Make a difference while enhancing your résumé and skills with the ISIC, which combines a service-oriented internship with academic work in the classroom seminars.

THE PLACEMENT

At FIE, we strongly believe that careful monitoring and individual support are crucial in arranging suitable and rewarding internships. FIE’s Experiential Education Team works with you individually from admission to the program to match your skills and background with an appropriate organization. Service Internships are exclusively hosted by organizations working toward goals associated with achieving public good, ensuring your work contributes to meaningful causes. We provide extensive support, both before you begin and throughout your placement, to ensure a rewarding and successful experience. The ISIC seminars provide ongoing opportunities to reflect on your internship experience, offering space for analysis and academic development.

Please note that all service internships are unpaid and are for academic credit only.

THE SEMINARS

In order to enhance and contextualize your service internship experience, you participate in a series of seminars designed to provide you with support to develop your understanding of the U.K. workplace and the community you are supporting. Through discussions with faculty and peers, you will reflect on your experience, share insights, and develop new perspectives on what it means to be a global citizen. You will be assessed on the detail, clarity, and quality of your written work and assessments, including reflective learning journals, development of a professional portfolio, and a workplace analysis.

You will be assessed on:

• Your ability to reflect upon and engage analytically with the service internship experience
• The detail, clarity, and quality of your written work and assessments, including reflective learning journals, development of a professional portfolio, and a workplace analysis
• Your positive engagement with the seminar sessions

By the end of the ISIC students will:

• Understand general aspects of the UK sector in which they worked and have a high degree of understanding of the organisation in which they were placed
• Describe and reflect on their service internship experience and the ways in which they have developed during the term
• Display ability to adapt to a workplace culture different to what might be expected in their home country, and to effectively navigate cultural differences in the workplace
• Understand how the actions, choices, and interactions of an individual, organisation and community effect and are affected by local and global social change
• Articulate their work-based learning and professional development in a variety of settings and formats
• Connect readings and key class themes to their work experience

Vinspired

All Service Interns are eligible for a range of Vinspired awards. The awards recognize your commitment to service and make a great addition to your résumé. Upon successful completion of the required hours, FIE will validate your application.

COURSE OUTLINE

Download the course outline here.