CHANGE is inevitable and it’s something that everyone, international students included, experiences in some way, shape or form. Trinity College Foundation Studies students Yixue ‘Stella’ Chai, Wen ‘Jocelyn’ Ling and Yonatan ‘Jon’ K Yudistira talk to other international students to see what kind of change they’ve undergone.
LIVING on $2 dollars a day for an entire week isn’t easy. Lunnie Gan recently undertook the ‘Live Below the Line’ challenge in an effort to draw attention to poverty and shares what she learnt from doing the challenge and her experiences along the way.
EASTERN education is known as being a pressure-cooker while Western education is more laidback by comparison. But are there lessons that one education culture can learn from the other? Natalie Ng reflects on her own Singaporean education upbringing and compares it to her current experiences as an international student in Australia.
IS it so hard for local and international students to get along? Since arriving in Melbourne, Amber Wang has had an eye-opening and extraordinary learning experience, and she shares her remarkable story of integration on campus, at work and at home.
WHAT makes Melbourne an international students’ home away from home? Trinity College Foundation Studies students Jimmy Chen, Nancy Tang, Raema Nikijuluw find out why so many students coming to Melbourne fall in love with this city and what it is they’ll miss the most when they return home.
HEADING overseas to study or work is a major upheaval, with unspoken expectations and the stress of adapting to a culture very different to your own. Trinity College Foundation Studies students Karen Huang, Sonia Chan and Stephanie Lam presents a collection of stories from those who have taken the leap of faith to study or work in Melbourne.
STUDYING overseas can be exciting but those first few weeks of adjustment can be tough and outright terrifying for many international students. Shaofei Xing speaks to Chinese international students about their stories of adjustment.
MILES away from the Jakarta attacks, the effects were nonetheless felt by scores of Indonesian international students here in Melbourne. Allan Tanoemarga recounts his experiences and what it means for young Indonesians like himself returning home.
REMEMBER the moment your parents bombard you with question after question about your new life away from home? To avoid these questions and create better conversations with parents, Trinity College Foundation Studies students Lingxiao Shu, Yang Xiao and Zhao Xiaoyi share five useful tips for talking to your parents during overseas study.
BEING away from home is difficult but don’t discount the value that one can gain from cultural exchange. Maggie Milne shares her story of how she learned to embrace difference in a foreign country.
INTERNATIONAL students are often on the receiving end of racism but not all forms of racism result in violence. Trinity College Foundation Studies students Aishah Hamzah, Jacky Zhen and Mingyi Sun look at casual racism experienced by students in Australia and offer tips on how to deal with it.
WHAT does a young Irish immigrant in 1950s America have in common with an international student today? Natalie Ng reflects on new film Brooklyn and how its heroine’s new life abroad and journey of self-discovery has mirrored her own.