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A Year of Self-Indulgence?
With the focus on you, the traveller/student/wanderer, transitioning abroad can be tough. There is no doubt that it could be the personal journey of a lifetime. But how much do you want this adventure to be about you?
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Home (but the journey continues)
I thought that going abroad was going to be the biggest change in my life this year. But since returning, things are still continuing to change. I have started an internship with the University of Manchester over summer, and in turn, my first full time, professional job. I have lived completely alone for the first time – including setting up all the heating, internet and meters in the house!! And finally, (here comes the biggie) my parents made the decision to move to New Zealand. I feel as if this year hasn’t just been a monumental shift within myself, but my family too. And without studying abroad, I wouldn’t have…
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Christmas Holidays
By Chloe Coradetti, Mechanical Engineering, The National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Hello Manchester, I hope that you had a lovely Christmas holiday, I sure did! Here is a formatted report of my adventures in chronological order.
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Fun and Travel
By Maddy Taylor (University of Maryland, USA). While I did work very hard at Maryland, and it was occasionally difficult to balance work and play, I had a great opportunity to explore the US while on exchange, and explore I did! I think an exchange really teaches you to seize the day, it feels like such a waste to sit around watching Netflix all day and so I’ve become much more proactive with my time. As a result I have had some awesome experiences while I’ve been here. Sports at American College are a must, and so we attended a few basketball games at Maryland’s incredible Comcast Centre. We explored…
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