Internship 1.S3.EP.58
Internship aims
Internship should enable students to use their knowledge of a foreign language, its literature and culture, as well as provide them with opportunities to practice and develop their English in a professional environment. During the internship students are required to develop their problem-solving skills, information gathering and information processing skills, as well as submitting information in both written and oral forms following ethical principles. Additionally, students should be encouraged to participate in cooperative tasks. The acquired skills should facilitate students’ employment in translation and interpretation bureaus, public relations, publishing houses, administration offices, advertising agencies, fundraising organizations, commercial, corporate or other business institutions, mass media, tourist industry, i.e. those sectors which require a good level of foreign language competence and awareness of cultural differences.
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Student’s duties and procedures
Before their internship
• The student attends an information meeting organised by the internship coordinator (if there is a necessity to organise it);
• The student collects Internship referral from Didactics and Student Affairs Office www.bdss.uni.opole.pl Ob-szar Praktyk Studenckich „Dokumenty do pobrania (oświadczenia, skierowania)”[Student Internship Area "Documents to download (statements, referrals)"]. Documents are available from December 1 to April 30 of the given academic year in which the internship is planned (except for fields with a practical profile),
• The student completes the downloaded referral and confirms it at the institution/facility accepting the stu-dent for internship,
• The student delivers the completed referral and a declaration of consenting with the Regulations on the or-ganization of internships at the University of Opole in person or electronically,
• For internships carried out during the summer period (July-September), the deadline for returning referrals is April 30.
• For internships carried out outside the holiday period - the deadline for returning referrals is no later than one month before the planned start of the internship (also applies to fields with a practical profile).
• On planning the Internship abroad, the student is obliged to ask for a written consent from the Internship co-ordinator (Appendix 4)
• Before starting the internship, the BDiSS employee, based on the submitted referral, prepares and sends two copies of the internship contract along with instructions to the institution/facility. The student is obliged to download the sample Internship Schedule of Weekly Duties and Internship Evaluation Form available on the BDiSS website and deliver them to the facility/institution.
• Before starting the internship, the representative of the institution/facility signs the contract and sends one signed copy of the contract to BDiSS
During their internship, the student is obliged to
• appear on the first day of internship in a given place at least half an hour earlier than the beginning of the regular working time;
• be punctual and observe working hours indicated either by the employer or the internship supervisor;
• work in the place appointed for at least six hours a day – as long as the employer does not decide otherwise (working hours should be 30 hours minimum per week);
• perform the assigned duties diligently in a professional manner, know and follow required internal rules and regulations, for example safety rules, or code of conduct;
• strictly follow the instructions of the internship supervisor, employer and any other person responsible for organization of work during internship in the firm/company/institution;
• keep records connected with duties and responsibilities performed throughout the duration of internship by providing a detailed description of thereof in Internship Schedule of Weekly Duties (including dates, timing and specification of duties);
It is allowed to achieve learning outcomes assigned to internship in a given field, level and profile of studies with the use of distance learning methods and techniques. Decisions in this matter are made by the Dean of the Faculty.
After the internship, the student is obliged to:
• inform the internship coordinator about finalizing their internship (either via e-mail or any other way estab-lished earlier)
• submit the above-mentioned documents, i.e. Internship Schedule of Weekly Duties (approved by the em-ployer/supervisor) and Internship Evaluation Form, to the internship coordinator by the end of the semester 5.
• discuss with the Internship coordinator the details regarding the Internship, to confirm the final grade re-ceived for the Internship at the end of semester 5.
Field of study
Student workload
Study level
Education profile
Type of course
The semester in which the subject is carried out
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes acc to PQR 2019
Knowledge
1. the student knows various aspects of the functioning of the institution in practice (including the structure, internal culture, management, the most important tasks, rights and obligations of employees, relations, the incentive system, basic safety rules) in the scope corresponding to the activities student-apprentice and their elective module (k_W09) (m-W-2)
Skills
2. the student performs activities related to their position in the Internship (e.g. participation in business meetings, analyzing information from various sources, fulfilling individual, group or team tasks, using ethically and responsibly tools of communication, managing documents, translation, processing information, using ICT tools, operating devices) (k_U07) (k_U08) (k_U09) (m-U-1) (m-U-2)
3.the student can use the English language during the internship in written and oral communication in the professional context (e.g. communication with clients, phone conversations, emails, text analysis, text writing, oral presentation) (k_U02) (k_U04) (k_U05)
Social Competences
4. the student presents social competences during the Internship (e.g. setting priorities, time management during the implementation of various tasks related to professional work, critical assessment and solving problems resulting from the implementation of professional tasks, improving their position on the media services market and in entrepreneurship , compliance with the procedures and standards of the institution (k_K01) (k_K02)
5. the student supports the achievements and prestige of the institution during the Internship, e.g. is responsible, conscious, ethical, creative, committed and active in participation in various forms of institutional life, accepts linguistic and cultural differences and recognizes them as natural professional conditions and exhibits predispositions and personality traits compatible with the assigned position)
(m-K-1) (m-K-2)
Assessment criteria
Forms of evaluation
The Internship is credited on the basis of the achieved learning outcomes confirmed by a positive opinion of the in-ternship supervisor in the institution/company and a positive grade, issued in the document Internship Evaluation Form along with Internship Schedule of Weekly Duties , supplemented with a detailed list of all duties performed at the workplace (e.g. and time of performance and the type of entrusted duties).
It is allowed to achieve learning outcomes assigned to internship in a given field, level and profile of studies with the use of distance learning methods and techniques. Decisions in this matter are made by the Dean of the Faculty. The Internship is credited by the Internship coordinator at UO at the end of semester 5.
Internship may also be covered on the basis of a legal employment contract and/or other civil law contract, including volunteering (see the Internship Regulations, Annex No. 1 ZR 61 2023, paragraph 4), provided that the compa-ny/institution matches the description in point 2 and professional tasks performed by the student allow them to realize learning outcomes assigned to the internship of the study programme. At the beginning of the semester 5, the student submits an application to the internship coordinator to accept current professional work/volunteering on behalf of the Internship (Appendix 5) together with a confirmation from the employer that the internship learning outcomes are covered by the tasks performed during professional work/ volunteering (Appendix 6).
If the learning outcomes achieved by the student only partially (e.g. the student achieves 3 out of 5 learning outcomes for a given internship), the coordinator directs the student to repeat the internship.
Practical placement
The institutions offering the internship for students should operate within an international environment, which provides opportunities for developing students’ linguistic and communicative competences and achieving learning outcomes. These institutions also may represent regional sectors that require a good command of a foreign lg. The employee appointed by the institution to look after the apprentice should have appropriate qualifications and professional experience. The student may indicate the place of their internship or may use the places proposed by UO. The student may choose to do their Internship abroad, provided that the duties at the appointed institution are compatible with the study programme’s profile and ensure reaching the learning outcomes assigned to the Internship. This requires a consent of the Internship coordinator (Appendix 4)
Bibliography
Internship Regulations - ZR 15/2021 oraz ZR 61/2023–available at https://praktyki.uni.opole.pl/regulamin-praktyk/
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: