate had applied to be a shark research intern at non-profit organisation Bimini Shark Lab to pursue her passion for marine biology.

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