Student Blog

I came to the UK from Italy in 2012. I worked in Canterbury and then a year later, I went to Kent University while working

In April 2015, I introduced myself to you as the international student blogger. Sadly, this will be my last blog post. Even though I desire

It was an ordinary Saturday morning. I switched on my phone to check the overnight messages and there was one particular message which caused me

The first time I was invited to a pub in the UK, I thought I HAD TO drink alcohol! I don’t really like alcoholic drinks

When my laptop was stolen during my overseas study I was all of a sudden faced with an unexpected expense of getting a replacement.  The

Have you ever done an ‘all-nighter’? That’s when you work all night, right before a deadline, ensuring an essay or dissertation is complete. My latest ‘all-nighter’

I recently went to New York to present a paper in my very first academic conference! My paper was about ethnic and civic nationalism in

In early May I was invited to attend and present a paper in an academic conference in New York, US. It was a great experience,

Death is still a taboo topic in many cultures. A recent study indicated that the majority of people in the UK still avoid talking about death

When I first started my postgraduate study I was surprised by how the lecturers and local students interacted. Students were talking to the lecturers like

In 2014, I was living in a private accommodation with four other students. It was at this time that my room was broken in to

Happy New Year! How did you spend your Christmas and New Year’s break?  Many international students like traveling to somewhere exotic or going back home