This logbook consists of 8 entries summarizing the author's experiences during a 2-month internship at the Saudi Embassy in Vienna. The entries describe interacting with different departments, writing reports and statements, and gaining exposure to various tasks like administration. Overall, the internship provided valuable insights into different roles within an embassy and opportunities to contribute written work.

1. I have worked for two months in Saudi Embassy in Vienna
Logbook
The logbook is comprised of eight logs of 250 words each, a
total of 2000 words. It is recommended that you write up each
day of the internship reflecting on the experiences and
challenges faced that day: who you met, what tasks were set and
how completed. You should think of the log as a journal where
you reflect on your insights and observations of how you feel
about yourself and the organisation after the day is completed.
When you have completed the internship, you can either choose
what you consider to be the best eight days or synthesis of an
event that took place over several days or a task that took a
number of days to complete into one log. However, this log
must be of approximately 250 words and eight logs must be
produced in total.
The logs should be written in continuous prose, be written in a
personal and reflective style, give a clear and detailed insight of
the internship and organisation where taking the work
experience. The logs should be dated and give a title which
encapsulates the content of the entry. If the log is a reflection
over several days on a specific activity then state the period the
log takes place over.
Day 1:
I started in Media department, and I worked with two girls, and
they let me read the archive of the Media department in the
Saudi Embassy.
Day 2:

2. I have written for them a list of biggest companies in Austria.
Day 3:
I have written for them a 100 tweet that they can use it to
promote to visit Saudi Arabia
Day 4:
I have written a statement about the Ambassador’s speech to the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Day 5:
I moved to Permanent Delegation to the United Nations and
international organizations in Vienna office, and I w ork with 5
people that they responsible about different organizations in
Vienna, and they let me read the archive.
Day 6:
I have written a profile report about United Nations
Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
Day 7:
I have written a profile report about United Nations Industrial
Development Organization (UNIDO)
Day 8:
I have written a profile report about United Nations Office on
Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

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Politics Internship Module Logbook.
This logbook consists of 8 activities/days that I accomplished
while doing my
internship at [Institute].
Log 1: Meeting the Students
Upon starting my internship, one of the first activities I engaged
in was meeting the
classes and students that I would be working with. This started

4. with me being
introduced by the teacher as Miss [Name], something that I am
not usually
accustomed to being called. During this introduction, students
took part one by one
to introduce themselves and give me a fun fact about them that I
would find
interesting about them. It was very entertaining to speak to
these students and see
the wide range of personalities and characters within the class.
Due to the large
number of students and names, I was forced to write them down
and try and
remember them to help my experience be as authentic as
possible. After meeting
these students, I spoke to the teacher and asked for advice as to
how she managed
to remember all her students' names and the importance of it.
She helped me
understand that it was important to learn each student's names
and personalities as
no two are the same which could apply to their learning styles.
She told me that it
was important for all the students to be recognized as

5. individuals as this would not
only help their learning however their confidence as well. This
insight was very useful
as I had never acknowledged how important it actually is to get
to know your
students therefore this being one the first major lesson that I
have learned during my
internship
Log 2: Planning for lessons
During my internship, something that was part of many of my
days was planning for
lessons. I worked with the teacher to help plan for the lessons
which consisted of
many different elements. Some of these elements were reading
the specification set
by examination boards as this showed the curriculum that
needed to be followed for
the students to achieve the best opportunity in the exams.
Following reading the
specification, we went on to begin making the PowerPoint that
would be used during

6. the lesson. The teacher made sure that I understood that you
can’t be too ambitious
with the amount of work to intend to teach within a lesson
because this depends on
the class. She showed me how she breaks up the timing of the
hour lesson and it
showed me that lessons are actually very short when you take
into consideration the
time that it takes students to settle down especially after break
or lunch. After the
PowerPoints were done, we had to prepare the worksheets that
would be used
during the lesson, due to the number of the classes, these
worksheets had to be
ordered from the department that controlled the mass printing in
the school. This
meant that you would have to put in an order at least a day
before they were needed
showing me that planning lessons is something that couldn't be
done last minute
however a lot of effort and time management was required to
ensure that these
students had the best quality of learning possible.

7. Log 3: Engaging in lessons
One thing that I was very nervous about was partaking in a
lesson. This was due to
me being so used to being the student thus coming in as an
authoritative figure was
something that was outside of my comfort zone as I was very
worried as to how the
students would perceive me and if I came across as a teaching
figure. This proved to
be an unnecessary worry as the students were very welcoming
and respectful
towards me. It allowed me to be able to help them and them take
what I was saying
as very informative and helpful. This also meant that I worked
with the class teacher
to work out the best ways to help the class work the most
efficient way. Coming in as
an authoritative figure as well as a younger person meant that
students found it
easier to relate to me and ask questions that they would often
shy away asking the

