University in Australia vs UK: Foreign Exchange to Brisbane

University in Australia vs UK: Foreign Exchange to Brisbane

In a previous post, I described how luck, fate and a lot of hard work landed me a place on a 12-month foreign exchange program to the University of Queensland. In this blog post I’ll run through the main differences between university in Australia vs UK. This is based...
How to Study in Australia as a UK Exchange Student

How to Study in Australia as a UK Exchange Student

In my last post I went through the steps of how to study abroad, including the costs and benefits involved and why spending a year at the University of Queensland on an exchange program from the UK ultimately led to me moving to Australia long term. But getting one of...
How to Study Abroad: Costs, Benefits & Finding a University

How to Study Abroad: Costs, Benefits & Finding a University

People are often surprised to hear that my first visit to Australia wasn’t as a backpacker, but as a foreign exchange student at the University of Queensland back in 2001. If you’re interested in doing something similar, this blog post will give you plenty...