Henry Ravenhall, 2013-2014 in Pau, Bordeaux, France

What do you study at King’s? French and History BA Describe your teaching and learning experience I was working in three collèges (11-15) in a small city in the southwest of France. I taught a variety of classes across all the ages, however I mostly taught quatrième and troisième — the oldest year groups of …

Cory Prestion, Summer 2013 at Renmin University of China, Beijing

What do you study at King’s? Philosophy BA Where did your Global Summer Experience take place? Renmin University of China (RUC), Beijing, China How did you apply? The initial application process was not particularly long, it involved filling in an application form, writing a short personal statement (500 words) and obtaining an academic reference. This …

Soumia Arif, Summer of 2015 at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

What do you study at King’s? Geography BA Where did your Global Summer Experience take place? Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China How did your Global Summer Experience influence you? My time in China shaped me into becoming a more open-minded individual. I learnt very early on that things that were done differently, were just that: …

Lily Scotcher, 2012-2013 at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain (Edith Baer grant recipient)

Studying Hispanic Studies at King’s College London meant I had the opportunity to spend my third year abroad in either Spain or Latin America and I opted for Barcelona as I liked the fact that it was still a large city like London, although slightly smaller and it also has a beach. I found it …

Daniela Duhur, 2013-2014 at University of Helsinki, Finland

Studying My academic experience abroad was not too different to my experience at King’s. I selected my modules before I left, but once there found that switching things around was much more flexible than the system at King’s. My class sizes were pretty small, none larger than 40, and the smallest being 5, which again …