Category: Global Short Programs
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In a world where one in every thousand baby turtles reach adulthood, the survival of every endangered green turtle and critically endangered hawksbill turtle counts toward the continuation of their species. Battling predation by crabs and goannas, eroding shores, poachers and rising temperatures, the Conflict Island’s Conservation Initiative plays an important part in increasing the…
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The Conflict Islands in Papua New Guinea are a remote, uninhabited island group in the Coral Sea. This summer I spent two weeks there completing an internship with the Conflict Island Conservation Initiative (CICI), monitoring the local populations of green and hawksbill sea turtles. The Conflict Islands are a highly biodiverse region, and an important…
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During the first two weeks in December, I took place in a volunteer program in Papua New Guinea, tagging and surveying turtle populations among the Conflict Islands. The following was a typical day spent on board the research boat: Majority of our work as volunteers was done during the night, when patrolling the islands in groups…
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Today I begin my final week of the subject “Introduction to International Economic Law” at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Humboldt University of Berlin) and thinking back to what my experience has been so far, I feel so privileged to have been given this opportunity.Studying in another country was a daunting prospect at first, however the subjects…
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I recently spent a month in the bustling city of Beijing, studying the internet of things (IOT) alongside UTS, ANU and Swinburne students at the Beijing Institute of Technology. Being thrown into the heart of China with my broken Chinese was an experience I’ll never forget – to say the least. Facilitated by the helpers…
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Just recently I have spent an incredible 3 weeks in Japan as part of the Saga University Autumn Program 2017. Saga is a quieter area of Japan, located near the countryside, which allowed me to experience a different side of Japan. Joined by four other UTS students we participated in many aspects of traditional Japanese…
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I spent the first 2 weeks of December in Cambodia with Engineers without Borders for the Design Summit. It was a very intense couple of days there, getting to know the culture, meeting new people, learning new things and then finally saying goodbye to all the new friends that I had made. The Summit focuses…
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After the two-week introduction program has finished yesterday, now I definitely know what it means to study at one of the top 10 universities in the world. I’ve experienced four introduction programs in my life, including TU Delft’s, in four different parts of the world and as a local and international student, and I would…
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During my time with Drishtee Immersion, we stayed in a village nestled amongst the Western Ghat mountains in Maharashtra, India. Beautiful views of land meeting sky – clouds enveloping green mountaintops, greeted us each day. On our fifth day there, we were given the unique opportunity to learn about rural life. That day was affectionately dubbed,…
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Can’t believe that two weeks have passed since i completed my Build abroad program at ECE Paris. Thinking about it, i realise that there are many things that i have to reflect upon. Within the month of July, i have made many new friends from many different other countries as well as million of memories.…
