Australia
- The Sydney Experience - Amy is studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Exeter and is blogging for us while spending her year abroad at The University of Sydney.
- Ami Down Under - Ami is studying Law at the University of Essex and is spending her year abroad studying at Macquarie University in Sydney.
Brazil
- To Brazil and Beyond - Laura is studying French and Portuguese at the University of Leeds. She has already spent a term living in Dijon, France, and now she's off to study Brazilian language and culture at the Universidade Federal da Paraíba in João Pessoa, Brazil.
- Escaped from Yorkshire - Alison doing Joint Honours at Liverpool and is on her year abroad in Latin America. She spent her first semester studying Latin American Studies at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City and then I am now studying International Relations with Mandarin at PUC Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. @yerroyerras
Canada
- A Theologian in Canada - Hannah is studying Theology at Exeter University and is spending her year abroad in Ottawa. @hannahe27
- George Ward UK - George is studying Journalism at Edinburgh Napier University and is spending the first half of his third year at Ryerson University in Toronto. @GeorgeWardUK
Chile
- Durham Abroad - Gabriel is at Durham University and is spending the first semester of his year abroad as a Teaching Assistant in Santiago and the second as an Erasmus student in Spain.
China
- Charlotte's (World Wide) Web - Charlotte is studying German and Mandarin at Nottingham Trent University, and is spending her year abroad at the Universität Paderborn in Germany and at the Beijing Language and Culture University (北京语言大学) @luna_moonsilver
- abondgirl Abroad - Annabelle is studying Spanish (and, unofficially, Mandarin) at Durham University, and is currently in China where she plans to spend 3 months of her year abroad at Beijing Foreign Studies University studying Mandarin. Then from January she will move to South America where she will teach English in Ecuador for 3 months before heading to Bolivia to volunteer for an environmental organisation for 4 months.
Colombia
- 1 Año en Soledad - Daniel is studying Spanish, Politics and Economics and is spending his year abroad working as an English Language Assistant at the Instituo Tecnologico de Soledad Atlántico in Soledad, Barranquilla. @ocdtetris
Czech Republic
- Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost - Livi is studying Sociology at the University of Warwick and will be studying Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague for her year abroad.
France
- An Englishman in Strasbourg - Sam is studying French and Politics at Cardiff University, and is currently working as an English Language Assistant in Alsace, France.
- Ptolemy Bracket - Grace is studying French and German, and is currently working as a British Council Language Assistant in Metz, France.
- Mademoiselle Melle - Emma is French and Music student at the University of Southampton, and is spending her year abroad as an assistant at a collège and lycée in the rural Deux-Sèvres department in France.
- Tom in Ardennes - Tom studies French at the University of Warwick and is spending his year abroad as a Language Assistant in Charleville-Mézières, in the Champagne-Ardennes region. @toedmonds
- Bye Bye England - Tobi Ruth is studying French, International Media and Communication Studies at the University of Nottingham. She spent her first semester as an Erasmus student at the University of Réunion, and is currently on a work placement in Nimes in a local hotel. @tobiruth
- La France Selon Lauren - Lauren is from Northern Ireland and is spending her year abroad as a Language Assistant in the Académie de Versailles, Île-de-France. @laurenlquigley
- Perdue à Pau - Abbi is studying French with Italian at Warwick and is spending her year abroad as a Language Assistant at a primary school in Jurançon, Pau. @abbigailrose_
- Todd's Travels - Todd is spending his year abroad doing a 6-month internship in Paris followed by volunteering in Medellin, Colombia, in March 2013 for 6 months. @toddington91
- Mon année à Château-du-Loir - Hannah is spending the year in a small town between Tours and Le Mans called Château-du-Loir, working as a British Council Language Assistant.
- Sense and French Ability - Sophie is studying Philosophy and French at the University of Oxford, and is spending six months of her year abroad in Paris doing an internship, and then either staying on in Paris or going to Montreal for the second half of the year.
- Phoebe's Tastings and Travels - Phoebe is studying French and Politics at Exeter University, and is working as a Language Assistant at a school in Nice, France, while blogging about the different food she can buy, eat and cook.
