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The benefit of cheap and restorative reading week getaways

The intended use of the reading week in October, and the Festival of Creative Learning in February, is to catch up on work in preparation for the second half of…

Solo travel: daunting, but so worth it

Sat on the Manchester runway in the cramped plane cabin of a budget airline, watching the rain pour down, I couldn’t remove the inane grin from my face. My smile…

So long, farewell for good to Thomas Cook

150,000 travellers were left stranded and 21,000 employees lost their jobs when Thomas Cook ceased trading on Monday, 23 September. The travel company had been operating for 178 years. Therefore,…

Sustainable travelling: keeping green whilst on the move

As summer is fast approaching, many of us are looking forward to fleeing the less-than tropical climate of Edinburgh and to making the most of our freedom from the stress…

Post Grad Gap Year: recommendations if you just need a break after years of education

For fourth years, the combination of endless deadlines, exams, graduation looming and finding a job often seems too much. Chances are that by this point, you’ve been in education for…

Studying abroad: a student’s experience living and studying in the Netherlands

This time two years ago, I was sick to my stomach with nerves and anxiety as I agonised over and over again about whether I should go abroad for my…

Studying Abroad: a student’s experience of studying and living in Moscow

When I told my friends I’d been offered a place to study in Moscow for the next year, the response was along the lines of ‘why would you do that?’…

Travel destinations are not just for tourists

It’s 2018. Money laundering is the everyday, environmentalists will be our future doctors and our children may be faced with the question of which passport to use. This almost hilarious,…