New Zealand
Welcome to your all-inclusive guide to studying in one of the most scenic study abroad destinations. See what it’s like to be an international student in New Zealand and get off to a flying start.
Connecting with The Community: Volunteering as an English Tutor
Wanting to have a richer Kiwi knowledge and experience, I decided to be a volunteer at UniCrew.
UniCrew Coordinator Sze-En Watts offered me a...
Cycling, a great way to get about Dunedin!
Having been cycling in Dunedin for some time now, I want to share my cycling experiences. After three months in this city, I decided...
A Write and Bike Retreat at the Wobbly Goat Café
A writing retreat is an organised excursion for writing. The idea is to be away from your usual writing environment with the goal to...
Coping with Homesickness
The year 2017 signals the start of my 8th year in Dunedin. Time really flies by, huh? It feels like yesterday when I was...
What To Do On College Visits
No college search is complete without college visits. You'll get to know a college best by visiting it. Touring different campuses will also give...
Studying Medicine In New Zealand
New Zealand offers a choice of two top-quality medical schools and countless opportunities for experience and further study.
New Zealand is a country in the...
Where Are You Now?
Two years ago I was embarking on one of the most unexpected, yet life-changing journeys of a lifetime – a semester abroad in New...
The Sports-Made Sports-Mad Nation
Ding Yi -
Mid-semester break is over but the first week resuming back to lectures at the University of Otago wasn’t turned out to be an exhausting...
What Can You Expect?
My friends describe me in a multitude of ways. Some are nice adjectives, and some are not-so-nice adjectives (I do hope they are joking...
World War S
Ding Yi -
S for shivers, for snowflakes and for scarves.
While every single person is complaining about the humid hot weather in my hometown, I am striving...
A Tour Around the Oldest University in New Zealand
Last year, I joined a tour, organised by Lizzy Lukeman from the alumni office, to learn more about the University of Otago.
The tour started...
The Beginning of Everything
Ding Yi -
The beginning is always stiff. But who can tell the rest will not be a bliss?
It has been exactly a year since I started...
My PhD Field Work at Zanzibar
My PhD on globalisation in higher education provided an exciting field trip to Zanzibar in January 2016
My research looks at how globalisation has impacted...
The New Zealand Diary 1.0
After graduating from Biomedical Engineering and seven years of work experience in the Medical Devices Industry, I planned to do my MBA.
After a lot...
Why I Chose to Pursue My Dreams at Otago
1st July 2015 was the day I realised “Oh my I am a PhD Candidate” and it was also when I realised I have...