- The Fairbairn Faux Pas - Steph is studying French and Spanish at King's College London, and is spending the first semester of her year abroad studying at Aix Marseille Université in Aix en Provence, and her second semester at the Universidad de Córdoba, Spain.
- iaspector - Imogen is studying French and Italian at UCL and is spending her year abroad studying in Bordeaux having spent the summer working in Lyon. In January she's off to Bologna and will perhaps return to Lyon next summer. @imogenspector
- A Year Abroad in France - Lauren is studying French at the University of Salford Manchester and is spending 7-8 months of her year abroad working in Vitre, Brittany, as a Language Assistant. She is creating vlogs about her experiences too - check them out here!
- A Year in Alsace - Gemma is studying French and English Language at Glasgow Uni and is spending her year abroad working as a Language Assistant in Colmar, France. @gemmagratton
- You can take the girl out of Yorkshire... - Amelia May is studying French with TESOL at Exeter University, and is spending her year abroad as a Language Assistant, living in Avignon and teaching in a town called Orange which is in Provence. @mimimay92
- Morwenna Takes on Europe - Morwenna is studying French and Spanish at the University of Sheffield and is spending her first semester as a Comenius assistant in Toulon, France, and is then heading to Estepona in Spain to work as a journalist for Andalucia.com for 7 months. @morefrancis
- Pardon my French - Gareth studies French and German at the University of Sunderland and is spending his year abroad as an Erasmus student at the Université de Provence in Aix-en-Provence and in Koblenz, Germany, for 6 months each.
- Letters from Le Havre - Sam is studying French with German at the University of Warwick and will be working as a British Council Language Assistant at two collèges in Le Havre. @wardsam
- Girl in the French Cravatte - Montana is studying English Literature and French at the University of Exeter and is spending her year abroad as an intern at the International Herald Tribune in Paris. @montanagerry12
- Fecking off to France - Larousse is studying Linguistics and French at the University of York and is spending her year abroad at the Université de Toulouse II - Le Mirail in Toulouse.
- Down and out in Paris and Lyon (and Barcelona too) - Lucy is studying Modern Languages at the University of Sheffield and is spending her year abroad doing a work placement at a travel agency in Paris for 2 weeks, working for the same company but in their Lyon office until mid September, teaching English at a jesuit school in Barcelona for eight months and THEN back to the French company for another 10 weeks!
- A Ginger Abroad etc. - Hattie is studying French and History at Lancaster University and is spending her year abroad at Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 in Lyon.
- Allô j'écoute! - Helen is studying French and Management at Lancaster University and is splitting her year abroad between six month internships in Antibes and Paris.
- Lost in Europe - Alyssa is studying French and Hispanic Studies at the University of Kent and is spending her year abroad at the Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse and at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
- Sarah Paris Barcelona - Sarah is at Oxford University, and is spending her year abroad interning for a company that uses native English speakers to teach French children through arts and crafts activities in Paris, and then working as an intern in Barcelona for an international policy group.
- Paris Intern Girl - Amy is studying French and Spanish at the University of Southampton, and is going a year-long internship at the media company Lagardère Publicité in Paris.
- Bad French - Jacqueline Wallace is studying Law with French Language at the University of Glasgow, and is spending her year abroad at the University of Strasbourg (Robert Schuman Strasbourg III).
- Aventures Étrangères - Michelle is studying Modern Languages with Management at the University of Leicester and will be spending 5 months interning in Paris and 5 months studying at the Universitat de València.
- Sam on the Continent - Sam is studying French and Spanish at Cardiff University and is spending his year abroad as an Erasmus student in Chambéry, France, and Valencia, Spain. He is also part of the Routes into Languages 'Adopt A Class' scheme, adopting a year 9 French class in the Welsh valleys and letting them come abroad with him 'virtually' to see how what he once learnt in a classroom is now helping him survive life abroad. This will hopefully encourage the uptake of GCSE language study.
