When I first arrived in my corridor room in Lund in September, I couldn’t find the bin. An English friend had warned me that the kitchen plugs weren’t ‘normal’. She was having to take the kettle to her ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för Exchange student: Confused and hiding rubbish
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Uncertainty usually has a negative connotation. “I don’t know” is a wrong answer on an exam. You wouldn’t list “indecisiveness” as a skill on a CV, or describe yourself as “filled with doubts” on your Tinder profile. And ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för In Support of Uncertainty
As a dual national person of colour, race is something that I think about a lot. However, I had not quite prepared myself for how relevant this would be for me on exchange in Sweden surrounded by blue-eyed, ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för As a person of colour at Lund University
My first Christmas away from home was when I was 17. In France on an exchange year, I was living with a family who was proudly atheist and did not even have a Christmas tree in the house. ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för A Newbie’s Guide to Spending Christmas Away From Home
”Condoms don’t fit me right,” might be a familiar phrase, but in a world full of different-sized condoms, it is never a legitimate excuse for not using one. Instead, all it takes is minimal effort to find the ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för Size does matter – when picking condoms
The biggest risks in life often turn out to be the most rewarding and travelling whilst studying is no exception. It’s not easy though, especially when you feel lost about the whole thing before you’ve even left. Lucky ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för The educational vacation guide
I won’t sugarcoat it: some people are more work than pleasure to be around, and maybe it’s time to start thinking about how to cut those people out of your life. ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för Let’s be acquaintances
Sharing the last part of my trip in Central America with my best friend is both a blessing and a curse when it comes to my education. Although travelling together with my friend is signifying the end of ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för My useful distraction
Holidays are sometimes an escape from normal life, but sometimes what constitutes a good vacation is living life exactly like you would back home. It’s taken me some time to understand that travelling doesn’t have to be filled ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för It’s not what you do, it’s who you do it with
Four years ago, I never thought I would end up conducting research in India. Especially not on sexual violence and women’s rights. Growing up in a Scandinavian welfare bubble I did not know what oppression, misrecognition and injustice ...
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Kommentarer inaktiverade för Raise Your Voice – It Always Matters
