Transcript Document 7279419

The academic and professional careers of MA SES alumni:
The function of internships,
first-hand information from present and former students
1. Statistical Data Concerning MA SES Students
2. Outline of the Internship Seminar
3. Conference “The meaning of an Internship for the MA-SES
programme”
4. Internships of previous and actual Students
5. Problems before and during Internships
6. The Role of ALUMNI in MA SES
Dr. Denis Gruber
Head of Internship
Part 1
STATISTICAL DATA CONCERNING MA
SES STUDENTS
Academic Background of all
MA-students
students: 44
All MA-students by citizenship status
students: 44
Russian
36
Norwegian
2
Chinese
1
Dutch
1
Estonian
1
American
1
Austrian
1
British
1
Current MA-students by citizenship
status
Students 1st and 2nd course: 22
Migration flows of Russian students – From Russian Regions
to St. Petersburg
Russian students 1st and 2nd course: 18
students: 44
students: 22
Topic of MA-thesis (1st and 2nd yrs. students)
Sciences
• Integration and Exclusion of Foreign Students at a German
University
• Bologna process and educational policy
• “Russian Scientists at a German University: Chances of career
growth”
• “Young Turkish Germans: the way to universities”
• “Cooperation of Russian and German scientific communities”
Topic of MA-thesis (1st and 2nd yrs. students)
Political Europe
• Promotion of Nordic values and democracy in North West Russia
• “Explaining EU Tax coordination as a bargaining policy”
• “The Public Chamber of the Russian Federation as an instrument
of cooperation between Russia and European Regional Civic
Organizations”
• “The Impact of e-Government on policy-making and it’s
implementation in the field of Social Security in Belgium”
Topic of MA-thesis (1st and 2nd yrs. students)
Energy
• “Between energy security and ecological safety: Nordstream Project as it is
viewed in the Baltic Sea Region”
• “Politics of Subsidies for Natural Gas in Russia”
• “EU-Russia Energy Relationships”
• “An examination the European perception of Russia a threat to the energy
markets”
Terrorism
“Left wing groups in Germany. The example of RAF”
Social Europe
“The role of grandmother in children during transformation of gender order in
Russia and Germany”
“Participation of cultural organizations in European identity-building”
Topic of MA-thesis (1st and 2nd yrs. students)
Economical Europe
• European business and NGO partnerships in Russia
• skills deficit and professional training at workplace in Russia and Western
Europe
• “Strategies of image constructing in economic intergovernmental
organization on the example of OECD”
Integration
• “Latent forms of national conflicts: caucasophobia in Russia and attitude
towards Turkish in Germany”
• “Public policy toward Russian speaking minority in the Baltic states
(Lithuania vs Latvia)”
• “The Russian Germans”
Part 2
OUTLINE OF THE INTERNSHIP
SEMINAR
Outline of Internship Seminar
1. General overview about internship
2. How to write a Cover letter, how to write a CV
3. How to finance an internship, how to write a cost
projection
4. After the Internship: Internship Report and Thank You
letter
5. Job Interviews: Possible Questions
1. What is an
internship?
2. Why doing an
internship?
3. How to find
an internship?
4. How to apply
for an
internship?
Why internships?
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To gain knowledge/competences that can be
helpful in later jobs
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To check out a job/an occupational area that
seems to be interesting
• Making contacts to possible future employers
• Combining the theoretical knowledge gained in the courses
with practical experience
• Strengthen your CV
• Gaining material for the Master Thesis
How our students find an internship
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Internet
newspapers, e.g. St. Petersburg Times
German-Russian exchange
Contacting the Head of Internship
personal information by the scientific
supervisor
• finding information in internship reports
• asking ALUMNI
Part 3
CONFERENCE „THE MEANING OF AN
INTERNSHIP FOR THE MA SES
PROGRAMME
Our guests
• Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, Dr. Krumm,
Moscow
• German-Russian-Exchange, Astrid Schorn, St.
Petersburg
• German General-Consulate, Marcus Stadthaus,
St. Petersburg
• German-Russian-Chamber for External Trade,
Katja Wedig, St. Petersburg
• Roedl & Partner, Manfred Janoschka, St.
Petersburg
Monday, 8th of December
Part 4
INTERNSHIPS OF PREVIOUS AND
ACTUAL STUDENTS
Place of Internship of previous students
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Kultur- und Integrationszentrum PHOENIX, Köln
Chamber of Commerce, St. Petersburg
State Duma of the Russian Federation, Moscow
Human Rights Without Frontiers Int'l, Brussels
European Human Rights Avocacy Center, Memorial, Moscow
Grand Hotel Europe, St. Petersburg
European Intermodal Association (EIA), Brussels
Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce, Gent
British Council, St. Petersburg
MAN Ferrostaat AG, Essen
A1 personeelsdiensten, Arnhem
ATTAC Bundesbüro, Frankfurt/Main
British Council, London
Russian Food & Drinks Magazine LLC., St. Petersburg
European Public Law Center, Athens
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Vienna
Administration of the Committee for External Affairs, St. Petersburg
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Bremen University, Bremen
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels
Place of Internships of current students
Transatlantic Partners Against AIDS (TPAA), Moscow
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Department for Russian
and Eurasian Studies, Oslo
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin
Russian-German-Exchange, Berlin
Green Party Russia, Moscow
Grand Hotel Europe, St. Petersburg
The Nordic Council of Ministers Information Office, St. Petersburg
International Consulting: Rapp Collins, Moscow
In which countries our students have done their
internships?
internships: 26
footnote:
only internship reports which are
available are included!
