Category: Communication
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After a whirlwind 6 weeks travelling Europe and visiting family and friends, I finally landed in Tilburg. After I sat down in my room on the first day and the excitement wore off and there was a moment when I worried, ‘What have I done?’ about going on exchange. But after one and a half…
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The global exchange program has been a phenomenal experience for myself so far, and I’ve learnt so much more than just the academic education that Korea university provides. I chose to go to Republic of Korea, due to my fascination about the Korean culture, and to experience life in Korea as I am of Korean…
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I arrived in Aarhus mid-September and was extremely lucky to enjoy the last of the good weather before the rain set in. It rains every other day here in Aarhus, so remember a raincoat! (I didn’t…) My host uni (DMJX) is fairy similar to UTS. It’s a much smaller school and campus but class sizes…
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It’s been two months since I’ve arrived in Seoul to study at Korea University and so far with partying, studying, and meeting new people from across the world, I’ve been enjoying every minute of it. Korea is such a beautiful place that’s always thriving, even though the early hours of the morning. It’s a perfect…
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What are the facilities like at your host university? NTU is a really beautiful and interesting university. The facilities are as you’d expect from a large university as this. It has the largest library collection in Taiwan, a number of museums and galleries, computer labs, and so on. On arrival you are assigned a buddy…
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I have only been in the city of Madrid for 4 days and its already been a whirlwind, and I haven’t even started classes yet! I’m living in a 6 person shared apartment and have been hanging out with my American and French housemates since I got here. Oh, and my new friend Lisa who…
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Lakeside views, low-hanging clouds, and the greenest grass I’ve ever seen. This was the picturesque landscape I saw as I stepped out from Jönköping Resecentrum. And what was to come after that was nothing I had expected from this quiet little town. At Jönköping University, the semester starts with a two-week long introduction to university…
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I think that’s the first thing I wrote in my personal statement when I was applying to study for a semester abroad in NYC. I guess that statement still rings true, NYC is everything you could ever imagine it being, both the good and the bad. It’s a city filled with diverse people who all…
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This semester I am completing a Global Exchange at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. After just over six weeks in the Netherlands, I’m pleased to say I have not fallen off my bicycle, not even during orientation week when it snowed, and I have now learnt a total of three words in Dutch – hallo,…
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“You came at the wrong time of year”, is something that has been told to me by almost every Canadian person I’ve met upon finding out I have come from Australia in the height of summer. However, from the onset I have disagreed with this statement and have found that not only did I come…
