My name is Bea and I had a countless number of amazing and unforgettable experiences during my NCP scholar experience. The NCP scholarship program gives you so scope to travel, undertake full-time language training in the language of your choice, and commence internship programs specialised to your field of study. As undergraduate students, this is…
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5 tips for your journey in Japan
Hi! My name is Adam and I recently came back from a year living in Japan as an exchange student. I know there’s a lot of information out there on Japan, however I’d like to present 5 tips that I feel can increase the quality of your time in Japan that are not often discussed….
Top 10 destinations of 2023
It’s been a big year of student travel in 2023! This is the first year since COVID that students have been able to go overseas all year round, and in that time, we have seen over 900 students travel to 51 different countries. That’s a huge number. So let’s see what 2023’s most visited destinations…
Three pieces of advice on how to handle the price!
Hear from our global ambassadors on how to be thrifty when studying overseas So you’ve got the travel bug? You want to see the world and experience university life across the globe, but your eyes are bigger than your budget. Well, you have come to the right place, below are the successes, struggles and snippets…
Forensic Psychology 101
Hey everyone we’re Chelsea and and Lilly, and over the winter break we went and did a three-week Forensic Psychology course in the Netherlands. During the course we lived in a town called Maastricht which is down south right near the border with Germany and Belgium. We did 4 modules split among those 3 weeks…
A letter of thanks from Architecture students who completed a course in Spain
To whom it may concern, I am writing this on behalf of the Architecture students who completed the 2023 “Lost in Translation: Upside Down Architectures” elective, to express our deepest appreciations and thanks for the exceptional opportunity and learning experience we had, and to share our thoughts on the course and its impact on our…
10 most popular destinations of 2022
Every year, between 800-1000 students at the University of Newcastle complete some type of experience overseas, but where are most students actually going? Let’s see what the 10 most popular Global Experience destinations were for UoN students in 2022! Coming in first with no surprise to the Global Experience team is Japan! Japan is a…
Spending winter break in sunny California
Hey I’m Tori and I just spent the winter break doing a short course overseas. The idea of travelling to study overseas has always been a dream of mine, so I chose to go to California and study at UCLA as I had heard there are many incredible things to do and places to explore….
Why I recommend exchange in the US
Hey my name is Lachie and I recently did a semester exchange at Western Washington Uni in the US. When I applied to UoN, I investigated the exchange program and I knew after COVID restrictions eased I wanted to jump in and take the opportunity to study and travel overseas. I chose Western because it…
Networking through my Indonesia Global Experience
My name is Mitch and I am in my third year of a double degree of Development Studies and Social Science. Last year I was fortunate enough to be involved in a uni trip where 20 students from uon from a range of different disciplines visited the Indonesian island of Kalimantan. I had never been…
5 important things I got out of my NCP experience
My advice to anyone thinking of applying for the NCP scholarship is: the worst thing that can come out of applying is not getting selected, but the best thing that can happen is a life-changing experience overseas. When I initially applied for the NCP Scholarship, I was in my third year of university and had…
Fiji & New Zealand: my two global experiences
I am really wanting to travel after I complete my studies, so I thought experiencing culture whilst studying was a fantastic way to still travel and complete units within my degree. I couldn’t recommend these global experiences enough. Having the ability to travel whilst studying is such an amazing and rewarding experience. I have found…
4 reasons to study a language overseas
When I started my diploma in languages, a big reason for it was to cure lockdown boredom, but there was a bigger motive of one day being able to go over and speak German in Europe. I tried to do a full semester overseas during my undergraduate degree but unfortunately I couldn’t make it work,…
Seven reasons why you should study at Leeds
We chat with University of Leeds students, Megan Bentley and Amy Sidle, who have studied at UON for a year. We find out why their home university is worth considering for your next study overseas adventure! If you are looking for a new overseas adventure or want to go on exchange, then look no further than…
Mongolia to Vietnam: Short-term placements making long-term impacts
UON medicine student, Bal Dhital, shares with us his eye-opening journey as a medical intern in Mongolia and Vietnam. The past two months, I have spent traversing vast and empty swathes of the Mongolian Gobi and perilously busy streets in Ho Chi Minh City, where innumerable scooters rush past like driftwood in a monsoon flood. At airport…
An Italian Escapade for UON Educators
Lisa Aldrich had never been overseas before! Read on to see how her fifteen-day study tour in Italy went. Tell us about the program and how you found out about it? I’m currently enrolled in the Early Childhood and Primary Teaching program at Ourimbah and the course I did was EDUC3800: Intercultural Understanding for Educators….
African Adventure: Students in Kenya
Students recently returned from a two-week study tour experience in Kenya, which was supported by the Australian Government through Endeavour Mobility Grants. We had the pleasure in chatting with one of the students, Vanessa McDonald, about the eye-opening journey. What did the study overseas experience entail? We went to Kenya for two weeks and did…
My Summer abroad at Tokyo Kasei University
Hope Maguire recommends a two-week trip in the sweltering summer heat of Japan to create the perfect excuse for buying shaved ice and ice cream. Read on to discover Hope’s amazing trip and why it could be for you too. Benefits of the trip This year, I headed to Tokyo Kasei University – a women’s technical…
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