uclu aiesec newsletter #2 (christmas edition)

7/23/2019 UCLU AIESEC Newsletter #2 (Christmas Edition)

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UCLU AIESEC NEWSLETTER #2



HEY AIESEC! For those of you unfamiliar with the AIESEC culture, this is often

the phrase heard at the start of every AIESEC experience so it only

seemed appropriate that the Christmas newsletter begins in such a

fashion also.

This term has been an exciting one for UCLU AIESEC and this

newsletter aims to o! er a few glimpses of this excitement. From the

inception of our new Marketing and Communications function (MaC)

to new partnerships, the leadership team has worked hard to o! er

opportunities to our members in line with this year’s theme of

"opportunity to practise, con"dence to deliver". Empowering

ourselves through empowering others is at the core of all we do in

AIESEC and we are working hard to enable more leadershipopportunities week by week to develop more young people into the

global leaders of tomorrow.

If there is anything in this newsletter that you would like to

enquire about, please do not hesitate to contact us - we are always

on the lookout for new and innovative ways to improve what we do

here at UCLU AIESEC.

Finally all that remains is for me to wish you all a very merry

Christmas and a happy new year!

Chon Lam

Local Committee President

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In Meng Lam, VP TM

prepar ing for the

Induction Conference.

We received 731 sign-

ups and 209 Join-to-

lead applications, the

most sign-ups and

applications in the UK.

In 2015-2016, UCLU

AIESEC recruited up to

80+ new members.



OUTGOING

EXCHANGEAre you deciding on what to do for

this summer?

Interested in going abroad to

countries as diverse as Italy, Kenya,

Colombia and Indonesia?

Volunteer or Intern abroad with

UCLU AIESEC this summer! Volunteer

on a number of placements in social

development, culture, health and

education or intern in a range of "elds

such as teaching, marketing, I.T. and

business administration.

As the largest youth-run organisation

in the world, we facilitate student

exchanges and internships in more

than 128 countries in the world.

This year, AIESEC UK are o! ering

three GoGlobal exchange programmes:

1) Global Talent(paid)

2) Global Teach(paid)

3) Global Volunteering

For Global Volunteer programmes,

the projects we o! er are based upon 5

key issues: Cultural Awareness;

Education; Environment, Health; and

Social Entrepreneurship. With great

$exibility on dates and location, these

projects will last 6 - 8 weeks .

For Global Teach opportunities

abroad, we o! er 4 places for teaching

internship this year, including China,

Colombia. Indonesia and Vietnam. Theprogramme will last at least 2 months.

For Global Talent opportunities,

please visit our database to "nd out

more ! Please note that these

programmes only opened to gap year,

"nal years and postgraduate students .

Please visit and sign up@http://www.aiesec.co.uk/students/#go-global

And follow our FB Page @ UCLU AIESEC

for the latest information, including Info

Sessions and Application Deadlines.

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http://www.aiesec.co.uk/students/#go-global

http://www.aiesec.co.uk/students/#go-global



DIVIDABILL

Dividabill is a company that generates

revenue by providing a streamline service of

all your bills (gas, electricity, water, internet,

etc) at one go at a value for money price.

Ever since the contract was signed in July, it

has been a seamless working partnership.

The co-founder Jon, who is the main person

in contact with us, is great and shared with

us some of his life experiences and stories

when he "rst started the company. Our

intern, Erkin, is doing a great job atDividabill. Initially, we were slightly worried

about him settling into a new country as it’s

his "rst time out of Kyrgyzstan, but the

worries have been totally unfounded as

we’ve been told that he’s an extremely

competent programmer who managed to

pick up a wide variety of skills within a few

weeks. It has been mentioned that theymight consider Erkin as a long term hire

after his current contract "nishes. Overall, it

was a great pleasure working with Dividabill.

CROUD

Croud is a digital marketing company that

develops mobile apps for the most e! ective

and accountable marketing tools. Since

getting the raise in November, we have 103

applicants applying for the job. Currently, we

are in the process of screening the CVs of

applicants and interviewing them.

