Classes I’ve taken in the UK
Deciding which university to study at in the UK was easy after finding out East Anglia University has the most prestigious Creative Writing Program....
Deciding which university to study at in the UK was easy after finding out East Anglia University has the most prestigious Creative Writing Program....
My year abroad taught me many things, but what I learned the most is that I should feel free in my 20s. One afternoon...
Here you are, moving across the world to study creative writing. This change is a good change. Why? Because you’re travelling. You’re opening the...
This September I’ll be studying at University of East Anglia in the UK! In 2022-2023 I’ll be taking my third year studying at UVIC...
The pandemic has been an extremely difficult time for many people, separated from friends and family for so long and in many ways isolated...
Why go on exchange? It’s the question that I asked myself many times before leaving for The Netherlands this spring. Why travel halfway across...
Dutch is an interesting language. It sounds a bit like a mix of English and German, with a lot of signature guttural sounds. On...
Learning a new language isn’t easy — it takes a lot of time and commitment to be able to master a new tongue. Coming...
These are my favourite spots at Utrecht University, where I’m doing an exchange. 1. The library This 6-floor maze always has beautiful natural light...
On exchange, it seems that every day is widely different from the last. Meeting new people, living in a new place, and exploring everything...
As you might already know from my previous posts, I am currently on exchange in The Netherlands, in a city called Utrecht. Reachable by...
One of the best things about travelling is experiencing and learning about new cultures. By choosing to study abroad this semester in The Netherlands,...
As an exchange student in Europe from Canada, one of the best parts of living in Europe is how close everything is to each...
Last July, I made the decision to apply for an international exchange semester abroad through UVic’s study abroad program. Since my first year at...
Let’s take a short little trip back in time, just a few weeks really. It’s 7:30 am on a Saturday morning in Leeds and...
Utrecht is one of the best cities from which to explore the Netherlands, which was one of the reasons why I decided to go...
People tend to become very confused when something is different than their expectations. What does this look like? Well, maybe it looks like walking...
UVic gives you great opportunities to go abroad to enhance your studies. Over my degree, I’ve seized those opportunities! I’ve lived abroad twice during...
Throughout my past five years at UVic, I was always frantically researching all the ways I could go abroad and get credit for my...
Whenever I heard the term “culture shock”, I naively assumed it referred to someone who was ill-equipped to deal with their new cultural settings...