UEA International Student Ambassadors

Every year UEA arranges Do Something Different week. All classes are cancelled, and the students are encouraged to try something new instead. There are lots of different events on and it’s a great time! Here is a condensed version of everything I did during DSD, including meeting my parents in London and showing them around the university.  Monday  10am – Introduction to British Sign Language 11am – Lunch with some friends at Blend 2:30pm – Worked as an accommodation representative, meaning I showed people around my flat 5pm - Dinner Tuesday  10am - Filmmaking workshop 12pm – Lunch with another friend at Zest  1:40pm – Spray painting/ stencilling – we made colourful owls! 4pm – 2 hour nap (sometimes that’s just what you need) 8pm – course reading Wednesday  10am – Office hour for international office 3pm – Work training  Then packed for London! Thursday 9:30am – Bus to the train station (which only takes 20min, I ...

Making -and maintaining- friendships at university can be a big challenge. If you're looking for activities that could help build bonds and allow you to meet new people, why not try board games? And no, I'm not talking about Cards Against Humanity for the fifth time this week during pre-drinks. How about something a little more engaging/ challenging? Here are some of my personal recommendations to folks who are looking to get into board games, or introduce your friends to them. I've left games like Cluedo and Monopoly because, let's admit it, we're probably all a little sick of them at this point in our lives, 1. Catan This one is probably going to be instantly recognisable to a lot of you folks, and it's fame is well deserved. Catan is unanimously regarded as one of the best designed, engaging, challenging and yet simple to learn board games of the past two decades. It revolves around building and expanding your territory on an island and emphasises ...

14.02.2020 - Halfway Setting up in the morning! This weekend I celebrated getting halfway through my medical degree at UEA (PHEW!). Our course is 5 years long and while it can feel never ending (hint: exams) our halfway ball was the perfect reminder of how much fun I've had over the last 2.5 years and how proud I am of everyones hard work. We celebrated at the lovely Langley Abbey in the Norfolk countryside. Langley Abbey is one of the oldest venues in Norfolk - and was restored after  was restored in the 1920s The 2020 planning committee - we're so grateful for all of the hard work. We started organizing in October and had to find a venue, choose menus, hire DJs and photographer and set up decorations and lots of photo spots! I'm so grateful to everyone who volunteered their time to help put this event together. All the "best dressed" in my heart My med husband. Unfortunately didn't get "best couple"   My lovely housema...

If you’re a prospective student, you might wonder what life is like here at UEA. It’s obviously different for everyone, and it changes from week to week, but I thought I’d give you an overview of one week as an example. I’m doing Film and Television studies in my first year and I live on campus. Friday  9am: Seminar in World Cinemas. We talked about accented cinema, German and Turkish cinema and how immigration and culture affect the film industry. It was super interesting, and we were in the Enterprise centre, which I love, it’s such a nice place!  10am: Laundry time! I did two massive loads of washing after procrastinating it for a little too long… But I did it at last. Being super close to the laundrette is great as I can just go back to my room instead of having to wait in the laundrette for the machine to finish.  11am:  Lunch!  11:30am: Reading, reading and more reading… and also some Netflix.   2pm: Went to the internati...