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,...
Category: Living Abroad
Survival guide: your first week at university
The essential university survival guide for any international student about to begin their study abroad adventure. Share your tips and arrival pictures on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using #helloINTO. The jump from school to university...
7 ways to network like a pro
Do you want to understand the global language of networking? Networking is all about building connections, sharing knowledge and getting yourself known. Firstly, think about how you’d like others (particularly...
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...
Student advice: 5 tips for embracing your study abroad experience
For many people, studying abroad is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. However, there’s so much to take in when you first arrive, that it’s sometimes hard to know how to make the...
Alumni stories: training as an architect in the UK
You may recognise Irina from this short video when we first met her back in 2014. Irina began her architecture studies in her hometown of Samara, Russia. She decided...
Alumni stories: Abdulrahim’s engineering journey
Since progressing from INTO Manchester in 2009, Abdulrahim has gone from strength to strength. We first caught up with him in 2014, when he starred in this short video about...
Alumni stories: from Russia to the United States
Alisa from Russia studied Academic English at INTO University of South Florida, graduating with a BA Business Management in 2015. Now working as a Marketing Assistant, she shares her experience of...
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...
