UEA International Student Ambassadors

Most people I've spoken to about this have said one of the main drivers for why they came to university was to increase their level of employability later in life. A few of my close friends would rather have taken a gap year to experience different cultures and returned home to a decent job, but unfortunately many of us nowadays don't believe this is possible so we continue with our education almost like there is no other option. Although I do personally believe that it is becoming gradually harder to find employability without the completion of higher education, I do think there are things many of us want to do but don't think we can that actually build on our employability. UEA's on-campus career central offers an extensive amount of help to current students and continue three years following graduation. The career central offers many events and how to... sessions throughout the year to everyone but the help the provide for those in their final year might be key ...

Staying healthy is extremely important as a student and as much as you might feel it's impossible to keep up with health when you have 1001 essays to write, IT MUST BE DONE! Here are five things to do to keep up the health for very low prices:  1) SKIPPING: Skipping for at least 20 minutes per day will do wonders for your body. You don't have to do it all at once. 10 minutes, twice a day will burn more than 200 calories and that's 1000 calories a week. Talk about being on your way to a sharp, slim trim! 2) SMOOTHIES: No one needs to tell me how hard getting those fives a day are. The best way to curb that problem is with smoothies. You can make them yourself. A perfect ratio of vegetable: fruit: liquid will have you set for the day and if you have it multiple times a day, even better.                                               ...

  Have a guess about the number of species having their habitat at UEA! A wild guess, maybe. 100? 200? Maybe 1000? Incorrect! UEA is home to more than 5000 species! Yes! The grassland is rich enough to host many flora which in turn entice many fauna to come and sustain themselves. Have a look on these naughty bunnies playing together.  And here you can have a delight in seeing an awesome otter on the trail. The wildlife trail is divided into four trails to suit different habitats and is looked after by the students and staff of UEA. Below a young otter dives silently into the water, surfacing seconds later to glide to the reedbed with a fish clamped between its jaws. Wait! poor otter isn't the only one to blame. This little birdie is also having a delicious delight. And dogs have the privilege of enjoying in the meadows as well as in the woodland. So take your dogs for a little science stroll at UEA which is heaven for them. How? Well, university allows do...

A NEW SOCIETY JUST LANDED AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S ABOUT TIME! I remember thinking to myself last year. I was like wow, there isn't really a platform for black girls to come together and discuss the societal issues we have (and there are a lot) and how to rise above them. It doesn't even have to be that serious. How about just a place to come together and talk about...I don't know...hair.                                                                                                                          WELL NOW WE HAVE IT! The society launched a couple of weeks ago and let me tell you, it's been great. The first event was a natural hair discussion and there was so much t...

Hi everyone! I am a football lover but lately, my team in Brazil, Flamengo, is not doing bad but it didn't win the main national title since 2009. Because of it, I had stopped watching football. Now that I am living in the land of football - England is considered the country where football was invented - I started to become more interested in that matter. Another reason is that people here are big supporters of the city's team - The Canariens. The funny fact is that Brazil's national team is also known as Canariens, actually, we call them as little Canaries, because Brazilians love to add little to every word in order to make it sound cuter haha Last Saturday, I went to the city center for meeting a friend and I saw this wave of people wearing yellow and green clothes walking toward the stadium. I love a big crowd so now I am supporting the Norwich team and hoping they come back to the Premier League. Go Canariens!

The UEA international office is working on rebranding and strengthening our social media presence. The individual country pages on Facebook are seeing more posts than before trying to keep prospective students in the loop with everything exciting that is going on at UEA and around campus! Currently we have just launched an Instagram campaign that will allow you to get to know the International Student Ambassadors. Every Monday, starting this past Monday, a new ambassador will be introduced to you. We're hoping this will allow you to put a face to a name, but also provide you with a more genuine connection when you are in contact with our student ambassadors leading up to your arrival as well as the duration of your degree. We are always acting as friendly faces, and will be able to answer any questions you have to the best of our abilities. Head on over to our Instagram (@uea_international), and stay tuned for all the introductions to come!

Hi everyone, I would like to share something that I started to realise after these 4 months living in U.K. It makes me laugh a lot because it is so part of the culture that most of the times it sounds a little bit "too much". Here is a list of the most frequent ones: - Boom It's for those moments you are telling a story and it ends up in an expected way but with some dramatization behind it. For example, like a guy has been seeing with this girl all over, chatting all the time, having lunch together until they.. BOOM...she gets pregnant. via GIPHY Happy Days I love this one! Jamie Oliver in his cooking tv shows says it all the time after tasting it. He usually says "Mmmm...happy days!". Sounds silly and cute! via GIPHY ...to be honest British are famous for being polite all the time. So they use this expression to find a safe window to share their thoughts. The thing is that they use it a lot! It sounds like they are not honest ...