Tag: Abroad

It’s about being good, not looking good

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In the matter of voluntourism, it’s not about intention at all — it’s about impact. Given the negative ideals that voluntourism often perpetuates, offering students with these experiences an upper hand only values the appearance of charity, not charity itself. In his article “To Get to Harvard, Go...

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The "real" British experience: BISC vs. Warwick

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An experience to be had is inarguably on exchange, where the value of education forms from more than in-classroom teachings and scholarly readings. I recall the excitement I felt boarding the plane for the Bader International Study Centre (BISC) – my first trans-Atlantic flight – which left me giddy...

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Students head abroad to get ahead

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The appeal of going abroad is growing for Canadian graduate students. Students pursuing medical or law degrees are finding that they can get more of what they want from schools outside of the country. This means they could get into medical school without necessarily getting the grades needed for Canadian...

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Program revised

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The Queen’s-Fudan exchange program is seeing a cultural shift. The program, originally offered through the department of global development studies (DEVS), will now be administered by the department of languages, literatures and cultures (LLCU), in order to attract more students. DEVS began offering...

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