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Working as a camp counsellor in the USA

By Alisija Sestakova, natural sciences student Last summer I travelled to the USA to work in a summer camp with children from six years to 16 years of age. I worked at Camp Eagle Hill, through a Work Play USA agency. My role was a ropes/zipline specialist and general counsellor and later I got promoted …

Becoming a senior journalist for BBC News in Washington DC

By Iona Hampson, BA Ancient History and History and Senior Journalist, BBC News, Washington DC If someone had told me at university that I would end up working as a journalist for the BBC let alone in the United States, I would have probably said they had mistaken me for a far more competent and …

Top Tips to Make Your Overseas Career Dreams a Reality

By Brydie Youngman Ornelas, Communications Specialist, Genentech, USA BA Jt. Honours English and American Studies with International Study Abroad, 2018 A large part of my decision to study for a BA Joint Honours degree in English and American Studies at UoN was the opportunity to study abroad at a North American university. Little did I …