Working full-time, studying part-time and keeping long-term goals in mind
March 1, 2023
Lots of blogs will tell you about ways to manage your time with conflicting responsibilities, however, what I want to discuss is: How I identified my ‘why’ which helped to focus my choices. How I found alternative ways to pursue my long-term goals when plans changed. Whilst studying part-time with Nottingham University’s distance learning MA …
Study abroad, but not as you know it
November 21, 2018
This blog post was written by second year English student, Megan Bowie. This summer I studied abroad for two weeks with our intercampus Overseas Summer School programme at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus! I chose the Creative Writing course because as a joint honours student last year (I am now single honours), I didn’t …
From China to UK: What to Expect
February 26, 2018
Hi, I’m Yangyang majoring in English Literature. It’s my first year here and a pleasure to share my blog with you. My preparation for studying in the UK at the University of Nottingham started a year ago. Before that, living in the UK was just an abstract idea. I was barely prepared to fit into …
‘Say Yes to Everything’
April 8, 2015
This blog post was written by third year English and French student, Amelia Smith from the School of English. Before my year abroad, I was advised to say yes to everything, and this was the best advice I could have been given. Agreeing to tutor two children in English, led to their teacher inviting me to give …
Caves, Quimper, and Crêpes
February 23, 2015
This blog post was written by third year English and French student, Amelia Smith from the School of English. Four months into my year abroad and all is going amazingly. I got to celebrate my 21st Birthday here, and even my parents flew in for the occasion! It was great to show off my new life: introducing …
Living the Dream
January 5, 2015
This blog post was written by third year English and French student, Amelia Smith from the School of English. Every day I wake up with a smile as I think to myself, I’m here, I’m in France, I’m on my year abroad. As a student of French and English, I’m currently on my compulsory 3rd year abroad …
再见 Ningbo
June 16, 2013
So this is my final blog post, quite a while after I have left Ningbo to travel Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Thailand, Hong Kong and Bali, Indonesia). I finished my exams –okay, my one exam- in late May (fantastically early compared to those back on the UK campus) and began to make the most of my …
Beijing
April 26, 2013
As things get increasingly more hectic before the end of term, it’s always more difficult to keep on track of what I’ve done and where I’ve been, but since the last post, I’ve visited Beijing and most importantly, seen the Great Wall! Beijing is a great city; where Shanghai has a slick, modern feel, Beijing …
Shanghai
March 19, 2013
Shanghai is a compelling city. The colourful streets are bustling with street sellers, fruit shops, market stalls and dumpling stands wherever you look and whether it is dawn or dusk it seems the whole city is streaming with shoppers, workers, tourists and locals. It would be a lie to say Shanghai comes alive at night simply because there doesn’t seem …
Settling In
February 27, 2013
So this week I started my academic term at Ningbo. I take four modules here, pretty much the same as at Nottingham UK but without Analysing Performance and Old English, and with a different module: Approaches to Language and Literature. This module, taught by self-professed J.K Rowling cynic and feminist Derek Irwin, is a colourful …
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