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Venturing Abroad – My Master’s Journey
Hi! My name is Nicole, I am 25 years old and come from the tiny island of Malta. I finished my Bachelor of Psychology in 2018 and during that year I was also part of the EFPSA Board of Management. In 2020, I decided that I wanted to continue my studies in psychology and applied for a Masters of Science in forensic psychology at Coventry University in the United Kingdom. I started this journey in the midst of COVID-19, applying during lockdown and eventually travelling to Coventry in August 2020. The decision to leave my family and friends was not an easy one, however, I had always planned to venture…
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Internship in the Bavarian Alps
My name is Georgios – Nikodimos Asimomytis. I am 22 years old, and I am in the last year of my bachelor’s at the Department of Psychology of Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences. Being trapped by the Covid – 19 pandemic made me reconsider many things in my life and gave me the impetus to try spending time studying abroad and gain new experiences and horizons. The Erasmus+ internship programme, which I was able to attend through my university, was the opportunity I was looking for. Destination: the Bavarian Alps, Germany! My internship took place in Garmisch – Partenkirchen in southern Germany, near the border with Austria, at…
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Should you take a gap year?
Dear all, My name is Vita, I come from Croatia and at the moment I am the President of EFPSA. I often hear my colleagues considering whether they should take a gap year or not. Some of the arguments I hear are “I am too old for a gap year”, “I don’t have time to waste”, “It’s too complicated”, “I don’t have money for that”. The thing is none of these obstacles is that big. I decided to share with you my experience of taking a gap year and several reasons why you might consider doing it yourself. Why it makes sense to take a gap year? A gap year…
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Travelling across the globe during the pandemic
Hello, everyone! 😊 My name is Jelica Milojičić and I am currently a student of a master’s programme of research psychology at the University of Belgrade. I love meeting new cultures, trying new food and above all getting to know new people. During my high school and bachelor studies I used to travel a lot, either via EFPSA or by my own arrangements, and not a year has passed since 2012 that I haven’t travelled abroad. Unfortunately, the Covi19 pandemic has struck the world and all my plans for travelling abroad in 2020 deteriorated. Fortunately, my sister lives in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the universe has given me the…
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Board of Management Meeting (BMM)
Have you ever played this game? Well if your answer is YES! Then this is a perfect metaphor to explain how it was to plan our BMM 1 (Especially, if you are like me, you have never figured out how to play it). We started organising the meeting a few months ahead and had everything planned out. We would research all the countries that all of us could travel to and when we decided on a top three, all of us would research the travel and accommodation costs and choose one that has the most reasonable price. Little did we know that step number one would require a full-on factorial,…
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Georgia Tania Karalioliou – Travelling Experience
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Jurjen van den Berg – Hosting Experience
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Krakow’s Best – Ivan
Your name: Ivan Lepej City you visited: Krakow 1｜Best food: Zapiekanki – a traditional street/after party food A Zapiekanka is an open-face sandwich made of half of a baguette or any other long roll of bread, topped with sautéed white mushrooms, cheese and sometimes other ingredients, and toasted until the cheese melts. But the best thing is the price to amount ratio. For only a few zloty you can get pretty full (I could not eat the whole thing, and my stomach is basically a never ending pit). After a night out there is nothing better :)2｜Best place to hang out: Just go to the old Jewish Quarter- Kazimierz. There…
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London’s Best – Anna
Your name: Anna Stekrova City you visited: London 1｜Best food: Definitely Camden Food Market! The largest line-up of London Street food, KERB Camden Market is everything that’s great about London food – in 35 stalls, open 364 days of the year. Cocktails from Kamm & Sons, Korean-Mexican burritos from Kimchinary, bagels from Ghetto Grillz, ice cream from Blu Top – the list goes on! Located around beautiful Regents canal is just a cream of the crop. 2｜Best place to hang out: Any place that tourists haven’t found yet, really! As London is supercrowded with travellers, be it winter or summer, knowledge of hidden spots to hang out at, is much…
