{"id":8862,"date":"2024-03-29T07:14:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T09:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/?p=8862"},"modified":"2024-12-19T07:20:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T09:20:44","slug":"after-an-internship-on-the-island-of-corfu-straight-to-studies-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/after-an-internship-on-the-island-of-corfu-straight-to-studies-in-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"After an internship on the island of Corfu, straight to studies in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Rokas Laurinavi\u010dius, a student of the English for Public Relations study programme at the Faculty of Arts and Education of Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution (HEI), took advantage of the opportunities of the Erasmus+ programme after a summer internship on the island of Corfu, as offered by the Amber job company, and tried international studies in Portugal.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the interview, R. Laurinavi\u010dius talked about the opportunity he took to go on an international exchange, shared his experiences and discoveries in other countries, and also emphasised why it is worth trying the Erasmus+ programme.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 What <\/span>is the first thought that<\/span> comes to mind when you hear the word Erasmus+?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 Limitless possibilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 What made you decide to go on an Erasmus+ exchange? Why Portugal?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 I went to the north of Portugal, to the city of Bragan\u00e7a. <\/span>Of the universities I could <\/span>go to<\/span> for an international exchange under my study programme, the University of Bragan\u00e7a seemed <\/span>like<\/span> the best choice.<\/span> My goal in studying was to get to know different cultures, and of the possible options, the University of Bragan\u00e7a is in the country furthest from Lithuania. <\/span>So<\/span> I was fascinated by the idea that I would <\/span>get to know<\/span> the diversity of cultures there.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 What challenges did you face?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 The whole programme went very smoothly. <\/span>Probably the only <\/span>difficult<\/span> thing<\/span> was finding time for everything I wanted to do.<\/span> There were so many opportunities, so little time. Since <\/span>I was<\/span> living alone abroad, I had to do all the mundane activities myself, which<\/span> \u201c<\/span>burned<\/span>\u201d <\/span>a lot of time that I could have spent on <\/span>interesting<\/span> cultural activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2013 What impressed you about this international exchange experience?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 The mountains, the travel, the people and their openness, the different study styles, the independence, freedom.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 What new things have you discovered about yourself after taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the Erasmus+ programme?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 When it comes to friendship and human relationships, I realised that it is not difficult for me to establish a <\/span>connection<\/span>,<\/span> or<\/span> to communicate with other people<\/span>.<\/span> During my Erasmus+ internship in Greece and during my studies in Portugal, I <\/span>was always surrounded<\/span> by a large group of friends. <\/span>I think that<\/span> coming to a more open country, compared to Lithuania, where <\/span>the majority<\/span> of the population is <\/span>quite<\/span> closed, revealed my personality.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Why do you think others should take advantage of international opportunities?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 An Erasmus+ internship or study can be one of the best experiences of a young <\/span>person’s<\/span> life. When you can have invaluable experience for free because you receive an Erasmus+ scholarship, <\/span>then<\/span> why not take advantage of such an opportunity?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rokas Laurinavi\u010dius, a student of the English for Public Relations study programme at the Faculty of Arts and Education of Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution (HEI), took advantage of the opportunities of the Erasmus+ programme after a summer internship on the island of Corfu, as offered by the Amber job company, and tried international studies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":8863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8862"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8869,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8862\/revisions\/8869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}