Category: Virtual Global Short Programs
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The power of listening, sharing and leaving any pre-conceived beliefs and understandings aside. From the comfort of my home, I believed I understood some of the obstacles experienced by refugees but I soon realised my understandings were so far from being a true understanding. My main project was to interview the 20 recipients of educational…
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Hi, I’m Sabrina Ferro and I am a 4th year Civil Structural Engineering and BCII student who recently participated in a virtual internship at the Technical University of Berlin. The internship is called Space Mission Design, where a group of students from different places around the world gather as a team to design and manage…
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The Global Short Program was a virtual internship elective that I participated in, which gave me the opportunity to expand my connection and understanding of the Indo-Pacific region as well as increase integral interpersonal skills such as strengthening leadership. The international component of the course was my online connection to a language school and architectural…
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Although short, the 3 months I spent at FPT Software (FSoft) provided a once in a lifetime opportunity which allowed me to not only immerse into the Vietnamese culture, but I was also given a place to improve myself and my abilities. Just before I had commenced my virtual internship, I too had my own…
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Taking part in this virtual global short program with Arkblu Captial allowed me to learn unique aspects of skills from another culture I wouldn’t have been able to grasp conventionally. This included holistically understanding and using skills of patience, time management, and adaptability by viewing them through a different lens. This is something I wouldn’t…
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Having fallen in love with my experience engaging with the Global Short Program (GSP), which I undertook in San Francisco in 2019, I decided to partake in not only one more program but two. My most recent experience was participating in a Virtual Global Short Program over the summer session of 2021/22. This program was…
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During Winter of 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, I undertook a Virtual Global Short Program through Aarhus University in Denmark. I spent two weeks in classes, five nights a week for three hours, and completed three projects and one final exam in my third week of the program. The classes were made up of interactive group work,…
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How does one undertake a virtual internship? Am I going to make an impact at the organisation? Will I be able to experience the culture of Indonesia fully? These were just some of the questions that I had before I embarked on one of my most fulfilling experiences since beginning my studies. As part of…
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Sleeping in, chilling out and doing nothing for a month and a half? Or doing classes five days a week during the uni break? The better option might seem obvious, but it’s a bit more complicated than that. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have experienced more stress and disappointments than…
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Kimberly is a Global Short Programs student and New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant recipient. Kimberly undertook the Virtual Public Health Study Tour in January 2021. This interview has been reposted from ACICIS. Q: Why did you decide to undertake this virtual program? Studying a Bachelor of Health Science and majoring in Global Health, the ACICIS Public Health…
