Vickie Houlihan Planning a Professional Training Year (PTY) abroad during a pandemic was a challenge I could never have foreseen, leading to much uncertainty about whether the year could even go ahead. Despite the setbacks and difficulties, I was determined to complete as normal a year abroad as possible, as spending time in the countries […]
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Sharna Piercy Hi, I’m Sharna, for my placement, I had the opportunity to do a 5-month teaching internship based in Cádiz in the south of Spain. This led to two of the most amazing months of that year when I finally had the opportunity to travel out there! What Did I Learn? To try and […]
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Amelia Lunnon My study abroad experience in North Carolina State, was extremely rewarding and challenging at the same time. It was definitely the opportunity of a lifetime that I will never forget! I challenged myself to try something new, so I learnt how to sail by joining the sailing club where I met and made […]
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A group of 17 Surrey students from a range of academic disciplines spent four weeks this summer volunteering across a wide range of local projects in the tropical climes of Sri Lanka. Planned for Surrey by staff from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences together with Student Enterprise and hosted by responsible travel organisation Travelteer, […]
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Saad Mazhar – BSc (Hons) Economics – Study Exchange at Toronoto Metropolitan University Hello. My name is Saad and I’ve undertaken a semester abroad at Toronto Metropolitan university in Canada. For four months, my teaching moved across the ocean where I stayed in central Toronto and completed a university term there. Having lived outside the […]
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Keziah Agunoy – BSc (Hons) Computer Science – Study Exchange at Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hi, I’m Keziah. I study Computer Science at the University of Surrey. I went to Polytechnic University in Hong Kong to do my study exchange for a semester. Surrey students need to take the advantage of the opportunity to study […]
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