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Case Study: Hallie Swanson, India – 2018
Supported by the John Speak Trust, I spent two months this summer in Lucknow, India, studying Persian. Although the Persian…
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Case Study: Jacob Lloyd, Germany – 2018
As part of my International Business with German course at Sheffield Hallam University, I have the opportunity to live in…
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Case Study: Megan Robertson – China, 2018
After graduating with an undergraduate degree in Chinese from the University of Edinburgh in July, I was lucky enough to…
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Case Study: Selina Short – France 2018
This summer I did a 2 month translation internship at the fashion broadcaster Paris Modes Tv. It had always been…
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Alexander Johnstone: Case Study – Beijing, China 2017-18
As part of my undergraduate degree in Chinese Studies, I set off to Beijing in August 2017 to spend a…
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Holly Henry: Case Study – Mexico 2017
During the first semester of my year abroad, I spent 5 months studying at UNAM in Mexico City. Looking back,…
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Case Study: Anam Rahman, China – 2017
During my second year of university I wrote a paper on the Chinese economy. It was here where the magnitude…
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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…
