Students share their New Year’s traditions
As another semester comes to a close, INTO George Mason University students are looking forward to a well-deserved break and time spent with family and friends for the holidays. While...
Category: Food
It’s not all haggis in Scotland: flavours from around the world in Stirling
When travelling to a new country, a concern for some is – ‘will I like the food? And will I be able to find dishes from home?’ After all, your...
Students celebrate Thanksgiving for the first time
While studying in the US, you’ll have the chance to experience a whole host of US traditions – and probably the most famous one is Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is an annual...
Inspiring students: what we learnt from our video stars
The video production team here at INTO recently visited all our UK Centres, meeting over a hundred inspirational students from around the world. Anja, Nora, Val and Vicki share...
From Taiwan to the UK: living with a local family
Studying abroad brings about new opportunities and adventures. We met with Hsin-Tzu from Taiwan, who studies at INTO Manchester. She describes why living with a host family, while studying abroad,...
Student journey: from Brazil to the UK
Taís shares what life in the UK is like compared to her home, São Paulo in Brazil. Brazil to the UK It had always been a dream of mine to...
Dealing with homesickness while studying abroad
First things first – it’s okay to be homesick. It’s totally normal! In fact, it’s so normal it’s not really a question of if you’ll get homesick, but how homesick...
Student stories: from Papua to Scotland
INTO University of Stirling welcomed eight Papuan students to Scotland, who are all aspiring to study a Masters in Sports Management. Sepia, Danitje, Fera, Joice, Bernharth, Elna, Siska and Uni, tell us why they...
Student journey: from Zambia to the UK
We recently spoke to Kochiwe, from Zambia. She tells us about her first few weeks as a student at INTO Newcastle University. Where it all began I had friends who...
Food, family and firecrackers: the students’ guide to Chinese New Year
Also known as Spring Festival, Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. For Chinese families, it is a sacred period in which people come...