Preferably, we would want to shortlist 5 – 10

candidates by the end of the year, with work

experience related to mobile applications,

good technical competence, and have socialawareness.

Future Opportunities

We are in the process of getting a re-raise

for Dividabill, as they are very satis"ed with

Erkin’s performance and would require

more interns. At the moment, we are also in

the process of settling the contract for 2potential raises with Cedar Management

Consulting International LLC, which is an

international consultancy "rm.

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INCOMING EXCHANGE

Koh Wenjie Cole

Team Member, Incoming Exchange

The Incoming Exchange and Business Development

function (ICX) connects graduate students to

internship abroad. The team establishes internships

and takes care of the interns that comes to London.



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UCLU AIESEC:

GLOBAL VILLAGE

2015

In the beginning, we struggled to

secure an appropriate venue for the

event and that caused risks to setting a

date for the event. With continuous

e! ort from the Manager, Eu Min, were

able to sort that out. Then we biased

with societies in UCL and KCL who were

interested in collaborating with us. The

responses were generally positive as

most societies were happy to continue

collaboration in the Global Village based

on pleasant experience from past years.

There were also new societies who were

showing interests as well. To discuss

matters regarding the event, several

attempts were made to establish

collaborations with points of contact

from di! erent societies through face-to-

face meeting, social media or emails.

And after extensive discussions with the

societies and con"rmations on key

issues, we set the ball rolling for our ER

$agship: Global Village

The Global Village was split into 2 zones: Asia and Europe, mainly because interested societies fell into

these 2 categories. Societies came early in the morning at 9 to set up for their stalls. The Chinese Society

sold traditional dimsum and “wonton Noodles”, Vietnamese Society prepared fried rice and baguettes,

Kurdish Society brought delectable Kurdish food such as Borek and Lokma…… European Society even

bought a bottle of wine for lottery!



The festive event attracted a huge crowd, especially during

lunch hours. It was held at South Cloisters, a long hallway near

the UCL Main Quad. Light music chimed across the hallway

and the aroma of food wafted through the air as students,

professors and sta! of UCL explored di! erent cuisines across

the globe.

The Outgoing Exchange Team set up a GoGlobal stall to

promote AIESEC's core exchange programmes to students.

The Marketing and Communication team asked each attendee

to write about a social issue they were most concerned about

on a piece of paper, before folding it into an origami plane.

This was inspired by the United Nations' 17 Sustainable

Development Goals. Unsurprisingly, the most popular

Sustainable Development Goal among our participants was

“Quality Education”!

We would like to express our appreciation to all

participating societies of Global Village. We were thrilled to

gain insights into the di! erent cultures showcased, while our

taste buds were given a rare treat with scrumptious local food.

Global Village would not have been a success without the

continuous support of all participating societies. We hope that

all participants have enjoyed the event as much as we have -

and here's to an even more memorable Global Village next

year.

Justin Franco Lam

Team member, External Relations



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CHRISTMAS BALLWINTER WONDERLAND

Our annual Christmas Ball took place

on 11th December 2015 at Thistle

Holborn, The Kingsley Hotel. This years

event was a huge success with 59

attendees deciding to celebrate with us

on this festive occasion. This included

the company of many externals and

partners including those from NACUE,

JCI, Bryanston Square, Skil lsGym &

many more.

The evening started with a friendly

welcome at the entrance from

organising committee member Arthur

Dijoux, swiftly accompanied by

welcoming drinks at the bar-lounge. In

true AIESEC fashion, a series of ‘Hey

AIESEC!’ chants soon occurred signifying

the time for a short introduction of our

external guests as well as a brief

networking session. At the conclusionof this session attendants soon made

their way to the Kingsley Two Brasserie

for the start of the evening's Christmas

Ball: Winter Wonderland.

