Celebrating Songkran in Thailand
Celebrating Songkran in Thailand Imagine starting the New Year with a country-wide water pistol fight! If you’re in the UK like me, you may think it’s a little too cold to try…
Volunteering in Malaysia
Volunteering in Malaysia As one of our volunteering projects in Malaysia, we teamed up with Satirical Satin Project for one of their projects, Do Nation Good Drive. Satirical Satin promotes several aims,…
How Global Grad improves your CV
How Global Grad improves your CV Let’s face it: qualifications don’t guarantee jobs. While having an undergraduate or postgraduate degree increases your likelihood of being in employment, primarily in skilled roles, not…
Road trip travel tips
Road trip travel tips The two fortnight-long road trips which Global Grad offer between study hub locations are a highlight of the semester. Complimentary to the slow travel you will do in…
Taking control of your life
TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE … are you drifting or driven …? Schools have now gone back, but not for you having left at the end of last-term; University is getting underway…
Hostel Life
Hostel Life Before the January 2019 group set out on their journey through South East Asia, a few students had trepidations about one aspect of travel: staying in hostels. Some mentioned they’d…
Intro to the European countries
Intro to the European countries Are you certain you want to visit the sights of Europe with Global Grad, or are you curious about the places you could visit during their European…
Intro to 5 countries in South East Asia
Intro to 5 countries in South East Asia Whether you are curious of the places the South East Asia semester entails or you’ve already secured your spot, it’s always better to learn…
Studying with Open University
Studying with Open University A couple of weeks ago, I found out that I had achieved a distinction in the first year of my Bachelor’s in International Studies. This was with the…
Top 10 reasons to become a Global Grad
Top 10 reasons to become a Global Grad... The majority of students will take the traditional route when it comes to university. With Global Grad, you can travel to every continent before…
A typical day
A typical day... So, you have a general grasp of what Global Grad entails. At the same time as getting your degree or another qualification, you are getting to see and experience…
Are you aspirational?
… are you aspirational? “having a desire to reach your full potential” Schools out, and the summer beckons; now you are thinking about what comes next. The options seem obvious, a long…
Living happily ever-after
… want to be happy? The 2017 Push-Doctor survey of 1000 participants reveals that only half of UK adult males consider themselves “happy” or “very happy”, falling to only 42% in the case of…
Study Break to the Chiang Mai Grand Canyon
Chiang Mai Grand Canyon While us Global Grad-der’s have managed to avoid the wrath of British winter due to the cold streak being about a week after settling in Chiang…
Cultural trip to the White temple
Chiang Rai Before the beginning of the first Global Grad semester, we have been researching the area around the study hubs to decide what to put on their bucket lists.…