Be inspired: Study Abroad event

Be inspired: Study Abroad event

Wednesday 27th November 2013 1pm – 4.30pm

Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University

Open to 1st year students across all disciplines

The Be Inspired: Study Abroad Event is designed to provide students with the inspiration, information and support they need to go out and study or volunteer abroad.

An exchange programme is one of the greatest opportunities at university and our aim is to make our students see how it can benefit them. Students will discover what exchange programmes are available to them, how to apply, what financial support they could be entitled to, but most importantly, how the experience can change their lives.

There will be guest speakers from a range of different backgrounds who all have one thing in common: the year abroad. These speakers have partaken in the year abroad during university, and proceeded to utilize the skills and experience they gained to reach their current positions in their desired careers. There will also be representatives from volunteering organizations SKIP and KAYA to talk about volunteering opportunities that are available to students, should they wish to partake in a different type of experience abroad. At the end of the talk there will be a panel question and answer session where students have the opportunity to ask all speakers any questions and obtain further information.

Following the talk, there will be an information fair with refreshments where students have the opportunity to find out any further information about the different countries available to them, and talk to Erasmus and World Wide Exchange students who are currently studying at MMU on their exchange. We feel that this is a fantastic way for students to find out exactly what a study abroad experience can be like!

The benefits of attending the event are simple – students will discover opportunities that they might not have known were available to them. They will receive specific information about the going abroad process, as well as inspirational stories of how studying abroad has affected the lives of so many others. It is commonly mistaken that only students studying a language at university can go and study abroad, and we are here to show students that this is not always the case. Everyone who attends will be entered into a prize draw to win a £50 Amazon voucher, which will be drawn on the day!   

Guest Speakers:

Sharon Handley:  Dean/Pro-Vice Chancellor of Humanities, Languages & Social Science

Lizzie Fane:  “ThirdYearAbroad.com” creator
                       Academic Associate of the Higher Education Academy
                       Communications Advisor for “Speak to the Future”

Helen Jones:  Bentley Motors

Tomoko Endersby:  MMUI – International Exchange/Study Abroad Manager

Andy McShane:  MMUI – Administrator for International Exchanges/Study Abroad

Megan Smith:  MMU Study Abroad Alumni graduate of Spanish & Teaching English as a Foreign Language

John Singh-Green:  MMU Study Abroad Alumni graduate of Public Services.  

SKIP volunteering

KAYA volunteering