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Raleigh International and UBS

"We believe that the opportunity to participate in a Raleigh expedition coupled with the summer internship differentiates our programme from those of competitors. The valuable life skills which the students learn also differentiate us from other programmes. Because the students are working on challenging projects ranging from building a school to implementing a gravity water feed system, they naturally acquire key skills including communication, leadership, teamwork, and decision-making. Horizons winners will be able to use these skills in their future career endeavours. On a larger scale, the students gain a greater understanding of working cross culturally in a global environment. Since UBS is a global firm, we think it is important for students to receive exposure to other cultures across the globe. This gives them a solid foundation for working in a global industry and a memorable life experience - while giving something back to a community in need. - Lyle Andrews, EMEA Head of Graduate Recruiting, June 2011

UBS recognises and values the positive impact that Raleigh expeditions have on young people. The experiences gained and challenges overcome on the Raleigh expedition provide UBS interns with key transferable skills vital in their career development. Whilst developing and enhancing skills expedition life also provides an insight into different cultures and environments.

The UBS Horizons programme provides first year students the opportunity to work on an environmental or community project as part of a Raleigh expedition. The aim of the programme is for UBS to attract and recruit high calibre students and prepare them for their internship programme.

The UBS Horizons programme has run in partnership with Raleigh for two years. Participants on the programme join a Raleigh expedition end of their first year, completion of the expedition guarantees a place as an intern at UBS where they spend the two subsequent summers working as a great part of the UBS team.

Johnny Rowels went to Costa Rica in 2010 and worked on a Turtle conservation environmental project.

"I learned that I could be flexible and adapt to the raw physical surroundings... I also found that I was able to take the initiative a lot of the time. I discovered I don't like it when things aren't moving forward and I found it very rewarding to inject some pace into the work.

"Everyone had to be a day leader at some point, which teaches you a lot of things. I learned that to make progress in the day, you need to understand your team because everyone needs to feel that their work matters. I set people personal challenges so they had a goal in sight. As a leader you also have to emanate self-belief – I found that people responded better to instructions when there's a logic to them."

Shehlina Karimi went to Costa Rica in 2010 and helped build a school in a remote community.

"I've developed communication, leadership and teamwork skills – and I've got something to talk about to demonstrate that in interviews. Also, the two other UBS Horizons interns – have become good friends, so I'll be going into my internship with a genuine support group.

"I learned to deal with problems calmly and more efficiently."

In 2009 Meera Sheth travelled to Borneo as a UBS horizon venturer, where she worked on gravity water feed system in a remote community. Some of her reflections are below:

• I found mental strength to keep going when I was completely exhausted.
• I learnt positivity leads to higher team morale.
• Raleigh helps you find the correct balance of being decisive when needed, without being authoritative and it teaches you to be open-minded about new ideas and approaches

You can find more information about the UBS Horizons programme and Raleigh International at:

UBS website

Contacts:

Adam Scott

Account Executive

Raleigh

T: 020 7183 1274

a.scott@raleighinternational.org