Tag: exchange
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Exchange Students Review
Jakub, Poland The first time I fell in love with Norway was when I was on the bus to Kristiansand and I could see the lakes, the forest, the nature that Norway is connected to. As an exchange student, I will always remember Norway with a warm heart. It gives me feelings that I’ve never…
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All photos: Anja Kathrine Laland Gyberg
Tales of long nights, new friendships and healing your inner child
As I´ve lived in Seoul now for three months I have made some reflections. A city I believed would swallow me whole, as it has 25 million people living in the metropolitan area of Seoul, does now feel very much ok. There are still some days I feel like the city wants to chew me…
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De donde eres? – A Reflection.
¿De donde eres? Where are you from? A Reflection. I have always wondered what people meant, when I am asked this question. What filter is one supposed to sift oneself through in order to produce a satisfactory response? What is the actual question? My father is Mexican and my mother is Puerto Rican. In the…
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Golden and green forests for next year’s student society
Did you know that next autumn all students in Agder will have a proper common place to meet? We spoke with VT leader Michelle Brynildsen to try to get a sneak peek at what’s to come. We heard a rumor that a committee has already been set up to work forward towards a completed student…
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My semester as an Erasmus student
Hello, My name is Haron WIerenga and I’m from the Netherlands. This past winter semester, I studied the International Outdoor Education Course at the University of Agder. At my home university, I study to become gymnastic teacher, so I wanted to look for another way of teaching gymnastics and the outdoors. Norway was the best country to go to! The semester kick-off went well, and we had a lot of…
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From Uganda to Norway
As a student and teacher of geography in secondary school back in Uganda, Norway with its unique geography, especially its relief and the fishing industry, always interested me; I was hoping to visit Norway and the Scandinavian countries as a whole.