UEA International Student Ambassadors

Would you like to spend a Christmas in a real English estate? I guess, the answer is ‘Yes’. When and where else would you be able to taste, smell and admire a real English Christmas especially a couple of weeks before the real one? Blicking Hall Christmas Event Trip organised by Dean of Students’ Office is a perfect opportunity for the exhausted students to get a piece of holiday in their overloaded with the assignments and tests lives. A mansion situated away from the bustle of city life keeping the secrets of its long history is waiting for those willing to escape to a holiday. Everyone will get their own piece of fairy-tale. For the gourmets there will be traditional festive dishes, a hog roast for example. Picturesque landsacpes covered with deep snow won’t leave anyone indifferent to such beauty! Those who like history and aesthetics of old houses will be able to enjoy the interior of the house. Aren’t these arguments enough to convince you? What could be better than rambling in...

I know, I know, I'm about four days late in saying it, but Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Ever since I moved to the UK, I've forced my housemates and flatmates to celebrate this all-American holiday with me every fourth Thursday of November. It wasn't until I came to England two years ago that I realized nobody outside of America really knows what Thanksgiving is all about, so I thought I'd go ahead and share! Originally - and I'm talking back in 1621 - Thanksgiving was a three-day feast celebrating both the successful harvest of some of America's earliest English settlers and their friendship with the local Native Americans, without the help of whom the settlers would certainly not have survived their first winter. The holiday was traitionally celebrated by Americans and was officially declared a holiday by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. Essentially, Thanksgiving has become a day to simply give thanks for what we've been blessed with, and I...

Snow’s here!! No wonder why I’m excited; 2nd and 3rd year students definitely remember the lovely winter Norwich experienced last year! Everything was covered in white, fluffy snow and the campus looked more impressive than ever. It’s just the right atmosphere to take a break and go out with your friends and be silly; snowfights, sliding down small hills on handmade boards, snowfights again and much more take place when the fed-up-with-coursework students see a snowy scenery such as the campus right now! Others, more artistic, take advantage of this endless amount of raw materials to be creative. Last year I saw some pretty cool stuff being made. Starting from snowmen and little castles, to igloos and proper statues (!), some people actually put a great amount of good-will to add their little detail in the nice atmosphere out there! It’s just the best thing to wake up in the morning and open your curtains to witness a snowy sight outside. Whatever your personality is and whate...

As a student here some of the best memories are carved in the LCR. It is situated in the Union House on campus. Even though it was built over 30 years ago it still is the place to be if you want to party. It hosts a lot of gigs and parties. Acts like Duran Duran, Coldplay, Iron Maiden, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Stereophonics, my all time favourites Eurythmics and many more have graced the stage here. This year we have had an amazing time too, although being a third year student is sometimes difficult to attend all the parties, I tried to go to as many as possible. If you are a first year you should aim not to miss even one :p. Trust me! You won't regret it. This Tuesday we have the Disney LCR and on Thursday the Silent disco and I bought my tickets, so I hope I see you all here. I even got a new party hat. All the best, UEA International Ambassador

Hi! Today I would like to talk about our trip to Paris. This year we arranged time in Easter break to go to Paris. As you know, Paris is one of the biggest cultural centre of the world and we wanted to see that beauty visually :) We have firstly been at Eiffel Tower and it was very exciting to see the flag of my country (Azerbaijan) inside the tower. If you are in Paris you should definitely go to the Louvre Museum. Half of your day will be spent in that museum and you will get an amazing impression from that! And the other place that should be traveled in Paris is famous Sacré-Coeur. From their you can see whole Paris. Finally, the most memorable and interesting thing that we enjoyed in Paris was cycling :) You just pay 4 euro by card machine and you can use it all the day. But dont forget to bring it back on time, as will be charged for that :) There are a lot of bike stops over Paris, so you dont need to go back for that. Have a nice trip in advance :) ...

Recently there were news flooding all over the world about a couple from the UK who were aptured by the Somalian Pirates and held hostage for over 13 months! They were beaten and abused by the pirates and were almost seperated. Death could have been their only way out as a result but luckily they were saved! Earlier this year their captors threatened to kill the couple if their demands for £4.4m were not met. A payment of about $430,000 (£267,000) was made to the pirates in June, but did not result in the release of the Chandlers. A fund-raising campaign had been going on in order to raise money to pay the ransom. Media speculation was thought to have influenced the pirates, and so the family opted for a super-injunction banning media coverage of the kidnap. BBC security correspondent said the ransom paid for their eventual release had been "the best part of $1 million". A time line of the events happening from the time they were captured to the time they were rescued: http:/...

There are loads of definiton worldwide of what a hero is or should be like. Whether or not your ideal hero is spriderman or batman; here is the hero from the real world! Anuradha Koirala , the founder of Maiti Nepal, dedicated herself to helping victims of sex trafficking. Maiti Nepal operates rehabilitation home, transit homes as well as preventive homes in Kathmanfu. The organisation rescued women from brothels in India. The women can stay in the homes run by Maiti Nepal until they are able to go back home or if not accepted by their family they may also stay until they are able to live on their own. More than that, the organisation also provide free medical, psychological assistance as well as legal advice to the victims. How to help ? For people who are in the US, they can join the Friends of Maiti Nepal : Friends of Maiti Nepal is the official US representative of Maiti Nepal. It is a non-profit all-volunteer organization dedicated to addressing the human rights crisis of girl sex...