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The IAESTE UK program: Summer work abroad
Friday, 08 April 2011The International Work Experience for Technical Students is a work abroad program, managed by the British Council. Students undertaking an undergraduate degree in the fields of Engineering, Science, Technology and Architecture are encouraged to apply for work abroad schemes offered by the program in over 80 countries worldwide. With competition for graduate roles fierce, students should consider the option to work abroad for their summer break, during university. Here’s more information regarding the project and what it offers:Published in Not a linguist? -
Student societies: The ins and outs
Monday, 28 March 2011As you wave your way through the thousands of students that conglomerate round the union on Fresher’s Week, you’ll walk past stall upon stall of student societies, all eagerly touting for a nano second of your attention...Welcome to Student Society sign-ups, complete with pens, lollipops and stamped plastic bags full of supposed ‘goodies’, you’ll have your work cut out trying to make sense of it all, first time round...Published in UK Universities -
Internships and the year abroad
Tuesday, 01 February 2011For every student planning on studying on his/her year abroad, another will try and carve his/her way into the world of work, abroad. Planning an internship in a foreign country can seem a little confusing; from where to start, what sector to look into, where you’d like to work, how long for...However, it is worth looking into, even if you initially thought of studying abroad - there are thousands of internships abroad whose lengths vary, from a month to a whole year, depending on what you’re looking for...Published in Internships Abroad -
Guestblog: Smoking, Spanglish and Spanish in Madrid
Tuesday, 19 October 2010My year as a British Council Language Assistant, teaching English to Madrid’s secondary school students, was a great opportunity to boost my language skills and my confidence, and reignite a passion for Spanish that years of stuffy classrooms and endless verb tables had practically snuffed out. My official role was being a Language Assistant though from my very first day, I took whole classes of Spanish teens by myself and quickly grasped imperative commands to be quiet, sit down and listen!Published in Blog -
Graduate profiles: Setting up your own business
Tuesday, 12 October 2010My name is Amanda Ruiz and I went to Oxford Poly to study Languages for Business (LB) back in 1989/90. It was 3 year course with a work placement in the middle. I studied Spanish and French and took a GCSE in Italian. All I knew was that I wanted to work in the wine trade – well who doesn’t like a glass of el vino? And I presumed I would immediately land a job as a buyer for Torres or some other vineyard in South America.
Published in Entrepreneurship
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Bridging the gap: Taking a gap year
Thursday, 31 March 2011With many projects and organisations offering tailor-made gap years, it comes as no surprise more than a third of students decide to take a year out before university to hone soft skills. What is now becoming increasingly more common is for graduates to look towards taking a career gap between university and graduate schemes, in order to boost their CV. Reasons for taking some time out vary: an urge to travel, work on voluntary projects, get a taste of working life...Yet, despite this increase, with tuition fees set to rise up to £9,000 per annum, many A-Level students are thinking twice about delaying their degree. Critics (including David Mitchell) have shunned the gap year as a waste of time, even going so far as to say: “the less they know of the unreal world across the glittering sea, the less cheated they'll feel.”Published in Sixth Form -
Placement Finders: get a work experience placement in Spain
Wednesday, 23 February 2011Placement Finders is a work experience mediation company whose main focus is to source and select quality work experience in Spain for European undergraduates. They also find internship placements in the UK for learners of English. Their role is like that of a dating agency: they find a suitable company for the student, make the introduction and hope both parties like each other. If they are successful with their match-making, they then take on the role of organiser by liaising between student, company and university to make sure everything is in place to allow the placement to go ahead without problems.Published in Work in Spain -
Not a linguist: Studying in Paris as an Engineer
Wednesday, 05 January 2011Daniel Bergsagel, Engineering student at Clare College, Cambridge, is currently studying in Paris on his year abroad. Here, he gives advice to students who aren’t necessarily studying Languages about how to go about studying abroad...
Where? Ecole Centrale Paris
When? September 2010 - Summer 2011
How? ErasmusPublished in Not a linguist? -
Cuvée Spéciale: The vintage year abroad
Tuesday, 12 October 2010An old saying claims that cheese is the only thing to improve with age. Though it’s true to say that an Epoisse brings out its flavours as the years go by, discussing dairy products isn’t what we do on this website, so we’ll have to hold out on the chutney. What we do ask, for parents and curious students alike, is how did the year abroad work, before the dotcom bubble and the numerous guidebooks available. Who decided to go, when and how? What was the experience like back in the 80s and 90s, and more importantly, would students of those decades do it all again, now? Here are a few accounts of professionals who went out and did just that:Published in Parent Section -
Graduate profiles: Modern Languages at work
Tuesday, 28 September 2010So you’ve graduated, you’ve moved out of your flat share and back in with the parents oh horror of horrors, or maybe you’ve decided to stay in your university town. Either way, the new dilemma facing you will undoubtedly be: what on earth am I going to do next?Published in Careers
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Working as an 'Animateur' in France
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Advice for Black people and ethnic minorities on a year abroad
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Doing your Year Abroad with a stammer
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Funding Opportunities - Awards, Scholarships and Grants
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