End of my Semester in London, Canada

I’m writing this on the train having just left London, ON and the University of Western Ontario. The semester-long time away was daunting before I came and my relationship with that amount of time away changed throughout my time here.

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Summer Adventures in China – Study China 2018

Greetings from Hangzhou, China! Now, a single blog post will not do justice to the highly varied summer school I have just completed, but let’s at least make a start. There is a lot to put in writing, simply said,

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Hong Kong: wow

So, in my final year of university I spent 6 months abroad in Hong Kong and it was easily the craziest, most surreal and rewarding adventure I have ever been on and if I’m being honest, I think I’ll be

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A Summer in Xiamen

I decided to attend the Xiamen Summer School because the city of Xiamen (厦门) and Xiamen University (厦大) are often held in the highest regard by Chinese students. The programme combined academic learning and cultural understanding with economics lectures and social

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Reflections

Well. I hadn’t envisioned writing this last blog post on an evening train from London to Sheffield, powered by nothing other than Irn Brun and my intense hatred of the British rail system, but sometimes events take things out of

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Perth, WA: The One Where I Play Tour Guide

Much like in my first semester, the weeks prior to my study break were enlivened by the arrival of visitors from back home. This time it came in the form of a family visit, though slightly staggered as my Mum

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