A Blog about Education Abroad

Category: Winter / Summer School Postings

  • 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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  • Helen’s Royal Experience at the King’s College Summer School 2012

    During July / August 2012 Helen Taylor attended the King’s College Summer School, here is her story.

    Pre-departure preparation

    “When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money.  Then take half the clothes and twice the money.”  This amusing piece of advice offered by Susan Heller is unfortunately the reality of overseas travel, particularly for a South African student like me traveling to the UK with a limited budget made even more limited by the current Rand/Pound exchange rate.  I literally had to “save every penny” for my UK trip, but my London summer school experience would not have been possible without the generous travel bursary I received from the Postgraduate and International Office.

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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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