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culture, travel

Last summer Adam completed an internship in Barcelona via Absolute Internship and tells us about the experience.

Essex Abroad

13 February 2024

Four Study Abroad Experiences and Counting

Daniel is a final year BA Politics student who has seized all the study abroad opportunities that Essex Abroad offer

Essex Abroad

29 January 2024

Essex Abroad

08 November 2023

Around the World in 181 Days: Is the Only Way REALLY Essex?

Isabella shares her experience of being an Incoming Exchange student who studied at Essex during the Spring/Summer term 2023.

Essex Abroad

19 September 2023

Alex studies Law with Business here at Essex and spent a year abroad studying at University Bern, in Switzerland.

Essex Abroad

05 September 2023

Harry had a life changing experience which is shared in a letter to Essex students thinking about going abroad…

Essex Abroad

06 July 2023

Master's student, Stephanie studied abroad in France in 2021/22. We asked her about her French experience, the highlights and difficulties of her time abroad…

Essex Abroad

26 June 2023

Miguel is one of our Essex students currently living in Norway for his experience abroad. We asked him about his journey to get to know what challenges and adventures he had to face...

Essex Abroad

15 June 2023

Andrea is one of our Essex students who studied abroad in Portugal in 2021/22. We asked her about her time abroad and why she choose to study there.

Essex Abroad

26 May 2023

Coming back from an experience abroad also means to experience a reverse cultural shock and it can be hard to reconnect with personal and academic life. Antonella told us how she faced her return to Essex.

Essex Abroad, Antonella Cinotti

28 February 2023

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culture, travel

My Summer Abroad in Barcelona

Four Study Abroad Experiences and Counting

My year abroad in Korea

Around the World in 181 Days: Is the Only Way REALLY Essex?

Studying abroad in Switzerland

A letter to future Essex Abroad students: my study abroad experience in South Korea

My study abroad experience in France

My study abroad experience in Norway

My study abroad experience in Portugal

Reverse culture shock after studying abroad