After a long flight from London Heathrow to Beijing, I found myself running through the airport – full speed – […]
Archive for ‘Asia’
Hangzhou Baobei Nature Camp
Located just one hour from Shanghai, Hangzhou is most famous for its popular and extremely beautiful West Lake. It is […]
Qiandaohu? Qiandao-YOU: a summer working at a Chinese sports camp
In June 2019 I flew out to China to embark on what was a difficult, testing but overall extremely worthwhile […]
Influencing health policy in Singapore
I used my Go Abroad fund to attend and present a concurrent session paper at the International Council of Nurses […]
Beauty Queens – Ethnographic Research in Hong Kong
This summer, I travelled to Hong Kong to conduct ethnographic research centered on Filipina domestic workers and their relationship with […]
Goa For It! – Volunteering with Vets and Wildlife in India
I spent two incredible weeks in South Goa, India at ARC, helping with their catch-and-release animal birth control programme. We were also assisting with any animals which came in with wounds/other problems. Dr Jayram was so enthusiastic about teaching us, and everyone was so welcoming. I cannot wait to go back and volunteer again once I am fully qualified so I can give back to them.
Medical Volunteering in India
Summer School in Suzhou, China
This summer I was really fortunate to be supported by the Go Abroad fund who helped me to visit Suzhou, […]
It’s not as easy as ABC – WVS India ABC-surgery course
ABC – Animal Birth Control. It works. And it matters to both animal and human health. I wouldn’t have believed […]
Academia by day, karaoke by night – Attending a linguistics conference in Japan
In August I spent a week attending the 15th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC) which took place in Nishinomiya, Japan, […]
