When I first started studying at Lancaster, I was excited and a little nervous – I moved to a new place with new people and was studying in one of the UK’s top universities – now The Times and The Sunday Times University of the Year. The contents of my course and the gold-mine of Read more about LUBU Summer School: Ghana Rambles […]

‘If I could tell my first year self one thing it would be…’ ‘Feel the fear and do it anyway’ Starting with a rather philosophical quote here but, put simply, my advice would be to do as many things that scare you as possible. I’m speaking from experience here when I recommend getting out of Read more about ‘If I could tell my first year self one thing it would be…’[…]

My name is Elena Patera and I was born and raised in Cyprus which is a small island in the Mediterranean Sea. I remember when I was a senior in high school  that I wanted to study in the UK at a university that offered the opportunity to study abroad in Canada or the US Read more about Year abroad experience at the University of Colorado, Boulder[…]