Posted by Rachel (Netherlands) in Study Abroad on July 13, 2018
As a northern lass hailing all the way from Newcastle, I’ve had my fair share of experiences with long distance relationships during my time at Leicester. After finishing my summer exams, I dreaded the day I would be packing up my things from my lovely uni house and moving back up to Newcastle, as I […]
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Posted by Louise in Study Abroad on June 30, 2018
Studying abroad was something I had previously not considered doing because I thought it would have cost me a lot. And lets be honest, university is expensive enough as it is, we don’t want to feel any poorer or in any more debt. So how did I fund my study abroad? Because of course, you need money […]
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Posted by Louise in Study Abroad on June 20, 2018
There is so much to see in Amsterdam, it can kind of be overwhelming… so here is a list of a few things I have done in Amsterdam during this warm weather and I would thoroughly reccommend! Visit a beach Amsterdam is so close to some beautiful beaches! 30- 40 mins on the […]
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Posted by Yekaterina (France and Spain) in Study Abroad on June 14, 2018
I’m now back in England again after an eventful year abroad, I’ve really enjoyed living in France and Spain! I would recommend doing a year abroad to everyone,it has allowed me to find out more about myself, given me the opportunity to develop my language skills and most importantly it gave me the chance to […]
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Posted by Louise in Study Abroad on June 11, 2018
So, my time in the Netherlands is drawing to a very rapid close – I go home in exactly one week and I have mixed feelings about it, but generally I am really looking forward to getting back home! I know people talk about the cliche ‘finding yourself’ when on a gap year or […]
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Posted by Louise in Study Abroad on May 27, 2018
So after my first post about what ‘the Dutch do better’, here is the second part – where I will list what I think Britain got right! 1. More and longer university holidays: When I arrived here and learned that you only get two weeks off at Christmas and summer and that’s it, I was in shock. […]
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Posted by Louise in Study Abroad on May 16, 2018
Soooo, after living in the Netherlands for almost 10 months, I thought it would be interesting for me to list some of the things I noticed here that I think ‘the Dutch do better than the British!’ 1.Celebrations: Since being here I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing Carnival and Kingsday. Carnival is a celebration within the south of the […]
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Posted by Louise in Study Abroad on May 10, 2018
When I was researching the NL after thinking of studying abroad it, I came accross a website that claimed that Dutch people utilise the sun. It doesn’t come out much in the NL, but when it does, the Dutch take full advantage of this and get outside. I can most definitiely confirm this. Just like […]
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Posted by Louise in Study Abroad on April 29, 2018
The university year is quite different here than in England – you do more modules in a shorter amount of time and it was quite an adjustment from what I was used to in Leicester. I can’t say I prefer how it is here compared to Leicester but I had no choice and it isn’t […]
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Posted by Louise in Study Abroad on April 16, 2018
You cannot deny that british universities in particular (maybe America too) have a bit of a reputation where it concerns alcohol – this was definitely confirmed for me after speaking with other people from other countries on my year abroad! It’s quite bad when you think about it really, but alcohol and nights out are seriously […]
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