Upon signing up for the British Council Scheme to become a English teaching assistant in Spain, I knew basically nothing about where I would be for my year abroad. In this scheme you are given a placement, you don’t choose
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A Year Abroad in a European Microstate
Studying in Spain: A Year Abroad in Santiago de Compostela
My name is Rowena and I am in my third year studying MLang French and Spanish Linguistics, and so I had to study at a university on my year abroad. I decided to go to Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia
Read moreBikes, hikes and [can’t think of anything suitable that rhymes] in Freiburg
Catherine Tait (MLang French and German – Year Abroad studying at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, S.W. Germany) Welcome to Freiburg. I expect you cycled into the city centre. Most people do. That said, you are looking a little pale… you must
Read moreLiebe Grüße aus Berlin!
Hallo! My name is Ben, and I am a final year BA Modern Languages student just returned from a 9 month placement at the Universität Potsdam near Berlin. I was really fortunate to have the opportunity to spend such a
Read moreSix weeks in Seoul
Vienna off-screen
By Jewel Konieczny I first fell in love with Vienna on screen, in what is now one of my favourite films and the first of Linklater’s Trilogy: Before Sunrise. This year, I was fortunate enough to spend the summer semester
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