Volunteering

The Student Volunteer Army

Posted by Joseph in Study Abroad on March 9, 2017

One thing I’ve noticed about Kiwis (the people, not the birds or the fruit!) is that they all have a great community spirit. This is demonstrated well be the Student Volunteer Army (SVA) here at the University of Canterbury. The group was established in the aftermath of the 2010 Christchurch earthquake and played an important […]

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Utilise Departmental Connections.

Posted by Joseph in Study Abroad on July 27, 2015

Utilise your departments connections! With Leicester University ranked third for undergraduate Criminology studies in the UK, as one can imagine the amount of opportunities to visit key areas of the criminal justice system are almost endless! With that being said, I wanted to share with you an experience I had that enabled me to really dig deep […]

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The Prince and I

Posted by Robbie (Denmark) in Study Abroad on May 14, 2014

I recently had the honour to meet His Royal Highness Prince Joachim of Denmark. This was made possible through my role as a Youth Goodwill Ambassador for Denmark, which I’ve mentioned previously in this article. Despite the film reference in the title, this experience didn’t involve any romance or ballroom dancing. Nor was it related […]

Posted in Career, City, Distance Learning, Employment, Erasmus, Friends, Future, Leisure, News, Study Abroad, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Work | Tagged Culture, Denmark, Erasmus, Study abroad, University of Leicester

Youth Goodwill Ambassadors go to Aarhus

Posted by Robbie (Denmark) in Study Abroad on February 27, 2014

Early on, last semester, I became a Youth Goodwill Ambassador for Denmark. In this article, I’ll write a bit about what this rather fancy-sounding role involves and what I’ve been getting up to. The point of the Youth Goodwill Ambassadors for Denmark is to advocate student exchange, intercultural knowledge and career opportunities. A main aim […]

Posted in City, Employment, Erasmus, Friends, Leisure, Societies, Study Abroad, Uncategorized, Volunteering | Tagged Culture, Denmark, Erasmus, Football, Study abroad, University of Leicester

TEFL and February

Posted by Cameron (Finland) in Study Abroad on February 13, 2014

And so, after more than a week of being only about 1 or -1 each day and night, the snow is starting to melt and I hear that such weather will continue. The people are unsure of what this means- are we pleased it’s not so cold, or is this slush even worse? Is it good […]

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Applications, Applications, Applications.

Posted by Pouneh (Germany) in Study Abroad on February 11, 2014

The word ‘application’ probably strikes a fear in the hearts of most students. It certainly does for me. The daunting task of trying to impress, or less romantically put, ‘sell yourself’, isn’t exactly easy. It’s not because there’s nothing to put on the applications, rather it’s the self-consciousness that accompanies it. It’s a fine line […]

Posted in Career, Erasmus, Future, Internship, Placement, Stress, Volunteering, Work | Tagged Applications, Erasmus, Experience, University of Leicester | 2 Responses

Frat Life

Posted by Mark (USA) in Study Abroad on October 28, 2013

Okay, so as my last blog states, I recently spent a weekend in Arizona. What that blog doesn’t state is that I stayed at a frat house that weekend. If only for the sake of my dear, confused Mother (who had no idea what this meant when I told her on Skype), I thought I’d […]

Posted in Friends, Leisure, Societies, Sport, Study Abroad, Volunteering | Tagged Accomodation, America, California, Fraternities, Study abroad

The Old Cam and The Sea.

Posted by Cameron (Finland) in Study Abroad on September 30, 2013

So, today my friend dropped her keys in the sea and we spent the rest of the day trying to get them out. Still have not got them out. First she jumped in, tried to pick them up with her feet and almost got hypothermia because the sea was about 1 or 2 degrees probably. […]

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Selection of Recent Observations of Finnish Culture

Posted by Cameron (Finland) in Study Abroad on September 5, 2013

Anyway, some observations from Finland: -Here you pay €100 for Student Union membership, but then get free medical and legal services! Might come in useful, and €15 for serious dentistry work is probably better than anywhere in the world! -Finnish Men- all seem to have an air of Atticus from ‘To Kill a Mocking Bird’. […]

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Working 9 to 5 Part II

Posted by Viki (Germany) in Study Abroad on August 27, 2013

At the end of my previous blog I said that in the next one I would talk a bit about some of the other opportunities at Leicester: volunteering and the societies. I’d really recommend getting involved in a society because it’s a really good way of getting to know different people. The people you live […]

Posted in Career, Leisure, Societies, Sport, Volunteering | Tagged careers, societies, volunteering | 1 Response