Miguel Albiol. Higher Level Administration and Finance Vocational Training.
In 2019 I was awarded an Erasmus+ grant for 3 months to carry out a training internship (FCT) in London from March 2020 on, that was the month I finished my theoretical studies of Administration and Finance in IES MAESTRAT. My mobility was included in the KA-103 call of 2019, together with 2 job shadowing activities for teachers of Administration and Management Vocational Training.
So in March, 2 students from my class and I left for the UK. When we left home, we were nervous because everything was new to us. We had to take two flights to get to the UK, from Valencia to Frankfurt and from there to London. We had the misfortune of missing the latter flight as the schedules were very tight and we didn’t make it on time, but luckily we caught the same flight but a few hours later.
When we arrived, we had time to settle in and see the area we were in, and during the short period of time we were there, we could also do some sightseeing and attend a Chelsea-Everton football match.
The company where I did my internship was in charge of managing rentals for people with financial difficulties. Each of us had different jobs with different mentors. In principle, I was in charge of going from house to house to check for damages and write them down so that they could be solved as soon as possible. In the meantime, Kim and Maria kept the company’s accounts with another mentor.From 15 March on, things got complicated. Our families were worried about COVID and finally, we decided to cancel the internship and return to Spain. We were a very short time in the workplace, but security was the main issue. It took us an hour to get to the company from the house where we were staying, and we also had to take different buses full of people without masks.
Even so, and apart from how expensive life is in the UK, I would personally repeat the mobility as I was left wanting more Erasmus. Even though the time we spent there was short, it was an unforgettable experience where we learn about the world, the language and different cultures.