UK in Romania

22nd July 2015

Paul Brummell, British Ambassador to Romania

by Paul Brummell

Head of Soft Power and External Affairs Department, Communication Directorate

10 year internship scheme anniversary (IX): What our interns remember

Last week, our alumni were invited to answer three question before joining the anniversary party.  Their answers are listed below, as they probably sum up many of the thoughts included in our series of guest blogs dedicated to our internship scheme. WHAT I REMEMBER My first day at the British Embassy was also my 21st […]

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22nd July 2015

Andra Alexandru

Former British Embassy Romania intern

10 year internship scheme anniversary (VIII): The Internship: Shaping minds and careers

Andra Alexandru was an intern in the Communications Department of the British Embassy and is currently Press & Political Officer for another diplomatic mission in Romania. She is also a co-founder of Digital Diplomacy Romania and of the Bucharest-based Institute for Digital Government. Fascinating, Enriching, Inspiring. These three words only begin to describe my experience […]

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22nd July 2015

Cristina Marcu

Former British Embassy Romania intern

10 year internship scheme anniversary (VII): Working with UKTI

Former intern Cristina Marcu shares with us her experience on working with UKTI colleagues in our commercial department, promoting British businesses in Romania. My experience with the UK Embassy inspired me greatly and few weeks after my internship experience came to an end, I was employed by the American International School of Bucharest as an […]

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22nd July 2015

Daria Catalui

Founder of Danube, EDU youth regional NGO. Currently she is working in digital education for EU's cybersecurity agency ENISA

10 year internship scheme anniversary (VI): On speech writing

Our guest blogger today is Daria Catalui, a passionate volunteer and founder of Danube, EDU youth regional NGO. Currently she is working in digital education for EU’s cybersecurity agency ENISA. I was an intern long time ago when studying in Bucharest.  From the first moment when I entered the embassy for the interview to the […]

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16th July 2015

Cosmina Grigore

PR professional and patient coach

10 year internship scheme anniversary (VI): Things always happen for a reason

Today’s guest blogger is Cosmina Grigore,  a PR professional and patient coach. Cosmina was one of the earliest alumni and as a student she was the first to contact the embassy and to suggest the programme. “This idea will never happen. They’ve never done such thing”, she said to me. Then she added: “It’s impossible, […]

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16th July 2015

Elis Bechir

UNV staff working in Haiti

10 year internship scheme anniversary (V): Why volunteering is important

Next up in our guest posts series is Elis Bechir, former Political Section intern and currently part of UNV staff working in Haiti. Here’s her take on the importance of volunteering. On my last job interview -which I passed- I was asked why is volunteering important to me. Whenever I am asked about my professional […]

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16th July 2015

Beatrice Panduru

British Embassy Romania intern

10 year internship scheme anniversary (IV): How to help run a QBP

Beatrice Panduru has just recently finished her internship . She worked closely with the embassy’s events officer to deliver this year’s Queen’s Birthday Party. Sunny days. These are the words to describe my time at the Embassy. Taking it from the beginning, the first time I visited the embassy was when I had my interview […]

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16th July 2015

Andra Cazacu

Product Marketing Manager at Bitdefender

10 year internship scheme anniversary (III): How to get off on the right foot in your career

Andra Cazacu was a British Embassy intern in 2007 and is currently working as a Product Marketing Manager at Bitdefender, one of Romania’s leading IT companies. Here’s what she thinks about her time with the embassy as an intern. 8 years ago (I can’t believe how long it’s been), I read about an opening for […]

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15th July 2015

Dimitrie Mihes

Economic Officer

10 year internship scheme anniversary(II): Tailoring your own story

Our second guest blogger is Dimitrie Mihes, an internship alumnus and our current economic officer in the embassy’s political section. Having been reminded several times by our ever-so-vigilant comms officer, Catalina, to write about my time as an intern with the British Embassy, my guilty conscience started to outweigh the pleasure of procrastination. So as […]

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14th July 2015

Raluca Bragarea

Head of Communications, British Embassy Romania

10 year internship scheme anniversary(I): Pay it forward and have fun in the process

This year we are celebrating 10 years since the embassy launched its internship scheme. I have invited alumni to share their stories on my blog, and the first guest post is signed by our Head of Communications, Raluca Bragarea, who helped launch this initiative. Ten years, about 150 students or young professionals, an idea exported […]

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