Daily Life Generally, I found that whilst I felt I wasn't working hard enough or felt like I could do more, I was generally far ahead of schedule and did everything way ahead of time. I think I could have handled more work in the 3-month period because, being at home, I did not have much else to do and so had plentiful time. Definitely had no issue relaxing because the workload was very manageable and only required quiet space and good internet connection to be able to make most of it. Lasting Impressions For sure this is a fantastic internship because I think it is quite rare that a small non-British environmental charity offers internships to British students. I learned a lot about how NGOs/charities work in the EU framework and also about how a small organisation like this works. I also learned a lot about how EU policies are actually actioned and the process of lobbying in an EU context. The experience has confirmed my career ambition to work in a policy-oriented environmental organisation, although I would aspire to work in a larger more international one than this. I gained a lot of knowledge and research skills but mostly my synthesis skills and the ability to write reports.
Second Year Undergraduate, BA Biological Sciences, Remote Working Work Projects I interned remotely for 4 weeks with CEEweb for Biodiversity, a network of multiple environmental conservation NGOs based in Central and Eastern Europe. Of course, it was very disappointing to not be able to spend the summer in Budapest, but the team were very welcoming and zoomed me into regular meetings which helped me feel like part of office life. Me and the other Oxford intern also had weekly meetings with my supervisor Gabriella, who was very helpful and friendly. I was the conservation policy intern for CEEweb, and was working on the SaveGREEN project, an EU funded project working to identify ways to mitigate the impact of transport infrastructure projects on ecological corridors in the Danube region. I was working on creating a library of publications related to cost-benefit analyses for the environmental
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