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Find out how to stay healthy on your year abroad, discover the secrets of jet lag, the importance of insurance, what to keep in your medical kit, what to do in an emergency and how to cope with long bus journeys. Read through our articles about how to deal with the unexpected, have a look at our 'stay safe' guidelines and loads more!
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Top 10 safety tips when you're travelling abroad
Written by Natacha Cullinan Monday, 10 October 2011Moving abroad, for any amount of given time, can be quite scary, especially for first-timers. You’ll have lots to think about, from where to stay to how to commute, with plenty of ups and downs in between. Travel, for the most part, will be done on weekends and/or during the holiday season. Regardless of how far you get to go, here are a few pointers so as to keep your belongings safe (as well as your person), avoid accidents abroad and most important of all, try not to get ripped off...Although most countries are safe, it’s still advisable to keep these tips in mind, just in case. After all, better safe than sorry (Ok, enough with the idioms...).
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Great British food: What to cook on your year abroad
Written by Natacha Cullinan Friday, 17 June 2011Feeling nostalgic for the motherland is normal on your year abroad. Aside from the fact you’ll miss your friends and student-living, food, and the memories it conjures up for you, will irrefutably play an important role in making you feel at home in your new abode and calm a spat of the year abroad blues. Whether you choose to share these corkers with newfound friends or savour them alone, it’s up to you. But one thing is for sure, no one can leave the UK without a recipe for:Published in Health & Safety -
Useful travel advice for disabled students going away
Written by Sarah O'ConnorDisabled travelers need to do some planning before they go on a trip and pack accordingly. It is wise to write down a checklist before you leave, so as to make sure you have it all covered. Search for travel providers who can accommodate your specific needs and make sure you contact various airlines to see what sort of care and help they have on offer.Published in Disability and the year abroad -
Studying abroad with a disability is more common than you would think and many people take the plunge to move their studies abroad, and feel better for it. In fact, 10 out of 10 students who went abroad with a disability said they’d recommend others to do the same, according to our survey. Starting your research early and finding out about the universities and the help on offer is the first place to start in your search for your year or semester abroad. Speaking to your home university’s International Office is top of your list.Published in Disability and the year abroad -
High-flying: Coping with jet lag
Written by Natacha CullinanFlying long distances to reach your dream year abroad destination can entail something your mother had warned you about, but hadn’t paid close attention to: jet lag. Feeling tired? Don’t really know where you are? Dehydrated, sure those 6 pints the night before, as you were waving goodbye to your friends, didn’t help? Yeah, that’s jet lag for you. Creeping its ugly little head up on you, only to leave the able-bodied, dashing 20-something year old that you are weak at the knees, and not in a romantic way. Well, you’ll just have to put up with it. For the rest of you who haven’t flown out just yet, make sure you read the following tips and tricks of the trade to avoid feeling like you’ve been to Hell and back...Published in Health & Safety
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You’ve booked your travel, going with X airline to your chosen destination and you’re pretty excited. Now you’re all packed, suitcase-wise, having picked your best gear to go explore the world of the year abroad, you just need to sort out your hand luggage. Just what do you bring on a long-haul flight? How do you fill out 8+ hours of chair, window, noisy brat in front and skyline for company? Here our top must-have items to help you through it:
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Spring has sprung, and with it comes the irrational desire to go outside with bare legs at weekends and, of course, to get fit for the summer. What better way to do so than to dig out your wackiest costumes and accessories and pound the streets for charity?! Wherever you find yourself, pre- or post-year abroad, there must be a charity worth embarrassing yourself for at the perfect Fun Run. Find out where the best ones are here!
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Here is a list of useful contact numbers, addresses and websites if you or someone you know is planning on moving abroad, to work, study, teach or volunteer in a foreign country:Published in Disability and the year abroad -
Planning to study abroad can seem like a huge challenge at the best of times - add a disability, and most would think it near impossible. Yet it doesn’t have to be the case. Thousands of students go abroad each year, some to work, some to study and some to teach; you can too! With advice and information aplenty on the worldwide web, it would be a shame not to! Read more about:
- Studying abroad with a disability
- Case study of an Erasmus student studying abroad with a disbility
- What to pack in your suitcase
- Useful contacts for disabled students about living arrangements abroad
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Getting ill on your year abroad, or even whilst your travelling unknown territory, can turn itself into a real dampener. Long bus rides, short-haul flights or even the odd horseback ride can prove themselves to be toxic for the delicate stomach, dainty joints or morning-after hangover...Your mother might have tried to plough you with different medicines, all varying shades of blue and green, with the added pills to boot, yet you may have chosen to disregard her crafty words of wisdom and infinite recalls of ‘what ifs and what nots’ concerning your bowels. Here’s our top essentials for the rough ride, if it ever comes about:Published in Health & Safety
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Top 10 safety tips when you're travelling abroad
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