Posts Tagged ‘Case Study’
Case Study: Daniel Osborne – China 2018-19
As part of my undergraduate degree, I spent a year abroad in Beijing where I enrolled at Peking University. The course at Peking University consisted of all key areas of the Mandarin language, including areas such as speaking to newspaper reading, and even advancing our skills in classical Chinese. The excellent teaching meant that I…
Read MoreCase Study: Jonathan Saad – Germany 2018-2019
As part of my Engineering course in the UK, I have had the chance to study in Germany for a year. I was keen to do this, as studying abroad would give me the chance to experience Germany’s renowned automotive industry and would give me a great insight into how engineering is viewed outside of the…
Read MoreCase Study: Hallie Swanson, India – 2018
Supported by the John Speak Trust, I spent two months this summer in Lucknow, India, studying Persian. Although the Persian language today is associated with the modern state of Iran, for many centuries it acted as a lingua franca, uniting networks of trade, literary culture and administration all across Asia. India was no exception: not…
Read MoreCase Study: Jacob Lloyd, Germany – 2018
As part of my International Business with German course at Sheffield Hallam University, I have the opportunity to live in Germany for 18 months: 6 months studying and 12 months on a work placement. I received support from the John Speak Trust in the first 6 months during my study semester at the Friedrich-Schiller University,…
Read MoreCase Study: Megan Robertson – China, 2018
After graduating with an undergraduate degree in Chinese from the University of Edinburgh in July, I was lucky enough to be accepted onto a Chinese taught Master’s programme in Public Policy at Tsinghua University commencing this September. With the support of the John Speak Trust, I was able to come to Beijing early and take part…
Read MoreHolly Henry: Case Study – Mexico 2017
During the first semester of my year abroad, I spent 5 months studying at UNAM in Mexico City. Looking back, I see in as both a turbulent but very exciting time. I experienced almost the worst weather the world could throw at me: hurricanes, tropical storms and earthquakes, along with a few stormy moments…
Read MoreCase Study: Anam Rahman, China – 2017
During my second year of university I wrote a paper on the Chinese economy. It was here where the magnitude of the inevitable global macroeconomic shifts, finally sunk in. Within the next 10 years China will be the biggest economy in the world. By 2050 its GDP per capita will be twice the size of…
Read MoreCase Study: Gavin Vine – China 2016-2017
I began my year in China working at the British embassy in Beijing, before starting university at Peking University, one of China’s top universities, as part of my year abroad. It was at this time when my John Speak scholarship started, providing me with extra money that enabled me to make the most of my…
Read MoreCase Study: Charlotte McGarry – China, 2016 – 2017
The third year of my university degree took the form of a year abroad spent studying Mandarin in Beijing, China. Along with eight other classmates from Cambridge, I moved to Beijing’s student district of Wudaokou in September 2016, ready to embark on a ten month journey of cultural immersion and language learning. The core of…
Read MoreNathan Randerson, Case Study: Spain 2016-2017
John Speak Trust Report – 2017 Its been an incredible last 18 months, my experience in Spain has surpassed all my expectations and is something which I will never forget. I’ve spent six months studying in Córdoba and one year working in the Corporate Procurement Department of NH Hotel Group in Madrid. Both experiences have…
Read MoreSinead O’Connor: Case Study, China – 2016
I began receiving the John Speak travel grant in September 2016, when I began my third year abroad in China as part of my university degree. As there is very little in way of any other monetary help for students choosing to study abroad, especially in this part of the world, it was with great…
Read MoreEleanor Winstanley – Case Study: Berlin, Germany 2015
My name’s Ellie Winstanley and I am a 21 year old language student in Manchester, although following my period abroad I am currently living in my home town of Worcester. For the German side of my year abroad I spent 4 months in Berlin working in a nursery. In late August I travelled to Berlin.…
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