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University of Bristol Sporting opportunities

In my opinion, sport is the best way to meet like-minded people at university and its importance in terms of academia cannot be underestimated – there is so much evidence testifying that sport helps you perform better academically. Fortunately, Bristol

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My Year Abroad

Reflecting on Freddy’s post below, I thought I’d also give a bit of insight into what I got up to on my Year Abroad. My first half of the year was spent studying in Mexico, which was the absolute dream.

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My Year Abroad

The highlight of any language degree at Bristol is, without a doubt, the opportunity to spend your third year abroad.  It’s a fantastic chance to immerse yourself in a different culture, meet new people, get invaluable work and life experience,

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Final year in Languages

It has been strange settling back into university life after being on my year abroad. Everyone told me I would have an amazing time and I certainly did! I can’t help but think every now and again “What was I

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End of Term 1

Hi everyone! It has been a hectic term but I’m feeling extremely rewarded having just handed in two big coursework assignments over the last couple of weeks. They were both 3000-word essays and the deadlines were one week apart, so

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Looking back on a busy autumn

I’m perched by a window in the ‘beautiful’ building that is the Arts and Social Sciences library. Deadlines are now very much in view, which is slightly daunting: one essay on Hugo Chavez’s democracy and the other on the cultural

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Hello and introductions!

Hi Everyone, I’m Nayuta! This will be my blog for the year, hopefully you’ll find plenty of useful little things on here! I’m in the fourth year at Bristol and I’m studying French and Spanish — I’ve had a great

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Coming back to Bristol

Having been away from Bristol for 15 months, it was certainly a bit strange to be back on Woodland Road, in the ASS Library and going out on the Triangle. That said, Bristol is a truly special city, especially for

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