I recently spoke with Brandon, a 2021 IEDP graduate who is now working full-time at UNESCO Bangkok, where he completed a remote internship during spring semester 2021. Brandon was raised in Tennessee, and — prior to IEDP — worked in Bangkok as an English teacher. Brandon has shared his experiences on the blog before — You can read more about his decision to apply to … Continue reading Spotlight On…Brandon’s Internship & Job with UNESCO!
I still remember my very first day of internship and now it’s approaching to an end. In this blog, I would like to share some of my reflections on the past 4 months. During my internship, I’m mainly responsible for two projects. One is about Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education (MLE) and the other one is related to Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE). MLE … Continue reading Reflecting On My Internship
Hi everyone I’m Lijin. My internship is going well so far but I would like to share something other than work in this blog. There’re many amazing places in Bangkok and here are my top 10 favorites. 1. Office Yes, office is one of my favorite places. I came to the Bangkok knowing no one and it was people in the office that made it … Continue reading My Top 10 Favorite Things in Bangkok
Hi everyone I’m Lijin. As two thirds of my internship has past, I’ll share some of my working experience with my organization in this blog. My organization held many conferences during my internship, so in the past 9 weeks, I spent half of my time in office and another half in hotels supporting different conferences and meetings. Days in office Working time is pretty flexible … Continue reading Working in Bangkok
Hey everyone my name is Lijin and I started my internship in Bangkok early September this year. Although my visa application started 9 weeks before, I was so pressed for time that I got my Thai visa one day before the flight departure. But anyway, I caught my flight, arrived Bangkok on time and fall in love with the city immediately. First impression of the … Continue reading Start of a New Journey
Great time is always short, unconsciously, this is the last a few days of my internship at UNESCO Beijing. In recent months working here, I have seen familiar interns coming and leaving, but never thought it would be my turn to leave this place and my friends so soon. Yes, I have become friends with the coworkers who are so interesting and kind, and it … Continue reading Farewell in Beijing
Time flies, I have been working as an intern in Beijing office over two months. Let me introduce what I have done at work so far. Our geographical scope contains East Asian Countries (China, Japan, Mongolia, South Korea). We organized and participated a number of meetings, workshops and events related to education impact in these regions. My job is to assist to contact the participants … Continue reading About my work in Beijing office
I cannot believe I met the 40th anniversary of the United Nations in China during my internship and had the honor to participate in the celebration to mark 40 years of the UN’s development presence in China with other coworkers. What surprised me the most was that I met a senior classmate who also graduated from our program, IEDP UPenn in 2017! She is now … Continue reading What a Big Day
Greetings from Beijing! After spending some lovely days here, I can’t wait to talk about my work experience as an intern at education sector, UNESCO Beijing office. Colleagues here are very enthusiastic and diversified in background. There are a number of interns at my age in the office and most of us were assigned to sit together at the one side of the office, which … Continue reading First impression of internship in Beijing office
Sadly, my amazing time at UNESCO Bangkok has come to an end, and as I reflected on my experiences, there are just so many wonderful moments, professionally, socially, and culturally to write about for my last blog. Continuing from my second blog, on July 11 and 12, I assisted my team, Non-Formal Education and Literacy, on a two-day workshop to launch an online course on lifelong … Continue reading Amazing Memories in Thailand
The International Educational Development Program 