Category: Global Short Programs
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The Conflict Islands are a group of 20+ uninhabited islands, located in the middle of the Coral Sea in Alotau, Papua New Guinea. The coral atoll is home to a rich, biodiverse ecosystem of marine life, frequented by two particular species of sea turtles; the green and hawksbill turtle. During the summer, I was given…
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Vamos a la playa!!! When I found out I would be going to San Sebastián I immediately thought of the cheesy 2000s song of that name. Googling the city came up with countless images of its pristine sandy beach stretching more than 3 kilometres. It looked so stunning I almost didn’t care that we were…
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I landed back in Sydney on Friday night, headed to work on Sunday and was back at uni on Monday. Not even a week home after 6 weeks abroad and it’s as if I never left. Travelling has a weird way of interrupting your perception of time. It feels like forever and simultaneously is over…
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Never had I set foot in the Americas before my 3 week Costa Rican summer adventure. In January 2019 I set off to study Conservation Marine Biology at Universidad Veritas in San José, the capital city of Costa Rica. During the program I lived with a homestay family along with a few other students doing…
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A brief reflection of my time in Bangalore (February 2019). As I look back on my experience as a student fellow for Pollinate Energy in Bangalore, I’m reminded of how naive I was to the world of s social development. My research in the classroom could not have prepared me for what I would encounter…
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The start of a new journey always begins with a feeling of apprehension and doubt and, I must say, I wasn’t an exception to the rule. The night before leaving I was already starting to think that a month would be pretty long! How little did I know that this experience was going to change…
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In January 2019, I packed my bags and headed to Europe. I was going to Innsbruck, Austria, to study their Engineering and Business Winter Program. The feeling was unnerving but exhilarating. As my travels started, the excitement grew, and as soon as I got to Innsbruck, I knew I could see myself living here. Innsbruck…
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On the 1st of December, I packed my bags ready to depart Australia for the first time and undergo a two week BUILD Abroad program in Shanghai, China. This was my FIRST time travelling overseas, and it got my parents a little bit worried as to how I would manage my safety and communicate in…
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“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.” – Tom Stoppard Since I set foot out of the taxi from the airport, Shanghai immersed me in its great abundance of culture present on every street. Shanghai a city likened to a relatively clean and amazingly safe ‘Asian New York’, is usually bustling till late (bar Chinese…
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New Opportunities Abroad Never did I imagine that my first trip to China and first study abroad experience would be under Huawei’s awesome global initiative: Seeds for the Future (24 November – 13 December). With the support of the Australian government’s New Colombo Plan, it was an invaluable unique experience of Chinese culture, ICT education and…
