Silence… Hundreds of students hold their breath expectantly. The Germans are about to run. Walkie-talkie gives an order. The crowd […]
Summer School in Suzhou, China
This summer I was really fortunate to be supported by the Santander Award 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 […]
Exploring Second Language Research in Lund, Sweden
I had the great fortune of receiving the Go Abroad Fund to attend the European Second Language Association’s 29th Conference […]
Studying Permafrost in Svalbard – at the Northernmost University in the World
In June I flew from Edinburgh to Oslo, spent a night sleeping on a bench at the airport, then flew […]
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, […]
Summer Camp in the USA
This summer I spent 11 weeks in the US working at Camp Bernadette, NH. I made long-lasting friendships with people […]
Discussing Planets in Iceland
This summer I had the chance to travel to Iceland thanks to the GoAbroad Fund, and attend a major astronomy […]
An Introduction to Conservation Medicine
This summer I spent two weeks in Mpumalanga, South Africa gaining an insight, and hands on experience, into the work […]
Searching for neural and behavioural signatures of human consciousness in Belgium
In this research stay in Belgium, I managed to study how much information the brain needs to recognise faces and their emotional expressions
University of Edinburgh Go Abroad 