1st-year students did not have
done an internship yet!
Russia
11
Germany 6
Belgium
4
Norway
1
Netherlands 1
Great Britain 1
Greece
1
Austria
1
In which spheres our students have done
their internships?
Media
2
NGO
6
Tourism
2
Politics- governmental
orgaization
7
Politics-non-governmental
organization
6
Car production
1
Personal Recruiting 1
internships: 26
Mobility of MA-students: Doing in internship
abroad (not in Russia)
Citizenship:
Russian:
20 students
abroad: 9
Estonian: 1 student
abroad: 1
Norwegian:
2 students
abroad: 1
US:
1 student
abroad: 0
Dutchman:
1 students abroad: 1
Chinese:
1 student
abroad: 1
internships: 26
Mobility of Russian MA-students: Doing in
internship outside of St. Petersburg
Russian:
outside of St. Petersburg:
20 students
16 students
Part 5
PROBLEMS BEFORE AND DURING
INTERNSHIPS
Your internship report should contain the following
aspects:
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Information about the organization you were working for
How did you find your internship?
Why did you apply especially at this organisation?
What duties did you have during your internship? Did you have
your own field of responsibility? What kind of work did you
do?
"Theory-Practice-Reflection": How did the knowledge you
gained in your studies help you during your internship? How
do the things you learned during your internship help you now
in your studies?
Conclusion: Would you recommend your internship to other
students?
Hopes before internships
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to get an inside view in practical work
to collect material for Master thesis
hope to get more analytical skills
to get a adaquate supervision
to be well-prepared for job interviews to get
an internship place
Problems before internship
• waiting for an answer from the organization where students
have applied
• travelling costs to go to job interviews which are necessary to
get an internship place
• to do an internship abroad is concerned to the problem that
these organizations prefer „own“ interns
• paid or unpaid internships
• duration of internship (summer/winter)
• housing
• part-time or full-time
Problems during internship
• lack of tasks
• miss a supervisor who is responsible for the
tasks or available for information
• less criticism about work
• visa problems
• not to have ones „own space“, but to be a
„personal assistent“
Learning from internships
• summer period is not the best time to do it: holidays,
periodical decline, „summer gap“
• missing knowledge of cultures and cultural behaviours
when they are doing an internship abroad  need for
more cultural /intercultural studies
• „During the MA studies we read a bundle of empirical
articles, but hardly ever have a space to discuss the
process of designing a project and collecting data“
• wish: sSeminars about „Preparation to make research“
Suggestions for Future
• enlargement of the Internship Seminar (at least 2 weeks)
• simulation of job interviews and creation of a „warm
atmosphere“ (to start with a small talk)
• dos and nos during interviews and research or internship stays
• discussing of internship reports (1st and 2nd year students)
• cultural and behavioural studies (e.g. Germany)
• Winter school in Germany is more than helpful for those who
are planning an internship in Germany
• Winter school in Germany is an example to organize oneself in
foreign countries
Part 6
THE ROLE OF ALUMNI IN
MA SES
Working Places of ALUMNI
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Press Officer, “Inteko” company, Moskow
Students at other Universities
“Samsung electronics” company, St. Petersburg
Director of a Foreign Languages centre in Cherepovets
PhD student at Oxford University, Great Britain
Manager of program MITIM, Higher School of Management, SPbSU
“Kristian Jentan“ company, St. Petersburg
in-between jobs
British consulate in St. Petersburg
Lecturer, Department of International Relations and Oriental Studies, Novosibirsk State
University
Sales manager, Business company trading with Italy, St. Petersburg
International Sales Manager responsible for German, Belgian, Dutch, and Russian areas
Researcher, Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Marketing
Project assistant, Erarta Museum of Modern Art,
Manager for International Relations “Gidromeh“ company, St. Petersburg
Personnel Manager, “General Motors“ company, St. Petersburg
UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime),
Activities of Alumni
• Participation at The “Day of Open Door”,
04.04. 2009
• Agreement for giving help to current students
• Taking part in “Christmas Party”, 19.12.2008
• Registrated at the social network site of
“vkontakte.ru” as a sub-group “Studies in
European Societies”
“Day of Open Door”
“Day of Open Door”
How to improve our ALUMNI network?
• to get students and alumni together in a face-to-face
meeting for informational purposes
• Photos and personal information of ALUMNI on our
website
• Invitation of ALUMNI in internship seminars or
discussion about job interview and working
experiences
• Invitation of ALUMNIs to take part at the “Day of
Open Door”
• ALUMNI meeting in 2010 (teachers, ALUMNI, current
students)