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My name is Astrid Lucia Offersen, and I am currently undertaking an Aberdeen Internship with Museums and Special Collections. My role involves developing student engagement and international audiences for the extensive collections held by the University of Aberdeen. I am based remotely, which means that my onboarding process…

My name is Lucia and I am a final year International Relations and Sociology student at the University of Aberdeen. This semester, I took part in the university’s InternPlus Programme, working in the Careers and Employability Service team for 3 months. The project I led aimed to develop new internship…

When I applied for the InternPlus internship programme, it was the first time I applied for a job in Scotland. As an international student, I didn’t have any previous experience of how internship, or job application processes in general, work in the UK. Therefore, I was not familiar with what…

Entering my final year of study, I knew that I needed to enhance my CV to stand out in a highly competitive job market. Initially, I thought that I would most likely have to wait until summer before coming across a suitable opportunity. However, when I saw the InternPlus role…

What a beautiful proverb, isn’t it? As an international student, I have always been amazed by simplicity of English proverbs carrying a deeper meaning.

Today, I would like to talk about walking and its meaning. Because the world is diverse and so are people, I will let you imagine your…

The title may seem exaggerated, but I really mean it. Recently, I finished reading a book full of interviews with a well-known Slovak psychologist Ivan Štúr. He mainly focused on upbringing, especially emphasizing how supporting the qualities of a child helps to form a personality. He advises that in a…

The inherent question in almost every interview for a graduate role or even a summer internship is: “Do you have any work experience?” Unfortunately, many students have to answer “no” but the InternPlus programme can help you say yes!

InternPlus provides 12-week part-time internships with various University departments, allowing…

Thanks for stopping by to what, I hope, will be more than just a public-facing bit of whinging. This week is Men’s Health Week and we are remis if we exclude mental health from that conversation. However, as this blog will be talking about both personal and larger societal issues…

Without a doubt, practice makes perfect. As a result, internships are the most effective approach for students to get experience in their chosen industry. As a third-year computer science student, my internship at the IT Service Department gave me invaluable experience. In general, my experience working in the…

I think we can all agree that keeping track of time has been much harder during the pandemic; days blur into each other and it’s difficult to keep up any kind of structure or to remember what you’ve done and what you’re supposed to be doing. When there is so…