Pursuant to the Articles of Association of LINK GROUP DOO, Belgrade-Zemun, Cara Dušana Street 34 (Hereinafter: LINK), on 22 March 2021, the Director issues  

 

HANDBOOK ON LINK STUDENT INTERNSHIP 

 

General provisions

Article 1 

This handbook defines the conditions of and the manner of carrying out student internship. 

Internship goals 

Article 2

The internship should facilitate students’ transition from academia to their future professional career. The main goal of student internship is to familiarise students with the practical aspects of their chosen profession through practical work. Students thus get an opportunity to apply the theoretical knowledge and skills they have acquired in separate disciplines in practice, whereby they should gain insight into the technical, organisational, economic and social circumstances and developments, and their interrelations in companies, or institutions. The internship aims to improve the student’s ability to successfully apply scientific and professional knowledge and methods in given practical situations, as well as to intensify the relationship between theory and practice. The expected feedback effect of the student’s contact with professional practice should serve as an incentive to master all aspects of one’s profession, and motivation to do similar jobs after graduation.    

Available areas for internship

Article 3 

The internship shall be organised in the areas specified in the school’s open call. 

Article 4 

The Director shall appoint a person in charge of students (Hereinafter: internship mentor) among the faculty. One internship mentor can accept a maximum of 10 students – mentees.  

Article 5 

Student internship shall be managed by an internship mentor, who shall supervise how it is carried out on a daily basis, and submit reports on the course of student internship at the request of the Director, or the school. The internship mentor is obligated to review and sign correctly written internship journals. 

Article 6 

Students apply at the relevant institution that assigns internships (hereinafter: school). Students apply for the internship programme by sending a CV with their academic achievement, and a motivational letter where they shall state the desired area available for internship according to the school’s call for internship, within the deadline specified by the school. After the expiration of the deadline, the Director shall interview the candidates and make a final decision on who shall get an internship. The school reserves the right to assign an internship in a field other than the one stated in the student’s motivational letter, about which they shall inform the student and the legal representative in a timely manner. The school that assigns internships is obligated to submit a list of students and the available internship areas where the programme will be carried out to LINK no later than two (2) weeks before the start of the internship each year.        

Terms and conditions of internship

Article 7 

The following terms and conditions for student internship apply: 

  1. student must be older than 15;
  2. all current financial liabilities of the legal representative to the school must be paid without delay;
  3. student must not have any recorded violation of the school’s bylaws;
  4. legal representative must provide signed consent stating the following:  
  • that the legal representative agrees to the student doing internship on the premises of LINK; 
  • that the legal representative shall compensate LINK for all material damage caused by the student during internship in violation of the bylaws, i.e. LINK rules of conduct and workplace discipline; 
  • that the legal representative agrees to share student information necessary for the implementation of student internship with LINK, namely: student’s name and surname, date of birth, name and surname of the student’s legal representative, email and phone number of the legal representative;  
  • that LINK shall not be held responsible or liable for any student injury that occurs as a result of student’s non-compliance with the LINK bylaws; 
  • that the student and their legal representative acknowledge that they have been informed about the rules of conduct at LINK.   

Article 8 

The student shall do the internship individually or in a group, keeping an internship journal with the appropriate documentation. 

Duration of internship 

Article 9 

The internship programme is organised in line with the LINK working hours. 

The internship programme is carried out in a single (1) annual cycle, in keeping with the school curriculum, whereby the cycle lasts exactly one (1) month. The school is obligated to submit a proposal of the internship schedule to the Director of LINK no later than two (2) months before the planned start of the internship in line with the specified schedule each year. LINK shall notify the school of the acceptance or the rejection of the proposal no later than ten (10) days from the receipt of the proposal.  

Student internship programmes organised and carried out by LINK last 12 hours per week, in line with the cycle defined in the previous paragraph and the sessions agreed upon by LINK and the school.  

Termination of internship 

Article 10 

If a student fails to comply with the obligations defined in Article 11 of this Handbook, i.e. in case the student is removed from the programme due to the violation of the rules of conduct and workplace discipline of LINK, their internship shall be deemed incomplete. 

Student’s responsibilities

Article 11

Student/intern is obligated to:

  1. regularly keep a journal referred to in Article 8 of this Handbook;
  2. attend sessions regularly, except in duly justified cases, which will be decided by the Director; 
  3. comply with the bylaws referring to LINK employees. 

Verification of internship completion certificate 

Article 12 

The verification of the internship completion certificate requires: 

  1. internship mentor to sign the internship journal;
  2. compliance with all the responsibilities from Article 11.  

A successfully completed internship is verified by the LINK Director, who signs the internship completion certificate. 

Article 13

This Handbook shall enter into force on the eighth day following its posting on the notice board. 

 

Belgrade, 22 March 2021                                         

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