UEA International Student Ambassadors

Time goes so quickly I must say… I remember arriving at the congregation hall very anxiously, observing all the different buildings at University. Without attending to any open days did not help the anxiety at all, although I kind of relied on Google map, discovered all the 1960s architecture and walked through campus virtually with my parents. I am a final year student, studying Psychology; this is my 9 th  year studying in the UK! Previously, I have studied in different areas such as Eastbourne, Shrewsbury, Somerset and here I am in Norwich! This year, my dissertation is going to be on psychopathy and empathy and trust me! Designing an experiment and doing all the background research can be quite daunting and overwhelming, but I guess that is the fun part of my degree!    Apart from my academic work, I am in four societies which are Enactus UEA, Headucate, Korean Society and Tedx Society. All these societies have enriched my University life by enhanc...

Having a dog in the UK Having a dog in the UK is quite different like having a dog in Taiwan. This Blog is going to talk about the personal experience that I having a dog in the UK. In Taiwan, we have pet shop in every city, it is very easy to buy a dog in Taiwan. However, when I consider to have a dog in Norwich, I thought it will work much the same way as Taiwan.  It surprised me that, in the UK, there is a pet shop, but they are not selling pet directly in the shop, instant, you have to buy from other platform. If you are planning to buy a dog or cat, I suggest you buy your animal from a reputable supplier – advice on buying a dog or cat is available from a range of animal organisations, such as  Dog Advisory Council ,  Kennel Club , the  Dogs Trust  and the  RSPCA So, I bought my puppy from Kennel Club, on this website, you can find all the different breed in whole the ...

Hello everyone! Starting a new year at uni is always very exciting – whether it’s the excitement of catching up with friends after summer, being a year closer to graduating, or reliving fresher’s week all over again! But it is also important to look back and reflect at the end of each year about what went well and what did not. I like to call these as my “pits and peaks”, and every year my friends and I go for an end-of-year meal and discuss our pits and peaks, and what we learned from them. Looking back, I’d like to say that my year went fairly well – I had a lot of trips to the Norfolk beaches coupled with many country pub lunches with my friends (it was my first-time swimming in the cold British waters!) and I was also able to get involved with the Surgical Society at UEA to organise a National Surgical Conference! I got to learn so much more about UEA with my role here at the International Office, and I loved each bit of my involvement. It is very rewarding to be abl...

Hi everyone. I thought I’d do a short post on some of my scattered thoughts on the climate change situation and how it’s panning out in my home country, Malaysia. Therefore, most of this will be relevant to the current situation there, but even if you’re from another country, it may still be worth a read, as I suspect many of the things, I bring up are relevant in many developing countries across the world. We now exist in what has been deemed a time of climate crisis. The vast majority of people around the world, Malaysia included, are aware that climate change is real and that we have to do something about it to ensure the survival of our species. As some of you may already know, I’m about to enter my third year of study in Energy Engineering at UEA. Over my summer break, I have had the opportunity to take up a two-month internship at a local engineering firm back home in Malaysia. During this time, I have had the chance to meet many engineers from different companies, as ...

Presenting my PhD research at the European Parliament Last month, I was invited to present my PhD work at a symposium organised at....the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France!!!! I honestly have to say I was beyond excited. Here is a photo of me on my way to my presentation day...rainy day...but nonetheless finding Strasbourg beautiful. This was my second time presenting my research at an institution outside UEA and I was thrilled to have such an amazing location and platform to do so. I am in the Faculty of International Development at UEA and in my research I focus on understanding the higher education aspirations of Mexican young people living in poverty. I have been passionate about this topic for a long time now and I started researching about it since I wrote the dissertation for my  MA International Development. I was obviously a bit nervous but I have been working in this topic for more than 3 years now! So I knew what I had to say. My 15-minutes prese...

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.                                               ...