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5 Awkward Besito Moments
Monday, 11 March 2013Why is Spain in a crisis? What is this ‘siesta’ nonsense? Why is the Mercadona jingle so catchy? These were just some of the seemingly unanswerable questions I asked myself when I started my Year Abroad in Spain five months ago, but perhaps the most pressing question, and the one that required the most urgent response, was: when is it socially/morally/ethically acceptable to give a besito?
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Culture Shock in Japan: What the Fukuoka?
Sunday, 13 May 2012I’ve spent the past eight months in Japan studying Japanese on a scholarship from Nihon Keizai Daigaku, organised through links with my college at Oxford University. I live in Fukuoka, on the southern island of Kyushu in a dormitory provided by the university with some other people on the same scholarship. As a little disclaimer, some of what I say here may be different in more or less urban parts of Japan, but overall I hope this will give you some idea of what you are in for wherever you end up.Published in Japanese-Speaking -
Reverse Culture Shock: readjusting to life back home
Saturday, 10 March 2012Last year I was a teaching assistant in Laon, a small town in Picardie. As I nervously negotiated my first weeks there, assimilating to a new job and a new culture at the same time, had someone told me that it would be harder to leave than it was to arrive, I would have told them they were crazy.Published in When You're Back -
Six things you can't leave home without!
Wednesday, 03 August 2011As you’re trying to pick your favourite clothes, decide on how many pairs of shoes to bring, which posters to flog into your suitcase and just how much tea you’re going to go through in a year, packing for your year abroad can be a real pain in the rear end, at the best of times. You will inevitably end up going abroad with far too many scarves when it’s boiling in the sunshine, or packing your favourite heels only to notice that no one else gets that dressed up. But what about your personality traits? What are the essentials when it comes to moving to another country?Published in Planning and preparation -
Culture Shock: Israel
Wednesday, 25 May 2011Lisa Murgatroyd, Middle Eastern studies student at the University of Manchester, gives valuable tips and advice for any student planning on relocating to Israel for their year abroad...Published in Israel
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Culture shock in Nice, France
Monday, 05 November 2012Phoebe is studying Politics and French at Exeter University, and is spending her year abroad as a Language Assistant in a lycee in the centre of Nice in France. Here are her observations of the cultural differences she has experienced, from bar etiquette to schooling, in Nice, the second-largest French city (after Marseille) on the Mediterranean coast...Published in French-speaking -
Culture Shock: Madrid 2
Monday, 12 March 2012Olivia is studying History and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield, and is spending her year abroad as a British Council Language Assistant teaching in a secondary school in Pozuelo, just outside Madrid. Here she passes on her observations about the culture shock of moving from the UK to central Spain...Published in Spanish-speaking -
Culture Shock: France (technophobia, uniformity and sexual politics)
Tuesday, 23 August 2011Elen Roberts was living in Grenoble, France for her year abroad. Here, she gives an account of the culture shock she experienced, from working hours to going out... Read on to find out more:Published in France -
The students left behind...
Wednesday, 22 June 2011Having handed in her final piece of work, Nell Fane decided to find out what the year abroad was all about. She packed her suitcase and travelled across Europe to see how the other (student) half live, on their year abroad. Here, she tells all...Published in Making the Most of Your Year Abroad -
The French and the Royal wedding
Wednesday, 27 April 2011Working on the Dauphiné Libéré, a daily newspaper in the Rhône Alpes region, year abroad student, Charlotte Derrett, has realised that it is not only the British who love a Royal Wedding... But the French too. William and Kate have been headlines all over France and whilst she won't be in England to watch, she’s certain she won't miss out too much...Here is her take on France and the image of patriotic England.Published in Blog
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