- Peace from Paris - Pratheek is studying French and Spanish at Nottingham University and is interning for a translation agency in Paris for his year abroad. @pabadrinath
- From Hills and Sheep to Polo Chic - Elen is studying French at Sheffield Uni, and is spending her year abroad as an English Language Assistant for the British Council and the Académie de Nantes in the seaside town of La Baule in France! @fingily
- Year Abroad à Flers - Nicola is studying French and Italian at Warwick, and is going to be a Language Assistant at a school in Flers and one in tiny Athis-de-l'Orne for her year abroad. @streetwise91
- La Joie de Vivre - Tasha is studying French at the University of Sheffield, and is spending her year abroad as a Language Assistant in Tarbes, near Lourdes in South West France. @tashballantyne
- Melle du Jour - Mike is studying French at Bristol and is spending his year abroad in a small medieval town called Melle, in the Deux-Sèvres department. @emikedavis
- Immi Catherine - Imogen is studying Politics and French at the University of Exeter and is going to be an English Language Assistant in the town of Bolbec, Rouen Académie, in Upper Normandy. @immicatherine
- Being British in Bourg-en-Bresse - Fiona is studying English and French at the University of Exeter and is spending her year abroad as a Language Assistant in Bourg-en-Bresse, near Lyon. @fionarhiandakin
- Life on the Continent - Rebecca is studying French at Birmingham and spending her year abroad at INSA Lyon, the French Engineering University.
- La Savoie, Ma Voie - Francesca is studying French at the University of Southampton and is spending her year abroad as a British Council Language Assistant in the French Alps. @chessg
- Lizzi avec les Français - Lizzi is studying French and Philosophy at the University of Nottingham and is spending her year abroad working for a company called Babylangues in Paris teaching children English. She is spending the summer as an Au-Pair for a family near Biarritz.
- Y.A-P. The Year Abroad - Anastasia is studying French and Spanish at the University of Sheffield and is working in Alsace, France, for the first half of her year abroad and in South America for the second half.
- Tales of Travelling - Justiene is studying French and Linguistics at the University of Leeds and is spending her year abroad as a Language Assistant at a college in Lannion in Brittany, 2 hours from Rennes. @justeen910
- Bonnie Cherie - Bonita is spending her year abroad as an Erasmus student at Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3. @bonniecherie
- Amy invades Europe - Amy is studying French and Italian at the University of Edinburgh and is spending her year abroad in Paris and Verona. @amylouiiise
Germany
- Emma in Euroland - Emma is studying Economics and German at Cardiff University and is going to be a Language Assistant in the Thuringia region of Germany.
- 101 Things to do in Germany - Beth is studying French and German at Exeter University and is spending her year abroad studying at the Universität Tübingen in central Baden-Württemberg.
- Ramblings of P Squared - Jen is a Spanish-speaking Joint Honours student at the University of Warwick and is spending her year abroad working in Oberhausen and living in Essen as a Teaching Assistant.
- In a quest to become a more interesting person... - Iain is studying French, German and Russian at Nottingham University and is spending his year abroad in all three countries. He's currently in Koblenz in Germany working for a social work company, he's then going to be a Language Assistant in France, and next summer he's going to do a language course and an internship in St. Petersburg.
- David Machin - David is studying German with Mandarin at Exeter University and is going to be a British Council Language Assistant in Groß-Gerau in Germany for his year abroad, preceded by working at an international summer camp in Turkey this summer and followed by an internship in China next summer.
- Anna Auf Achse - Anna is studying Medieval and Modern Languages at the University of Oxford and is spending her year abroad working as a British Council Language Assistant in Nuremberg, Bavaria. Here are her top year abroad tips. @annasambrook
- Fluent in Denglisch - Amy is studying German and Linguistics at the University of York and is spending her year abroad working as a Language Assistant at a school in Dusseldorf, Germany.
