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Bader International Study Center struggles with stagnant enrollment, financial problems

Written on March 16, 2018. Posted in News.

For years, the Bader International Study Center (BISC) has been touted as the crown jewel of Queen’s international experience. Despite this feeling, annual reports reveal the BISC’s struggles with low enrolment and financial instability over the last half decade. The nearly 600 year old Herstmonceux...

Former BISC students discuss incidents of sexual misconduct

Written on November 25, 2016. Posted in News.

Every year, over 5,000 km away from Queen’s main campus in Herstmonceux, England, more than a hundred first year students begin their studies at Queen’s Bader International Study Center (BISC) with the same excitement as any first year students. During the 2014-15 academic year, however, the first...

Six countries in six weeks

Written on September 25, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

When people ask me why I enjoy travelling so much, I explain my love of globe-trotting as a state of mind rather than a need to place another pin on a world map. This past summer, what started off as a couple weeks of research in Minsk and St Petersburg turned into a six week adventure with stops...

The bare-bones of England

Written on June 30, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

I spent my first year at Herstmonceux Castle staring wide-eyed at everything around me. I was so overwhelmed by the sheer number of things to see that I hardly left the country, choosing instead to devote the time I had to seeing as much of England as possible. Two years later and I’m back at the...

Farewell to the BISC

Written on March 27, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

As I prepare for the last week of classes at the castle, I find it hard to focus on writing my final essays and studying for exams. When I leave the BISC, it won’t just be the school that I’ll miss. Sitting in my windowsill and staring out at the English countryside on this first day of spring, I...

Exchange Diaries Edinburgh: New Year’s Eve in London

Written on January 9, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

Styna Tao was in Edinburgh on exchange this fall. She’s be sharing her experiences every three weeks as a regular contributor to Lifestyle. As the crowd chanted the New Year’s Eve countdown, I looked all around me to take in the moment. I’m sitting on a railing on Tower Bridge, an iconic London landmark,...

A castle to call one's home

Written on July 29, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

Have you ever asked yourself, “What would I do if I weren’t afraid?” This summer, I answered that question. In November, when I was accepted to attend the summer term at the Bader International Study Centre (BISC), affectionately known as “the castle,” flying across the Atlantic Ocean seemed like...

The "real" British experience: BISC vs. Warwick

Written on October 11, 2013. Posted in Lifestyle.

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...

Tag: England

Bader International Study Center struggles with stagnant enrollment, financial problems

Former BISC students discuss incidents of sexual misconduct

Six countries in six weeks

The bare-bones of England

Farewell to the BISC

Exchange Diaries Edinburgh: New Year’s Eve in London

A castle to call one's home

The "real" British experience: BISC vs. Warwick

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