{"id":3794,"date":"2023-07-19T16:42:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T15:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/?p=3794"},"modified":"2023-07-19T21:29:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T20:29:55","slug":"be-a-better-self-from-belfast-to-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/2023\/07\/19\/be-a-better-self-from-belfast-to-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"Be a better self – From Belfast to Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

July is a bustling season for graduation and it is the time to wish the graduates a great success and a bright future. No matter where they go, they are closely linked to Queen’s as a valued alumnus member. <\/b><\/strong><\/em>In May 2023, Queen’s held a series of activities for Chinese alumni in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou respectively. Many outstanding Queen’s alumni from different parts of China excitedly joined one of the sessions with a welcome-home <\/em><\/strong><\/b>atmosphere. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On this special occasion, we are glad to invite Lina SHI (\u53f2\u4e3d\u5a1c), aka. Selena in English, an MA graduate in Arts Management from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences in 2018, to share her Queen’s experience and life after graduation. Currently, she is working in the KPMG Beijing Office.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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To my memory, this is the second alumni association held in Beijing. Although I missed the first one, I feel honoured to have become one of the four volunteers at the reception this time to introduce the alumni association event to the delegates.<\/p>Lina<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Volunteer’s view of the Alumni Event in Beijing | Image: Lina SHI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Seeing such activities as a precious opportunity for them to take a break from their busy professional and family lives, Lina was delighted to meet and chat with each other at the Beijing session. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am delighted to find that Queen’s graduates are now doing well. Whether within national institutions or within foreign and local companies (\u672c\u571f\u516c\u53f8 b\u011bnt\u01d4 g\u014dngs\u012b), Queen’s students contribute their knowledge and abilities to their positions. Undoubtedly, our Queen’s educational experience gave us solid academic standing when it came to job hunting post-graduation (\u6bd5\u4e1a\u6c42\u804c b\u00ecy\u00e8 qi\u00fazh\u00ed). As a result, you would find that Queen\u2019s graduates occupied many varied positions in a wide range of fields, including international companies and even Chinese government offices (\u56fd\u5bb6\u673a\u5173 gu\u00f3ji\u0101 j\u012bgu\u0101n).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Social time after the Alumni event | Image: Lina SHI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When asked what the best experience she ever had when studying at Queen’s, Lina attributed her highlights to her intercultural learning experience during her internship:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would tell any future student that if you choose to study at Queen\u2019s, it would be a wonderful learning journey. Many things and people made the experience feel unforgettable for me. For example, I gained valuable internship (\u5b9e\u4e60 sh\u00edx\u00ed) experience in Belfast.<\/p>

As part of the assessments for my major, Arts Management, I needed to independently source an internship in arts management at local arts institutions. To be honest, it was hard for international students at that time. But don\u2019t worry, every classmate finished their arts internship work in the end. It was an extremely helpful experience for my career.<\/p>

I spent three months working in an arts management internship at Ulster Youth Orchestra (\u7ba1\u5f26\u4e50\u961f gu\u01cenxi\u00e1n yu\u00e8du\u00ec). The Ulster Youth Orchestra exists to enable young people from throughout Northern Ireland to achieve their musical potential through the provision of the highest quality of professional tuition. I worked in UYO’s administrative office, located in Royal Avenue, Belfast. I was very lucky to join the rehearsal for the 25th<\/sup> Anniversary Concert in 2018.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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A grand view of the Orchestra performance at the Ulster Hall, Belfast | Image: Lina SHI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Generally, my internship duties (\u804c\u52a1 zh\u00ed w\u00f9) <\/strong>included putting forward arts fundraising applications to the UK and local government, communicating, and preparing rehearsal venues, cooperating with local other arts institutions, recording membership information and managing and archiving sheet music.<\/p>

My manager and colleagues are very kind with international students like me. On the day of my birthday, Paula, the arts manager of Ulster Youth Orchestra, sent me a card and balloon to celebrate. What\u2019s more, she treated me to a nice dinner with the team when my internship ended. The experience is very beneficial to the work I do in Beijing now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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A Thank-you card to Lina | Image: Lina SHI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We hope that sharing Lina’s experience has given you hope and motivation for choosing Queen\u2019s University Belfast! As QUB\u2019s motto goes, ‘Shape A Better World’, you have been shaped by Queen’s and you are shaping Queen’s and a wider society as well. Hope the better world will be more beautiful with the better you in the future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Author<\/em><\/strong>: Lina SHI
Editors<\/em><\/strong>: Lauren McShane and Liang WANG<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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