Year abroad

This year I’ve had the opportunity to live and work abroad for my Biochemistry placement, and it's been one of the most exciting and challenging experiences of my life. Of all the incredible places in the world I've ended up...

So it seems that things are finally looking up! Vaccine rollouts are astronomical, shops, restaurants and other businesses are opening again and the sun is shining down on us all. But what does this mean for students and our placements/courses?...

So, you've decided to complete a work placement as part of your Year Abroad. Unfortunately, before you can start getting some euros in the bank- comes the long, tedious process of applications 🙁 Writing a CV in English is hard...

Language degrees are one of the more controversial courses available, including my course: Modern Languages & European Studies with a Year Abroad (now Modern Languages). With the looming reality of Brexit and fast-growing wave of globalisation, learning a foreign language...

Scandinavian countries have always attracted me and, having now spent more than a semester in Sweden, I have simply fallen in love. Stockholm is a beautiful city, surrounded by nature and filled with wonderful people and places waiting to be...

Hi, my name is Sarah and I’m a third year psychology placement student. For my placement I’ve ended up travelling to the coastal, rainy region of Dublin to work in a homeless hostel. Though my placement choice may come across...

On the 21st October at midnight Dublin entered a Level 5 lockdown. This lockdown meant that all non-essential businesses (including clothes shops) shut, restaurants could only offer take-aways and individuals were restricted from moving beyond a 5km radius of their...