Returning Home In your final year you may find it a little daunting coming back when some of your friends have graduated. My philosophy when I returned was to treat it like another year abroad. There will be students on their year abroad on your course wanting to make friends with people from the UK,…
Category: Sweden
“Lund really stood out to me initially because of its reputation as one of the best universities in the world.” Daniel on his year at Lund University, Sweden
When I started to consider a year abroad and where I thought I would choose to spend a year of my degree studying, Sweden hadn’t really entered my head. I’m not sure about other people’s experiences, but I always thought of Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona or Berlin when thinking about living somewhere else in Europe during…
Meet the FCO Brand Ambassador – Emma Watkins
Travelling is an incredible concept. The idea that you can up sticks, move yourself to an unknown culture and immerse yourself in two days, two weeks or even two months of unadulterated learning is fantastic. It’s something we often take for granted. The fact that we have the ability to physically and financially travel, to…
“Erasmus isn’t just for language students, and above all you will find that you discover a new home” Jessica at Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
Sweden is home to a mere 9 million people. Whilst I live in the nation’s fourth biggest city, it’s just about the same size as Norwich, except the Uppsala Universitet is twice as big as UEA and ten times as old… with about as many churches too. In some ways it’s surprisingly similar to Norwich,…
