Lancaster University
Welcome to the Study Abroad Blog for the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University! This blog is a collection of posts from Linguistics and English Language students, written whilst they were studying abroad. They can tell you first hand what it’s really like to study abroad. Get involved Would you like to write a… Continue Reading About the Blog
Read More About the BlogSo here we are, a week after I came back from Tübingen and I’ve only just mustered up the energy to write this post. In all seriousness, coming home has definitely been the hardest part of being abroad; not exams, not going there – leaving. I don’t want to focus too much on the negatives,… Continue Reading Student Blog: Helen – “And so it ends”
Read More Student Blog: Helen – “And so it ends”As the days start to get shorter again (??) it’s still roasting temperature in Tübingen; last week it got to 34 degrees. And, if you’re wondering why I’m still abroad, semester continues til the end of July here (and yes, I am jealous that you have already finished your exams). If I had a word… Continue Reading Student Blog: Helen – “Expect the unexpected”
Read More Student Blog: Helen – “Expect the unexpected”So– it’s been a while. My last post got lost in the computer system, which is why there’s been a break. However, I am evidently back again to tell you about the *cough* interesting weather we’ve had, and about the weekend trip I took to Berlin (and probably some other things too). Within the past… Continue Reading Student Blog: Helen – “Spring in Tübingen & weekend break”
Read More Student Blog: Helen – “Spring in Tübingen & weekend break”So, it’s been around a month since my last post; exams finished around two weeks ago (thankfully) and all the results I’ve got back so far have been good (this will change with the typology course, rest assured). Once exams had finished I spent a week in Tübingen with friends, meeting up, relaxing and trying to… Continue Reading Student Blog: Helen – “Goodbyes are the worst (why you should go abroad for a year)”
Read More Student Blog: Helen – “Goodbyes are the worst (why you should go abroad for a year)”Something very different about studying in Australia is the fact that we have a 3 month holiday over the Christmas period. This is the summer holiday like we have from July-September in England – but from November-February. It’s a bit of an odd feeling, but it’s a perfect time to go travelling, especially seeing as… Continue Reading Student blog: Niamh – “Christmas Holidays”
Read More Student blog: Niamh – “Christmas Holidays”A very late happy new year from Germany! I thought I’d do a bit of a catch-up post from the frosty land of Tübingen, before I properly put my head down to revise for the second lot of exams (how exciting), and the topic today is how *enter exclamative here* cold it is here. I’m… Continue Reading Student blog: Helen – “Winter in Tübingen (and how beautiful it is)”
Read More Student blog: Helen – “Winter in Tübingen (and how beautiful it is)”Life definitely gets busy around this time of year (hence my lack of posts), and unfortunately it’s not just due to thinking about Christmas. Unlike last year at Lancaster, I haven’t got coursework as such to work on (though I did have a 30 minute individual presentation, *gulp*), rather I’ve just had one exam and… Continue Reading Student blog: Helen – “Term differences and holiday plans”
Read More Student blog: Helen – “Term differences and holiday plans”As I promised at the end of the last post, this post will be dedicated to the accommodation options available at the Australian National University. For the last 5 and a bit months I have been living in on-campus, catered, shared (i.e. sharing bathroom facilities but having a bedroom to yourself) accommodation in a college… Continue Reading Student blog: Niamh – “Accommodation at ANU”
Read More Student blog: Niamh – “Accommodation at ANU”The past weeks have been a blur (as is now becoming the norm), but I wanted to take a couple of minutes to fill you in on (some of) the things you ought to know before studying abroad- especially in second year! Administration abroad is not necessarily what you’re used to; here there isn’t really a… Continue Reading Student blog: Helen – “Just thought you ought to know”
Read More Student blog: Helen – “Just thought you ought to know”