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  • Case Study: Hallie Swanson, India – 2018

    By Debra Patchett | 19 February 2019

    Supported by the John Speak Trust, I spent two months this summer in Lucknow, India, studying Persian. Although the Persian…

  • Case Study: Jacob Lloyd, Germany – 2018

    By Debra Patchett | 4 January 2019

    As part of my International Business with German course at Sheffield Hallam University, I have the opportunity to live in…

  • Case Study: Megan Robertson – China, 2018

    By Megan Robertson | 10 October 2018

    After graduating with an undergraduate degree in Chinese from the University of Edinburgh in July, I was lucky enough to…

  • Case Study: Selina Short – France 2018

    By Selina Short | 19 September 2018

    This summer I did a 2 month translation internship at the fashion broadcaster Paris Modes Tv. It had always been…

  • Alexander Johnstone: Case Study – Beijing, China 2017-18

    By Debra Patchett | 27 February 2018

    As part of my undergraduate degree in Chinese Studies, I set off to Beijing in August 2017 to spend a…

  • Holly Henry: Case Study – Mexico 2017

    By Holly | 22 January 2018

    During the first semester of my year abroad, I spent 5 months studying at UNAM in Mexico City. Looking back,…

  • Case Study: Anam Rahman, China – 2017

    By Anam Rahman | 22 August 2017

    During my second year of university I wrote a paper on the Chinese economy.  It was here where the magnitude…

  • Case study: Mercedes Jaskolka, St Petersburg, Russia – 2017

    By Debra Patchett | 11 August 2017

    I was full of nerves when I landed in St Petersburg. I thought I’d feel somewhat comfortable in a new…

  • Case Study: Gavin Vine – China 2016-2017

    By Debra Patchett | 14 July 2017

    I began my year in China working at the British embassy in Beijing, before starting university at Peking University, one…

  • Case Study: Charlotte McGarry – China, 2016 – 2017

    By Debra Patchett | 28 June 2017

    The third year of my university degree took the form of a year abroad spent studying Mandarin in Beijing, China.…

  • Nathan Randerson, Case Study: Spain 2016-2017

    By Debra Patchett | 8 May 2017

    John Speak Trust Report – 2017 Its been an incredible last 18 months, my experience in Spain has surpassed all…

  • Sinead O'Connor: Case Study, China – 2016

    By Sinead | 19 April 2017

    I began receiving the John Speak travel grant in September 2016, when I began my third year abroad in China…

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