A trip to Birmingham
Last weekend my boyfriend and I decided to take a trip to the Birmingham Christmas Markets. After spending a lot of the Christmas season last year in Germany, I managed to visit quite a few of the markets, including Frankfurt, Strasbourg and of course, Heidelberg. Living in Heidelberg did mean that I started to get […]
The Frank May Clinical Sciences Lecture 2015
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend a talk by Jeremy Farrar, the Director of the Wellcome Trust. For those that haven’t heard of the Wellcome Trust, it is a global charity who’s work aims to improve global health (link to their website here). In terms of scientific research, funding from […]
Reunited in London
During my time in Germany, I met some of the most interesting and brilliant friends that I have. Spending a year together in the beautiful city of Heidelberg, they kept my feelings of homesickness at bay and made my year abroad full of fabulous days making exceptional memories. The downside of being back at home is […]
Year abroad passed and degree accreditation received!
I can now officially say that I have passed my year abroad! This means my degree title is now Medical Biochemistry with a Year Abroad Bsc (fancy right?). Providing I survive this year of course. My degree is also now going to be accredited by the Royal Society of Biology. I gave my presentation last […]
Year abroad assessment
Today I submitted my dissertation for my year abroad. This was a 5000 word project report, detailing the lab project I undertook during my time in Germany. Thankfully, I managed to generate some constructs during the year and actually had some results to discuss. It was a challenge, but it hit me how much I […]
Student gym membership
One of the things I really missed during my year abroad was the university gym. This sounds really sad I know, but I realised how much I took my gym membership for granted in my first two years at uni. I went to the gym more for a catch up with my friends rather than […]
A visit from across the pond
During my time at the language course last year in Germany, I met a lovely group of Canadians, specifically from Newfoundland and Labrador. After a few FaceTime calls and ample group chat messages, two of the girls had arranged to come over this way to see my neck of the woods. I met them in […]
Summer travels
For my sister’s birthday, I got us tickets to see Passenger in Schwetzingen. The plan was to go on a little trip to a few places in Europe before the concert, so whilst I was still in Heidelberg we had a few Skype calls and sorted it all out. I’d like to say that my […]
Studying abroad as part of a Biological Sciences degree
I have discovered that not every student in the Biological Sciences department is aware of an opportunity to spend a year abroad as part of their undergraduate degree. In fact, it wasn’t until second year that I even realised myself. Obviously I knew it was possible to study abroad, but I wasn’t interested in taking […]
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