A Blog about Education Abroad

Tag: Summer School

  • GUSS – An Awesome Experience

    During July 2012 Millie Phiri attended the Graz University Summer Summer School, here is her story.

    It’s very rare that one gets to stay in a castle, let alone if it’s a student. Situated in a serene area on a hill top overlooking Leibnitz town and surrounded by natural green forests and wine farms, this magnificent structure built in the 12th century for a Roman Catholic bishop, is known as Seggau Castle. Although it has since been modernised, some of its original structures have been left intact as we learnt from a guided tour of the Castle one afternoon.  The Castle’s 300 year old wine cellar is a tourist attraction for its tasty wines although in my opinion wines produced from Stellenbosch still remain highly competitive internationally. In fact there is some resemblance of the Castle and Stellenbosch such as the greenery and the unpredictable climate conditions. One time it’s sunny and one cannot resist jumping in the swimming pool and the next minute there is an outpour of rain, forcing everyone to scurry for cover.

    Stellenbosch University Journalism student, Millie Phiri, poses a question at one of the plenary sessions
    Stellenbosch University Journalism student, Millie Phiri, poses a question at one of the plenary sessions

     

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  • Taryn in Berlin

    Taryn Whittles attended the Winter University at Humboldt University, Berlin during January 2012. Here is her report.

    • Planning for Berlin

    After the initial excitement of being given the chance to do a winter school in Berlin had settled, the panic of having to arrange a trip outside of South Africa set in. I was absolutely confused and had no real idea of what one does when planning an international trip, as I had never done this before.
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  • Genevieve in Berlin

    Genevieve Minota Stander attended the Winter University at Humboldt University, Berlin during January 2012. Here is her report.

    • Pre-departure

    Getting ready for the exchange at Humboldt University was, in my case, a very intimidating undertaking. I had never been outside of South Africa’s borders before, let alone been on an aeroplane – and now all of a sudden I had to organise visas, passports, different currencies, plane tickets, transport to and from airports… but as an admittedly ‘novice traveller’ I have to say that as daunting as getting everything ready for a trip overseas may seem, in the end it is all very doable.

    First of all, as a student I received a lot of support and help from Stellenbosch University’s side and I am sure that without their input things probably would not have gone as smoothly as they did. That being said, to make it easier for anyone else planning on applying to Winter School here are a few points to keep in mind pre-departure:
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