8. class teacher. It meant that I was able to create a deeper bond
with these students
and help them not only with their class work however their
advancements in later
years whether it be picking their subjects or their university
courses. This taught me
that the position you take in a classroom as an authoritative
figure really helps
students not only within their studies however also inspires
them in later life with the
little pieces of wisdom you give them, and this was truly one of
the most rewarding
experiences throughout my internship.
Log 4: Discipline for students
In the institution that I was interning at, discipline was a very
important factor when it
came to educating. This meant that the students had to follow
very strict rules from
their uniform to the actions within class. This was a very new
experience for me as
by being part of the staff it became one of my roles to enforce
the rules and make

9. sure all students were abiding them. The first challenge came
during one of my
politics lessons when a student and the teacher found
themselves in a heated
argument, this student was in clear violation of the rules thus
being sent out of the
classroom. Not only did this disrupt the class however it also
affected the mood of
the teacher. My mentor came by to deal with this student and
called me out of the
lesson to see how they work to discipline students, my mentor
spoke to the student
in a calm yet authoritative manner highlighting what she done
was wrong and how
this not only affects her but also the whole class, she then
allowed me to give my
opinion as someone who saw this encounter which was a new
experience for me. I
used this opportunity to highlight that I understood where she
was coming from but
also that the manner in which she presented herself was not
right and that there are

10. other ways to deal with disagreements that don't result in that
manner. This helped to
learn that it helps students to speak to them and understand
them and they are still
learning, and this will not only benefit them in school however
in life too.
Log 5: Parents Evening
Since being a student, I have always been intrigued to know the
backstage
preparations for such a busy and eventful night that being
parents evening. Teachers
made me aware that on the day of parents evening, students
would behave a lot
more than they would on a regular day thus using that as an
indicator that these
students are somewhat aware of the consequences of this night.
I worked with a
staff member to prepare for parents evening which started at
getting all the students
booked and aware of the consequences of missing this meeting
as it was deemed
very important within this institution. After all students are

11. booked it was very
important to be prepared for every meeting meaning that all
data collected on the
students and their books would be available for the parents to
look at. During this
evening, I was able to observe the manner in which teachers
spoke to parents and
the manner in which they expressed their worries as well as
what they were happy
with. This taught me the importance of parent collaboration in
their children's studies
as this allows students to be more willing to learn and prosper
compared to a child
who lacked this.
Log 6: Administration
One of my days at [institute] was spent helping in
administration which my mentor
thought would benefit me as this applies to many job roles. On
this day I worked with
the department assistant who worked to make sure all the admin
was completed or

12. the department. This was a very new experience for me because
I had never thought
of taking up a job role of this nature in my future. During this
time, she was planning
a trip which required a lot of planning and preparation. I was
tasked to make the
letters for consent for the students to take home to their parents
and also had to set
up a parent pay system that could pay for the trip. This was a
new experience for me
because booking the activities and making sure all the consent
letters were in on
time was very challenging. It helped me learn about my time
management skills
because it placed a lot of weight on my shoulders to make sure
these students were
able to go on this trip and gain from this experience. It also
helped me realise that
the job roles that seem small actually come with a lot of
responsibility and dedication
to get the job done as these jobs carries a lot of importance and
helps to keep the
team moving and working more productively thus appreciating

13. department
assistants/secretaries more.
Log 7: Tutor sessions
While working in the classes, I found that a lot of students
benefited from having the
one-to-one attention when it came to helping with their politics
and economic work.
They often told me that I made it simpler for them to understand
concepts that they
were struggling with for a long time and this was often
transferred onto the teacher. I
was then offered the opportunity to lead a tutor session after
school to help students
brush up on any topics they wanted before their exams. This
opportunity did scare
me at first however I loved helping them in lessons so I
believed that it wouldn't be
much different. I led an after-school tutoring session with a few
students who gave
me topics that they wanted to go over and we worked through
them together and

14. used examples that they would understand to explain the likes
of Brexit and the
European union. This a very entertaining and fulfilling
experience as it showed how
easy it was to engage students in topics that they would have
otherwise given up on
and to receive their thanks afterwards as they felt that they had
truly benefited from
an extra hour in which they could go over their topics. This
really did give me a
sense of what it would be like to go into a career of teaching
and I pleasantly enjoyed
it.
Log 8: Meetings
With all professional environments there are meetings,
something that I have never
been a part of or understood the etiquette for. Coming to this
secondary school, it
was quickly added to my agenda that I would have to attend
meetings and partake
with them. During my placement I took part in 3 meetings: one
department, one

15. faculty and an all staff briefing. All these meetings took on
different forms with some
being more formal and others being more of a laid back catch up
on the work that all
the staff members had been doing. The conduct of the formal
meetings stood out for
me as they followed a particular layout in which many agendas
would need to be
covered and notes and outcomes were to be achieved. These
meetings were very
important to the staff members as it allowed them to understand
where issues were
arising and how to fix them efficiently as well as how to plan
and organise big events
within the school which would be very useful for all students.
These meetings also
helped me realise that if you want to be heard you must speak
up as these meetings
were also a place where staff members would lay out their own
agendas in the effort
to achieve them first whether it be asking for a higher budget or
activities that they
believed would benefit their students. This meant that timid
characters would often

16. not get their say and shy away from making a presence thus
almost losing out on
opportunities therefore teaching me that confidence and
presence are very important
in the professional world.