With a day of airports and flying left before I arrive in London, I have time to craft together a short summary of what I’ll be doing for the next year.
The 30 Second Version (W/ Hyperlinks!)
I received a US/UK Fulbright Scholarship to study for a Master’s Degree in Education and Development at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK. I will be living in Norwich for the next 12 months in a University-owned apartment in the city centre.
The Place: Whereabouts am I letting a flat?
The United Kingdom Norwich is a swinging town of about 300,000 persons located 1.5 hours NE of London (See above). I’ll be living downtown, likely biking or busing daily to school and work. I’ll have my own apartment, and share a kitchen with six other flat-mates.
The Program: Which chaps are keen on my success?
The US/UK Fulbright Commission sends about 45 students to pursue Master’s degrees in the UK for one year. My cohort of Fulbrighters will be attending schools all around Great Britain, usually with only 1 student per University.
Along with the community of Fulbright scholars, I’ll also be heavily invested in my graduate program at the University of East Anglia. I’ll don’t know a lot about the daily details of graduate school life, so look forward to future blogs posts on that subject. I do know that over 50 countries are represented in the school of International Development, so I’m eager to learn from my peers as much as my professors.
The Plan: Will I become a football hooligan?
In general, my basic plan is to be active in three main ways: cultural activities, studies, and relationship building. This means I’m going to go to many soccer games, explore Great Britain as much as possible, dedicate myself to my studies, and spend a great deal of time connecting to the new people that I meet in the Fulbright program and at UEA. An unofficial dream job of mine is also to be a bartender in a local English pub. This would allow me to meet locals and earn some extra funds for travel and other cultural research (aka EPL games).
This is not an official US Department of State website or blog. The views and information presented in these posts are my own and do not represent the Fulbright Programme or the US Department of State.