Case Study: Lucy Cooper, Le Mans, France 2022
As part of my undergraduate degree in French and Spanish, I have spent the last six months working in Le Mans, France in order to improve my French language skills. During this time, I have taught English to ages 7-24, allowing me to gain a real insight into the…
Case study: Hana Lowry, Tokyo, Japan, 2021
Studying for my master’s degree in Tokyo has been a great opportunity for my academic and personal growth. Navigating Japanese academia and workplaces through internships and other opportunities offered me insights into different working environments and practices and gave me the chance to learn to leverage my own strengths in…
Case Study: Sam King, Salamanca, Spain – 2021
As part of my Master’s degree I was lucky enough to spend my first semester in Salamanca, in Spain. My Master’s is in Latin American studies, with a focus on Latin American History, and I spent my term studying in the department of the Americas, with professors and students from…
Case Study: Olivia Pettitt, Madrid, Spain – 2019-2020
In July 2019 I left the UK to begin my placement year at BT in Madrid as part of my Languages and International Business degree. Although briefly interrupted by the lockdown in March where I went back to the UK to work from home for a while, I was able…
Hannah Stewart: Case Study – Granada 2021
My time in Granada I was very fortunate to be able to spend last year working and studying in the beautiful city of Granada. As an undergraduate student of Politics and Spanish I had spent many years looking forward to my year abroad. Although it wasn’t exactly the most ‘normal’…
Holly O’Mahony: Case Study – Geneva 2020-21
I have had the pleasure of spending the last year in Geneva, Switzerland, where I have been completing the first year of my Masters degree in International Affairs. Alongside my regular classes I took weekly French classes, and was pushed to improve my French through my interactions with French-speaking friends…
Case Study: Harry Nellis, Stuttgart, Germany 2020-21
As part of my undergraduate degree in German & History, I spent the last 9 months of the past academic year in Stuttgart, Germany. During this time, I taught English in a Realschule, using my time to gain an insight into life at a German school and use my language…
Case Study: Abigail Pidgeon – Vienna 2021
I have been living in Austria for the last 10 months, since I got the wonderful opportunity to study at the prestigious University of Vienna. I was very nervous to leave home back in September, as I had never been away from my family and friends for so long, but…
Case Study: Olivia Sayers – Costa Rica, 2020 – 21
In October 2020 I left the UK to spend six months working as a Conservation Education Intern at Wild Sun Rescue Center in Costa Rica for my Year Abroad. My internship wasn’t paid, so I’d accepted that I would be living a frugal life and would just explore the area…
As part of my undergraduate degree in Chinese Studies, I spent the last academic year abroad, initially in Beijing at Peking University. The course in Beijing covered a broad range of areas, from newspaper reading and 20th century literature, to more advanced speaking classes and classical Chinese. Upon the outbreak…
