What it means to be twenty-one, according to Freya, an IISMA scholarship awardee, who studied abroad at Queen Mary University of London September-December 2023. Before the pilot announced that we would be landing shortly at Heathrow Airport and I saw British soil with my own two eyes, I didn’t know what it meant to be … Continue reading Navigating Adulthood at 21: My Semester Abroad at Queen Mary University of London
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Navigating Hong Kong During the Pandemic
Queen Mary History student and Turing Grant recipient, Dafina Brahimi, is coming to the end of their year abroad in Hong Kong and outlines some reflections from their time in their 'second home'... Growing up in London, it was very easy to make Hong Kong feel like a second home. The vibrant and busy city … Continue reading Navigating Hong Kong During the Pandemic