Upon arrival at the main restaurant starter was swiftly served, the lobster bisque with Alioli Crout and

herb oil being the most popular choice. Following this was the "rst of the evening’s planned activities led

by Alison Mok and Siuyu Yeung, this included challenging everyone’s artistic skills through drawing several

christmas items on paper plates which were placed above their heads, a challenge which was thoroughly

enjoyed by both AIESEC members and externals alike. With the celebrations now truly underway, people



Upon arrival

at the main

restaurant

starter was

swiftly served,

the lobster

bisque with alioli

soon started $ooding into

the Photobooth in order to

engrave the night into their

m e m o r i e s . E x c e l l e n t

photography by our multi-

talented marketing and

c o m m u n i c a t i o n s v i c e

president, Tony Cheung,

ensured the evening would

forever be remembered.

The main course was

soon served with attendants

split between either the

herb crust salmon or theslow cooked rump of lamb.

At this stage the services of

our photographer Tony

Cheung was still in very high

demand which led to a slight

delay in the dessert being

served. Finally when dessert

was served attendants wereleft to indulge in a variety of

treats ranging from apple

and almond frangipane tart,

s t icky to! ee pudding,

chocolate and orange

cheesecake as well as the

t r a d i t i o n a l c h r i s t m a s

pudding.

Soon after dessert santa

(Arthur D i joux ) "na l ly

d e c id e d t o m a k e a n

appearance, assisted by his

lovely assistants (Denisa

Roman, Dasol Min, Alison

Mok) in giving out presents

to all who attended.

With everyone now in a

joyous mood, the DJ opened

up the dance$

oor and weconcluded the evening's

events with dancing and roll

calls.

Special thanks for the

success of this years event

must go to the organising

committee: Denisa Roman,

Arthur Dijoux, Alison Mok,Dasol Min, Jingyuan Feng

and Siuyu Yeung.

In Meng Lam

VP, Talent Management

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Over 100 countries and territories and

42, 000 voices were captured in the 2015

comprehens ive survey to engage

stakeholders across government, business,

third sector and education. This year we are

striving to achieve 100 000 responses from

young people globally to provide decision

makers with young opinion on the way they

envision the world in 2030 and what are the

issues that they are ready to act upon today

to make this future brighter.

We live in a broken place. The Paris terror

attacks, elevated tensions in the South

China Sea and Europe's refugee crisis are

but $ashpoint of much deeper problems

plaguing our world today.

As we mourn the victims of tragic

brutalities and lament the decisions of

policymakers, more pressing questions

begin to surface. As youths, what is our rolein driving change? How might we reduce

con$ict, promote peace, decelerate climate

change, and achieve many more, all within

the next 15 years?

Such goals may seem idealistic, but we

must not let the perfect be the enemy of the

good. We have to begin somewhere. The

starting point is to kindle a conversation on

what matters to the leaders of tomorrow -

and that's why we seek to understand what

you think through YouthSpeak.

UCLU AIESEC has worked tirelessly to

promote YouthSpeak. The Marketing and

Communication (MaC) Team set up a Youth

Speak Photobooth at Global Village and also

a Youth Speak Stall on 1st December. We

explained Youth Speak to UCL Students and

encouraged volunteers to complete the

Youth Speak Survey @

http://youthspeak.aiesec.org.

Is there a particular social issue that has

been on your mind? Join our conversation at

YouthSpeak today.

Tony Cheung

VP, Marketing and Communication

Cara Gao

VP, Incoming Exchange

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YOUTH SPEAK

YouthSpeak is a global youth

movement and youth insight surveypowered by AIESEC. We are focused on

understanding the hopes and

challenges surrounding various issues

which involve young people like us.

http://youthspeak.aiesec.org/%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank

http://youthspeak.aiesec.org/%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank



UCLU AIESEC launched

Youth Speak Challenge.

We asked our friends to

take a photo with the

United Nation’s SDG

they support and tag 3

friends to do the same.

T h e s o c i a l m e d i a

campaign has raised

awareness of Youth

Speak outside AIESEC

and across the United

Kingdom.



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