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Across the Mediterranean Sea to a distant Island!

efpsasta March 4, 2021 0 Comments

My name is Mkyeku Onesmo Kisanga, originally from the United Republic of Tanzania located in the Eastern Part of Africa, 27 years of age, and a 2nd year psychology student at the University of Central Lancashire in Cyprus. Coming from Tanzania back in 2019 gave me chills as I embarked on a new journey flying across the Mediterranean Sea studying ‘psychology’, a major I hardly knew other than...

Study Abroad in Groningen

efpsasta February 27, 2021 0 Comments

Hey hey, my name is Pia Neža, I am a student at the RUG University (Groningen, Netherlands). This blog will talk about my study abroad experience. I am a second-year student however, I can not really say much since this COVID-19 situation changed my plans drastically. Somehow my abroad uni life became online studies. Yet, luckily I have so many precious memories from my first year. Without a...

How to Get the Best Erasmus Scholarship for You?

efpsasta February 14, 2021 0 Comments

Two years have passed since I started my Erasmus+ student mobility so I decided to write an anniversary post. HOW TO GET THE BEST ERASMUS SCHOLARSHIP FOR YOU? 1. Start with “why”: “Those who have a why can bear any how,” said Viktor Frankl. I agree with that, it’s very important to be aware of the reasons WHY you want to go on Erasmus+. These reasons will be a reminder for why you...

Grad School Experience in Chicago, IL

efpsasta January 27, 2021 0 Comments

When I was getting prepared for grad school applications, there were several reasons why I preferred schools here in the United States. One, and perhaps the most obvious one is simply being fluent in the native language. Although I take this for granted most of the time, understanding and speaking the language has made my adaptation here way easier than it would be otherwise. Another reason is...

HR Internship Around the World

efpsasta January 12, 2021 0 Comments

Hi, it is Alaz who is a citizen of the world trying to exist on the road with my mission and vision beyond my resume and I am here to take you on a long adventure around the world with my Human Resources Assistant Internship. I was in the 4th semester of my bachelor’s of psychology at Çağ University in Turkey and have an incredible interest in organisational psychology. Throughout my...

Board of Management Meeting (BMM)

efpsasta December 16, 2020 0 Comments

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,...

My Erasmus in Finland: The country where my dream became true

efpsasta November 20, 2020 0 Comments

When I started studying at my university in a very student-friendly city in Olomouc in the Czech Republic, I realised immediately that student life could bring an incredible amount of opportunities for me. I joined the national association and took part in many EFPSA activities as well. Unforgettable experiences of meeting international students at EFPSA events inspired me to challenge myself to...

Teaching and studying in the times of COVID-19

efpsasta November 4, 2020 0 Comments

Hello everyone! My name is Ioana-Teodora Toc and I’m a 21-years-old Romanian psychology student who is currently doing her master’s degree in Clinical Psychology. One month ago, I accepted to embark on a complementary journey beside the master’s studies, a journey in which I am no longer a passive receiver of knowledge, but an active giver of it. This translates into my new job as a...

Exchange In The Time of Corona

efpsasta June 14, 2020 0 Comments

Hi there! My name is Yekta Deniz Işık and I’m a 21-years-old Turkish psychology student. In February, I came to Krakow, Poland with the Erasmus + program to study during the spring semester at the Pedagogical University of Krakow and I can say that I had an unexpected experience. Like everyone else, while I was studying in a different country, I thought that I could meet different cultures...

My exchange experience in one of the worlds happiest countries!

efpsasta May 24, 2020 0 Comments

My name is Mary O’Connor, I am 20 years old and currently going into my final year of BSc. in Psychology at the University of Limerick, Ireland. I began my exchange at the start of January at the University of Bergen, Norway. I was always looking forward to studying abroad, mostly because of the positive experiences I had with EFPSA. Meeting even more international students from all different...