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Case study: Mercedes Jaskolka, St Petersburg, Russia – 2017
I was full of nerves when I landed in St Petersburg. I thought I’d feel somewhat comfortable in a new…
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Case Study: Gavin Vine – China 2016-2017
I began my year in China working at the British embassy in Beijing, before starting university at Peking University, one…
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Case Study: Charlotte McGarry – China, 2016 – 2017
The third year of my university degree took the form of a year abroad spent studying Mandarin in Beijing, China.…
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Nathan Randerson, Case Study: Spain 2016-2017
John Speak Trust Report – 2017 Its been an incredible last 18 months, my experience in Spain has surpassed all…
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Sinead O'Connor: Case Study, China – 2016
I began receiving the John Speak travel grant in September 2016, when I began my third year abroad in China…
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Matt Hattam: Case Study – Madrid, Spain 2016
For the final four months of 2016 I worked for a translation company in Madrid. The scholarship from the John…
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Grace Partington: Case Study – Portugal, 2016
Case Study: Grace Partington, Portugal (2016) Receiving a John Speak Trust Scholarship was extremely helpful in easing financial pressure whilst…
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Georgia Dolan: Case Study – Colombia, 2016
In April this year, I was fortunate to receive a John Speak Scholarship. I initially arrived in the capital, Bogota,…
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Jack Davies – Case Study: Liaocheng, China 2015-2016
Firstly let me start by saying ……………….. Thank you to the John Speak Language Trust for the support it offered…
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Eleanor Winstanley – Case Study: Berlin, Germany 2015
My name’s Ellie Winstanley and I am a 21 year old language student in Manchester, although following my period abroad…
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Case Study – Richard Freeman Germany 1961
In January 1961 (age 20) I boarded the train from Harwich via London followed by a short ferry journey to…
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Christopher Wilson – Case Study, Germany 1969
“The John Speak Trust Scholarship was of great benefit to me personally and also to my career; a very useful…
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