In this month’s What’s up student Column our EUSA Intern Ms Emma Carrière reflects on her experience and journey through her internship at EUSA Office in Ljubljana. 

My name is Carrière Emma, I’m 20 years old and i’m from France. I did this internship at EUSA for my studies, related to doing an advance technician certificate in the management.

I wanted to do my first international internship in the European University Sports Association (EUSA) with the intention of getting experience in the sports sector, being resoursful and relaxed in the same time. I also needed a challenge for myself to be in a new country and new environment. 

For me as an overthinker, the work was a little bit complicated in the beggining because of the frequent dynamics, but I was amazed how everything actually turned out to be very well organized in the end. However, this brought another type of experience for me and has put an added value to my multi-tasking skills. 

Nevertheless, the welcoming energy from EUSA team in the office, made me feel like I am part of a real family, and I was such an important part of the journey. About the way of working, it was not that new for me because I already did my last internship at the French University Federation in Bordeaux and they had the same habits.

Speaking of opportunities, I got them many, especially with the travels that I had the chance to do, like being part of the ENGSO Youth Sport Platform in Sweden and the European Universities TableTennis Championship in Czech Republic. These were such amazing experiences and I'm really thankful to them for giving me this kind of opportunities to learn and gain new experiences. 

Slovenia is also very beautiful, the capital is pretty small and quiet with a lot of green areas. It’s really cute and the right place for the nature lovers with all of the forest, caves and waterfalls. I recommend this country to everyone who would like to discover new places without changing to much their occidental habits, we are still in Europe with kinda the same way of living.

After this experience with EUSA in Ljubljana, I’m so excited to do an other international internship and discover new countries, culture and people. It’s like I’m a new person since my departure to Slovenia. I could recommend you a million time to travel, discover new things and take some risk, the best is coming for all of you only if you take all of the opportunity.

The author of this article, Emma Carrière, did an internship at the European University Sports Association as part of her studies. She has a certificate of higher technician in management in Bordeaux, France.

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