- A Ginger in Germany - Kirsten is studying English Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex, and is spending her third year studying the same thing at the Universitaet Mannheim in Germany. @kirstenbea
- Weg in Wernigerode - Katherine is studying German at Exeter University, and is spending her year abroad as a Language Assistant in Wernigerode, a town in the Harz mountains. @ksladden
- Im Ausland: Ellie Speaks Abroad - Ellie is studying German and Italian, and is spending her year abroad in Düsseldorf where she doing a 5 month internship at the local theatre and will then be working in a similar field in Italy from February onwards. @elliefj
- Dan in Deutschland - Dan is studying German and Maths at the University of Exeter and is doing a summer course at the Leibniz Universität Hannover, followed by a Language Assistantship at the Integriete Gesamtschule Roderbruch in Hanover. @danjwalker
- Charlotte's (World Wide) Web - Charlotte is studying German and Mandarin at Nottingham Trent University, and is spending her year abroad at the Universität Paderborn in Germany and at the Beijing Language and Culture University (北京语言大学). @luna_moonsilver
- The Wurst is Yet to Come - Chris is going to be a Language Assistant at a school in Rostock, North Germany. @chris_pegg
- Home and Away - Rebecca studies German at Bangor University and is spending her year abroad as a Language Assistant in Nordrhein-Westfalen (North-West Germany). @rebeccaearnshaw
Hong Kong
- Notes from Hong Kong - Ben is studying Politics with Chinese at the University of Exeter, and is spending his year abroad at the University of Hong Kong.
Italy
- You Can Take The Girl Out of London - Abbie is a student at the University of Hull and is spending the first semester of her year abroad as an Erasmus student at Roma II/Tor Vergata University in Rome, and will be moving to France for a work placement from the end of February 2013. @abbiegeorgia_c
- Year Abroad in Italy - Ivy is studying Italian and Film at Lancaster University and is spending her year abroad working as an English Language Assistant at a secondary school in Puglia.
- Louise all'Estero - Louise is studying French and Italian at the University of Bristol. She spent 4 months studying at Université Bordeaux 3, and is now spending 5 months as a Comenius Teaching Assistant in Spoleto, Italy. @LGSellars
- The Broadened Mind - Lottie is studying Spanish and Italian at Bristol University and is doing an internship at The Argentina Independent, a Buenos Aires-based newspaper, for the first half of her year abroad, and studying in Naples for the second half.
- Sweet Home Rome - Zoe is studying English Literature and Italian at the University of Birmingham and is spending her year abroad in Rome at La Sapienza University.
La Réunion
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Alice is a student at the University of Sheffield and is spending her year abroad as a teacher in La Réunion. @alice_odriscoll
- Erasmus Life - Chris is doing a BA in Multilingual Studies (French, German and Italian) from Royal Holloway, University of London, and is spending his year abroad at the Université de la Réunion until December and will then study in Pisa from February until the end of the academic year.
Martinique
- Une fausse chabine an péyi-a - Lucy is studying French at Bristol University and is spending her year abroad working as a Language Assistant in a school in Martinique.
The Netherlands
- Groetjes uit Nederland & un Grand Français Bonjour - Victoria is studying French, Spanish and Dutch at the University of Sheffield, and is spending her year abroad at Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and then from February she will be teaching at a primary school in the Rhone-Alpes region of France.
Russia
- From Prussia and Russia with love - Rachel is studying German and Russian at Bristol University and spent last semester studying in Berlin. This semester she's studying Russian in Saint Petersburg for four months and will then work at Liden & Denz Language Centres as a Marketing Assistant until the end of August.
- Not Another Year Abroad Blog - Lois is studying Russian with Serbian at Nottingham University, and is spending her year abroad volunteering for 3 months for Ecologia Youth Trust in Orion, and studying and interning at Liden & Denz Language Centres in St. Petersburg. @loisbentall
- Frussian Lit - Fliss is studying French and Russian and is spending her year abroad in France and St. Petersburg. @frangipane20
- Bears, Blinis and Babushkas - Danny is studying Russian at Nottingham University and is spending the first semester of his year abroad in Petrozavodsk, and the second in St. Petersburg. @dannysilson
- Tyumen and Back Again - Tom is a Bristol University student spending his year abroad in Tyumen, over 5 hours east of Moscow, and then in Moscow.
- Frussian Lit - Fliss is studying French and Russian and is spending her year abroad in Tours and St. Petersburg. @frangipane20
- A Year in Russia: PETROfying - James is a University of Manchester student spending his year abroad studying in Petrozavodsk and St Petersburg for 31 weeks.
Spain
- Everything - Rebecca is studying English at Edge Hill University and is spending her year abroad studying English at the Universidad de Zaragoza.
