I experienced some culture shock, but not as badly as I expected. The first couple of days I kept questioning whether coming on exchange was the right thing to do, was worried that my housemates were too rowdy for me and would spend a lot of time alone.…

My name is Fiona, a QUT early childhood education student and I am very excited and humbled to be studying at Taylor’s University for one semester as a New Colombo Plan Scholar. After living in Malaysia for only 5 weeks, I didn’t expect to have already been provided with such wonderful opportunities to…

Just like QUT, Hong Kong Polytechnic is also in the QS Top 50 Under 50 in the year of 2015 and is QUT’s partner university! Take this opportunity to expand your horizon while studying in a different country. Here are three reasons why you should consider Hong Kong…

In Swansea, I studied ‘Youth Justice’, ‘Criminalisation of Sex’ and ‘Crime, Drugs and Alcohol’. I was amazed by the fact, especially in the youth justice module, that the lecturer was actually involved in developing a new youth justice system and most of the articles we read for the…

If there was one sentence that could capture the first half of my time in Fiji under the New Colombo Plan, it would go something along the lines of: diving deep to a reggae beat, safe in the eye of the storm. My first two and a half…

My plane lines up for it’s approach into Peking Airport and as I peer through the window, I get my first impression of this historic and traditional city. I’m confronted with clear blue skies and the temperature is registering in the negatives. It’s far from the smog covering…

My reason for choosing Swansea University is twofold; the fact it is in the UK and that the modules paired well with my QUT subjects. Upon arrival, I was warmly greeted by Study Abroad staff at Heathrow Airport which I was very grateful for as I was quite…

Here at QUT, we like to help out. While scouring the WWW, we came across one of our university partners for exchange, Stellenbosch University. Here are three things we LOVE about Stellenbosch Uni: Great student societies – we love that they have a student organisation that serves the…

The benefit of living on campus was that most of my expenses were paid before I left Australia. My residence fees, meal plan fees, and flights made up the bulk of my expenses and cost me around $7000, paid for with my QUT Bursary and OS-HELP loan money.…

I soon learned that Bishop’s was well-known for being a party school, a reputation probably harboured by its remote location partnered with a friendly and energetic atmosphere and a feeling of closeness amongst the student body. It is also known for having a particularly raucous crowd with a…