Surrey Abroad

I started my career as Student Development Officer at Sheffield Hallam University, in their South East Asia Regional Office. My key responsibilities were student recruitment and institution partnership support. After three and a half years, I joined the University of Wolverhampton before joining the University of Surrey in August as the Regional Representative for South East […]

I studied Business Management at Surrey and completed my professional training year with the UK/EU Student Recruitment team. After graduating in 2012, I worked in the International team before taking up a role at SOAS University of London. I re-joined the team in February as the Regional Manager for East Asia. I’m responsible for student […]

The Vice-Chancellor Award for Outstanding Contribution to University Life is presented to a student who has contributed to their University experience and that of others, as well as leaving a lasting legacy at the University after they graduate. Only students in their final year of undergraduate or postgraduate study are eligible for this award. I […]

  This year I decided to try the Erasmus+ staff exchange as part of my professional development plan. I must admit, I could not have excepted more. I took part in the University of Göttingen‘s (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) 10th International Erasmus Staff Training Week. The programme was perfectly balanced, loaded with both training and social activities. […]

  Before coming to Surrey, I had only lived in Florida. Even in a city as diverse as Orlando, I had not been exposed to many other cultures. I decided I wanted to change this so I applied for the University of Surrey study abroad program, switched z’s for s’s, and here I am now, […]

After finishing my Master’s degree in Sociology and Gender Studies at the University in Munich, I decided it was time to leave my home city after 25 years of living there and take the opportunity to explore another cultural environment. Having a background in humanresources, a broad theoretical knowledge of society and circumstances creating inequality, […]