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Work Abroad Preparation
*All students planning to Work Abroad must complete the mandatory Travel Preparation Assessment Form, to indicate your preparedness for going abroad. This form helps us to assess the potential risks of your mobility.
The aims of the form are to:
- Help you to prepare for your placement abroad.
- Identify any problems in advance that you have encounter during your time abroad, relating to the environment in which you will be living and working, the activities you will be undertaking and your day to day life living in a different culture.
- Consider the ways of reducing the potential for these problems by using the information and resources available here at the University, before you leave.
Your submitted form will be reviewed by the Employability and Careers Team , as well as your Placement Tutor. You will receive an email regarding the outcome of your mobility and advising you on the current FCDO guidance for your host country.
Remember, mobility will be reliant on FCDO Guidance at the time of travel and can be revoked prior to the start of your placement. We ask that you avoid making any financial commitments.
*If your work placement is in the Republic of Ireland, you do not need to complete this process.
Under no circumstances should you start your mobility without prior approval.
Access the Travel Preparation Assessment Form.
Work Abroad Student Placement Checklist
1. Complete your Travel Preparation Assessment Form , and inform your Placement Tutor of your Work Abroad placement plans.
2. Research available funding , make a budget plan and understand the finances that you will need ahead of formalising any placement arrangements.
3. Read the Ulster University UMAL Travel Policy , and arrange for any additional Health and Travel insurance cover, that you may require.
4. Read and understand the current FCDO Travel Guidance for your host country.
5. Make plans to arrange any Visa's that are required for your travel.
6. Arrange your placement accommodation.
7. Arrange your travel and transport requirements.
8. Ensure that your Passport is valid for at least 6 months post your anticipated return date, and that it will not expire whilst you are abroad.
9. Consider making photocopies of your Passport and any other photographic ID's that you will be taking with you on placement. This can prove to be invaluable, should you misplace your identification.
10. Get some additional passport style photographs to take abroad with you - you may need these for placement ID's, travel passes and so on - doing this ahead of time will save you from having to search for a photo booth in an unfamiliar city.
