I spent the summer interning with a sustainable travel company in Tokyo, Japan. I have always been fascinated by Japanese […]
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Science Policy Summer Institute at Duke University, North Carolina
I really wanted to change a career direction and to move from the environmental sciences towards environmental policy. Applying to […]
Honduras 2018
Honduras is ranked as number one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Reading about on-going daily demonstrations, robberies […]
My first conference in the Netherlands
In July 2018 I flew from Sicily, that is my fatherland, to Amsterdam in order to take part in the […]
Mental Health Placement in Sri Lanka
I have previously worked as a volunteer abroad to learn a new language and to gain working experience with children, […]
Amsterdam, A Place Close to Home, Yet…
The title is geographical AND metaphorical. An hour’s flight away, Amsterdam is close to my home, London. However, the route […]
Tackling Period Stigma in Tanzania
By Polly Selkirk This summer I was lucky to have the opportunity to live in Dar es Salaam for 2 […]
Science in San Francisco
This year, the GoAbroad fund enabled me to take my studies across the Atlantic and gain work experience on America’s […]
Mental Health Placement in Bali
In July, I embarked on a mental health placement in Bali, Indonesia with SLV global for a month. Despite mental […]
University of Edinburgh Go Abroad 