- A Girl in Aguadulce - Sarah is studying English and Spanish at Queen's University Belfast and is spending her year abroad as a Language Assistant at CEIP Arco Iris, a bilingual primary school in Aguadulce, a seaside town near the city of Almería.
- My Little Spanish Adventure - Giselle is studying Management and Spanish at Leeds University and is spending her year abroad in Madrid studying Business at Complutense University.
- A Welshman walks into a Bar(celona) - Daniel is studying Law with Spanish at the University of Oxford, and is spending his year abroad studying at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona.
- Hecho a Mano - Rebecca is studying Civil Engineering at the University of Bristol, and is spending her year abroad studying Civil Engineering at the UPC (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) in Barcelona.
- Half the World Away - Steph is studying Spanish and German at The University of Edinburgh and is spending her first semester as an Erasmus student at the Universidad de Almería in Spain and her second at the Universität Heidelberg in Germany.
- Barcelona La Bomba - Elliott is studying Spanish and PR at Leeds Met, and is spending his year abroad doing internships in Barcelona. He is currently on his second placement working for an international online travel company for the online marketing department.
- Adele Joanna - Adele has just graduated in Italian Language and Media Studies from Nottingham Trent and is now spending a year as a British Council Language Assistant in Barcelona. @adelejoanna
- My Year in the Sun - Helen is studying English (with a couple of elective modules in Spanish) at Leeds university, and is spending her year abroad studying English Literature at the Universidad de Málaga.
- Itchy Feet - Heather is studying French and Spanish at Nottingham Trent University, and has spent the summer working as an au-pair in France. She is moving to Madrid to work as an English Language Assistant and next summer she will be working at Disneyland Paris. @heathervcollier
- Hit the road, Jack - Jack is studying Law at the University of Leeds and is spending his year abroad studying at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. @JackKenny
- Se pierde con la traducción: My year in Bilbao - Sarah is studying French and Spanish at the University of Southampton and will be a Language Assistant in Ermua in the Basque Country, but living in Bilbao.
- Espana in the Works - Nirankar is studying English and Spanish at the University of Leeds and is spending his year abroad as a British Council Language Assistant at a secondary school in Soria, Spain. @nphull_
- Danni Hunt - Danni is studying Journalism & Hispanic Studies dual honours at University of Sheffield and is a British Council Language Assistant at a bilingual primary school in Madrid for the next year. @dannihunt
- Sophia Overseas - Sophia is studying French and Spanish at Durham University and is spending her year abroad working in Salamanca until the end of December and then as a Language Assistant in Amiens, France.
- A Year in Spain - Amy is studying French and Spanish at Queen's University Belfast, and is spending her year abroad in Madrid as a Language Assistant in a primary school as part of the British Council Language Assistant scheme. @AmyNLindsay
- A Year in Madrid - Claire is studying Spanish and French at Southampton University and is teaching English in a Secondary school in the Madrid region for eight months. @_claireparsons
- Last Minute Marf - Martha is studying French and Spanish at the University of Hull and is spending her year abroad as an Erasmus student in Murcia and Lyon.
- Córdoba Calling - Emma is studying French and Spanish and is spending her year abroad as a Language Assistant in Córdoba, Spain. @emma_louisemck
Sweden
- The Story of an Emerging Swedophile - Elise is a Plymouth student, and is spending her year abroad as an Erasmus student at the University of Gothenburg. @elise_cd
- Swedish for Hello - William is a University of Bristol student and he is studying civil engineering at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg for his year abroad.
Ukraine
- Girl Meets World - Elise is studying Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge University and is spending her year abroad in Ukraine until April, and then in Moscow.
Shared Blog
- Not in Nottingham - Nottingham students Lauren and Abbii are sharing their year abroad blog. Lauren is a Natural Sciences student studying Physics and Chemistry. She’s going to Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, USA, to study under the Universitas 21 scheme. Abbii is a German and Spanish student spending her year abroad as an Erasmus student in Heidelberg and Spain.
Whole Degree Abroad
- Going Grenobloise - Rosie is doing her whole 3-year degree at the Université Stendhal in Grenoble, France.
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