Athlone Institute of Technology
A.I.T was built in 1970. There are around 6000 students and the first sector studied is Business and the second is Accounting.
In my office (International Office), on 500 students, 200 come from the E.U countries, 150 from China and 40 students from France.
Athlone Institute of Technology is not the largest of Ireland, the largest I.T is Dublin (D.I.T) which includes 20,000 students.
My tutor was Mary Simpson, she studied at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland and now she has been working for 16 years in A.I.T, from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m and she benefits from a 1-hour lunch break. Mary has already travelled to Beijing and Shanghai with students of A.I.T.
During my work placement, my tasks consisted in:
-Updating international parter information
-Using Excel spreadsheet for data collection
-Recording applications from new students coming to A.I.T
-Preparing mailshots to send out information about A.I.T Business School programmes
My work placement was GREAT and my colleagues very understanding.
Thank you very much Mary, Jackie, Eoin, Carmel, Karl and Mustafa for your kindness and your patience.
Maxime