My homestay in Tianjin, China
April 20, 2014
By Jóhanna Magnusardóttir from the Faroe Islands, studying BA International Studies and Chinese. Moving abroad to study is always a big step. Moving to China to take your whole degree is a full-on man-on-the-moon giant leap – or so I thought before actually putting on my figurative space suit and starting my three-year- educational journey. …
Why I chose to study in China
April 8, 2014
By Emmie Studencki. I knew I wanted to do a masters abroad and I wanted to study in an up-and-coming place, but somewhere with a highly-ranked, English-speaking university. Coming from Sweden where my study is all funded, I knew that if I was going to pay a tuition fee I wanted to have good value …
Sports day at UNNC
December 20, 2013
By Ayush Poddar Every year a sports day is held at UNNC to commemorate the spirit of athleticism and this year for the first time international students had their own team to compete alongside other teams made up of undergraduate and postgraduate students. It was a great day in UNNC’s history and, just like the …
Celebrating Holi in China
May 3, 2013
Hello everybody!! I know it’s been a while since I last wrote but here I come with Holi celebrations in China. Holi is spring festival celebrated as a festival of colours. It used to a be religious festival of Hindus, but in the last few years it has become popular with other communities and regions …
My favourite places in Ningbo city
September 4, 2012
Hello readers! Hope you all had a great summer, and are now ready for a new term! I got the idea about my new entry quite a while ago. Answering the questions asked by prospective students, I realised that general information about Ningbo is not enough: every student would like to know more specific destinations which …
All You Ever Needed To Know About Dorms
July 27, 2012
One of my biggest questions before coming to China was about the “living situation”. Although I had a general idea of what my dorm room at UNNC may look like, I couldn’t find many pictures on how it “actually” looks like. Now I’ve lived here for nearly a year, and I sure know how it …
Moving out from campus
Hello people! My name is Anastassiya (Sia). I’m from Kazakhstan and I’m studying at The University of Nottingham China, Ningbo. Recently I decided to change my accommodation, i.e. moving out of university halls of residence. Probably some of you have already done that, if not, I hope this information will help you to decide or shed some …
Korea->USA->CHINA: How my life started in China
July 17, 2012
My name’s MinYoung You. I am a third year student at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China, majoring in International Business with Chinese. As you can see from the picture, I am Asian. To be exact, I am from South Korea. I grew up in Seoul and when I was 16 I travelled to America …
Serendipity and a cup of tea…
July 13, 2012
Hello people! A few days ago I was wondering what might possibly surprise us, people from the 21st century? We have already seen everything possible, and even beyond that. Well,at the weekend I decided to find out something special, in order to try something different from the usual Lao WaiTan haunts. My first stop was …
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