UEA International Student Ambassadors

I love food and I love the fact that there are so many places in Norwich to try! So, here are some new good restaurants I've tried and you guys can check them out! Cafe britannia I went to Cafe britannia for a brunch and it was great!! The thing that sets them apart is the fact that the majority of the staff employed are serving or ex offenders and they support various charities! It is based at the former Britannia Barracks, and has a spectacular view over Norwich. Garden Pastures: It is one of the finest places in Norwich, bit out of the way but the food is TOTALLY worth it! The food portion is so big. It has plant nursery and local shop as well!! The next one is The Oak Tree Restaurant, It is a relaxed family pub. it has tasty home made restaurant food, and the price is cheap! Monday- Friday you can get 2 mains for £10!! It is located in Ipswich Road, just up from the large Tescos close to Notcutts Garden. Share your favourite place to eat!! R...

As a student at UEA, you would have probably made many trips to London to eat and shop. But let me show you an alternative side of London, places that people visit less or only the locals know about, or even tourist spots that are less touristy than others. Last weekend, I visited London to see old school friends that I hadn't seen in 8 years. I even got a £3 Megabus return, so I would strongly recommend using Megabus especially since there is a stop on campus so how convenient is that. Museums My friends and I visited the Wellcome Collection , a "free destination for the incurably curious", in Euston. It's a gallery that explores the connections between science, life, art and philosophy. It is one of my favourite galleries in London as I always learn something new through the various temporary exhibitions. And they are presented so beautifully like how you would things presented in an art gallery. The exhibitions I viewed were "Making Nature: How We See An...

We rarely get snow back in Azerbaijan and even if we do, it melts during the day and I never manage to wake up early to feel the snow crunching under my feet. Seeking for a magical snowy winter my friend Joanne and I decided to visit Iceland over the last days of our Christmas break. I think I'll start this blog post by giving advice on how to reach London Heathrow Airport from Norwich in a fast and stress free manner. I won't lie, it's a long journey, but if you are an international student, trust me, you will get used to it very soon. There are two routes you can take : 1. Take a 2 hour train ride from Norwich Railway Station to London Liverpool Station and then use the tube to reach Heathrow (Terminals 4,5 and 1,2&3). 2. Take 5 hours 40 min bus ( National Express or Mega Bus ) from University of East Anglia bus stop to Heathrow (Terminals 4,5 and 1,2&3). It's completely up to you which one of the two routes to pick up. Consider the time you hav...

Studying Law at UEA! A student's personal account: “When I decided to study in England it came to me as a challenge academically and emotionally, because the mere idea of staying away from my family was scary” this was only the beginning of Kena Dwivedi’s journey into the competitive and exhilarating world of Law. Ranked eighth in UK for Law by Guardian’s League Tables in 2016, UEA provides several comprehensive courses in Law, including the intensive one year Graduate Diploma in Law not offered by many universities.  Like Kena, most students have a unique experience coming into UEA’s comprehensive and diverse course, whether international or not, and have similar opinions on what it’s like to be at UEA doing Law.  Kena’s favourite aspects involved a faculty that not just introduces you to legal studies, but also makes you into an employable and presentable lawyer, strengthening your chances of getting a job straight after. “I decided to study la...

Hi everyone, Today I am going to tell you "how your life  can be if you live on campus."  I am living on Suffolk Terrace and I can say that my neighbors became my friends who I like to spend my time with. We can knock each other`s door without hesitation whenever we want. There are 12 rooms and 14  people in our floor and we are a large family.  We have a calendar which shows these wonderful 14 people`s birthday on our notice board in the kitchen. All of us really busy and it is hard to be free on all these days for birthday celebration because of deadlines and exams. Therefore, we decided to make a potluck event at the end of each month as a birthday celebration party.  I can say that whatever you see on the table all of them are very delicious. But there is something more important than all these delicious foods. "Friendship" ! When you are living far away from your house, from your family, you need someones to fill this shortage.  Hon...

I'm sorry for that terrible pun, but I had to do it. So as you probably guessed from my not so subtle title, I went to Hungary last week.  Much like reading break in North American universities, UEA has a break mid semester called "Do Something Different Week".  The university puts on workshops and events that you can sign up for and try something new, whether that be academic of otherwise. But, to be honest it ends up just being a week where most students either take a quick holiday, or just stay in bed for a full week. Because we are only here for a year, my flatmate and I decided to use this time to do a little travelling. We decided on Budapest because neither of us new much about the city, or country for that matter (and also because the flights were super cheap, like £30 round trip). We booked our flight through  Ryanair , which is a really popular airline, especially for students, because they have really great deals for U.K./mainland Europe flights....

I have developed a new obsession for bouldering here in Norwich! It is just like rock climbing except there are no ropes! It is a little scary and hard to learn to rely on your own muscles and balance but the floor is covered in a thick mat so when/ if you do fall off the chances of hurting yourself are much smaller. The holds are colour coded and you have to try and climb up the wall, ~4m high, using only one colour. Coming back down is a little harder because you are usually really tired by that point, so some people use different colours to make it easier, or just jump off. Each colour has multiple routes and they all vary in difficulty so it is really easy to watch your progression and test yourself! As you get better, the holds start shrinking in size and reducing in number. Some climbs only have 3 holds! Usually in those instances you have to use the large volumes which are usually painted black as a feature off of the wall that are not part of any route but...

Medicine at UEA is highly coveted and hard to find a place on. A top twenty university in the UK for Medicine, UEA is a relatively new and quickly growing university that is now becoming a leading destination for future doctors. Although it’s sought- after status, a fourth year current UEA medicine student, Nishchay Kakkar, argues that his favourite aspect of medicine at UEA is its community and comfort.  Unlike Oxbridge schools wherein medicine is an intellectual arena where academic pursuits can get incredibly competitive and edgy, UEA maintains that a cooperative and healthy atmosphere. While each student is trying to be on top of their game and this encourages their peers, the students believe that UEA has never overdone this behaviour to cause enmity. The students often tend to have integrated relationships with their lecturers and GP tutors. Each student tends to become very attached to their yearlong PBL (Problem based learning) group and Norwich thankfully has...

Norwich Oriental Delight - Super big, super cool oriental supermarket in Norwich.                                                                            ( Credit: Norwich Oriental Delight) International students, especially those coming from Asian countries are usually worried about not getting   the cosy, homey food in a Western country, like the UK. What could be better than having your favourite traditional meal here when you are so stressed with bunched deadlines or simply homesick? Luckily, here in Norwich, we have at least 5 oriental stores with a great variety of ingredients  (those that you dream of every night  :P ) (an extensive list of stores has been written by our Singaporean ambassador - Joanne here: http://uea-notesfromnorfolk.b logspot.co.uk/2016/02/asian-ma...