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How startups can help save the economy - with your help!
Written by Andreea from Enternships.com Tuesday, 21 February 2012Unemployment soars. Recession. Immigration. It’s today’s doom and gloom. And, surely, it’s scary. What would you say if I told you this is in fact good news? That in spite of all the cuts, redundancies and fund drops the economy is actually taking a step forward. Intrigued? Let me explain.Published in Careers with LanguagesTags -
Realising that I would be at a loose end and probably horrendously depressed about being home in the summer after my year abroad, I decided to do something constructive with my time. Being the unimaginative type, I decided to do an internship in the only career path that people who don’t study languages think that linguists are destined for – translation.
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The British Academy and University Council of Modern Languages (UCML) want to demonstrate the value of the year abroad to UK graduates and to potential funding bodies. They are seeking to gather short reports from graduates – whether language specialists or not – on the importance that the year abroad has had for them, in terms of their skill set, their careers and their lives.
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Heather McGuinness has kindly shared with us her account of her year abroad in Paris, twenty odd years ago! Here, she recalls life abroad before the internet, her favourite hotspots and more...
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Greetings from the Big Apple!
Tuesday, 27 September 2011This is my first blog post as Third Year Abroad's Mole at the UN in New York, how exciting! Let me start by explaining how I got here... I graduated from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh back in June this year and was awarded a prize called the Fiona Watson Memorial Award. This award is basically a scholarship which sends a student to do an internship with the UN in New York for 3 months in memory of Fiona Watson who was a Heriot-Watt student who worked at the UN until she was tragically killed in 2003. Like many of you reading this blog, I studied languages at uni and spent a wonderful year abroad in Tours, France and Granada, Spain.
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Working as an English-Language Lawyer Linguist in Luxembourg
Written by Nell Fane Monday, 23 January 2012Have you ever thought of working as an English-language lawyer linguist? Perhaps not (because it sounds pretty complicated!), but we thought we should fill you in on all it entails, as it seems like the perfect job for one of our multi-linguists…
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New York, it’s been a pleasure!
Thursday, 01 December 2011As I approach the last stage of my internship with the UN and my final few weeks in New York City, I have been trying to establish some good contacts and gain valuable career advice for the future. While the work I have been doing for the Peacekeeping department of the UN has certainly been interesting, the most useful lessons I have learned have definitely come from having an insight into the UN as a whole, the inspirational people I have met and the exciting experience of living in the wonderful city that is New York.
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Life in New York City
Wednesday, 26 October 2011Time is flying by so quickly in New York and I have now been here for over 5 weeks and I’m almost halfway-through my internship with the UN. My department are giving me lots of interesting work to do and after expressing an interest in translation projects, I’m getting to use my language skills a lot which is great.
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My first week as a UN intern
Tuesday, 04 October 2011So, my “holiday” in New York had to end sometime! On Monday I started work at the Policy and Best Practices Section of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations at the UN. Getting the subway and walking to work that bright, sunny day, passing the Empire State Building and 5th Avenue, was a feeling I’ll never, ever forget.Tags -
Sorting out accommodation whilst you’re on your year abroad can be a bit of a worry; from who to live with, frenetic emails, getting hold of estate agents, organizing viewings and finding something decent...with the added disadvantage of being abroad, can be quite stressful. How did previous students go about it? What’s the magic recipe to get your dream flat? How long should you hold out for? Here are our handpicked student top tips to getting your digs for your final year...
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