5 Budget-Friendly Locations to Study Abroad

5 Budget-Friendly Locations to Study Abroad

Dust off your passport. Study abroad can be affordable.
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    5 Budget-Friendly Locations to Study Abroad

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    Dust-off your passport because, believe it or not, study abroad is affordable.

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How to Travel with a Pre-existing Condition

How to Travel with a Pre-existing Condition

A pre-existing medical condition need not stop your travels. Here's what you need to know.
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    How to Travel with a Pre-existing Condition

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    A pre-existing medical condition need not stop your travels. Here's what you need to know.

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Facing a Serious Medical Diagnosis Abroad

Facing a Serious Medical Diagnosis Abroad

Receiving an unwanted health diagnosis is never easy. But what if you're living overseas?
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    Facing a Serious Medical Diagnosis Abroad

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    Receiving an unwanted health diagnosis is never easy. But what if you're living overseas?

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    Confronting the risk of breast cancer head-on.Latest Issue

How to Decrease Your Travel Footprint

How to Decrease Your Travel Footprint

Planning your trip for zero-waste travel.
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    How to Decrease Your Travel Footprint

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    Planning your trip for zero-waste travel.

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Lessons From Working Abroad in Canada

Lessons From Working "Abroad" in Canada

A prospective employer asks how you handle stressful work situations and your answer involves a tense meeting—with a grizzly bear. You know you have their full attention.
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    Lessons From Working "Abroad" in Canada

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    A prospective employer asks how you handle stressful work situations and your answer involves a tense meeting - with a grizzly bear. You know you have their full attention.

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International Volunteering: The Challenge of Returning Home

International Volunteering: The Challenge of Returning Home

Spoiler: Unpacking your overseas experience will be about as interesting to your friends as unpacking your backpack.
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    International Volunteering: The Challenge of Returning Home

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    Unpacking your overseas experience will be about as interesting to your friends as unpacking your backpack.

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Finding Healthcare Jobs in the UK

Finding Healthcare Jobs in the UK

A recent grad's tips for getting work with the world's fifth largest employer.
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International Conference Travel

International Conference Travel

For academics, scholars and researchers, travelling to international conferences means sharing ideas, accessing new resources and expertise and, of course, eating free pastries.
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Culture Shock Canadian-style

Culture Shock Canadian-style

Milk comes in bags, the Mounted Police drive cars and, for a Brit in Canada, nothing is what it seems.
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    Culture Shock Canadian-style

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    Milk comes in bags, the Mounted Police drive cars and, for a Brit in Canada, nothing is what it seems.

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Lessons From Working Abroad in Canada

Lessons From Working "Abroad" in Canada

A prospective employer asks how you handle stressful work situations and your answer involves a tense meeting—with a grizzly bear. You know you have their full attention.
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    Lessons From Working "Abroad" in Canada

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    A prospective employer asks how you handle stressful work situations and your answer involves a tense meeting - with a grizzly bear. You know you have their full attention.

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International Volunteering: The Challenge of Returning Home

International Volunteering: The Challenge of Returning Home

Spoiler: Unpacking your overseas experience will be about as interesting to your friends as unpacking your backpack.
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    International Volunteering: The Challenge of Returning Home

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    Unpacking your overseas experience will be about as interesting to your friends as unpacking your backpack.

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Postcards From the Centre of a Tourism Explosion

Postcards From the Centre of a Tourism Explosion

Armed only with selfie-sticks, masses of tourists jostle for their very own "authentic experience".
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    Postcards From the Centre of a Tourism Explosion

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    Armed only with selfie-sticks, masses of tourists jostle for "authentic experience" bragging rights.

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Living Abroad Amidst Civil Unrest

Living Abroad Amidst Civil Unrest

How do you navigate the complexities of civil unrest without feeling like even more of a bumbling foreigner?
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    Living Abroad Amidst Civil Unrest

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    How do you navigate the complexities of civil unrest without feeling like even more of a bumbling foreigner?

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Are We Saying Goodbye to Madagascars Lemurs?

Are We Saying Goodbye to Madagascar's Lemurs?

In an impoverished nation, conservation is not always top-of-mind.
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    Are We Saying Goodbye to Madagascar's Lemurs?

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    In an impoverished nation, conservation is not always top-of-mind.

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Are We Saying Goodbye to Madagascars Lemurs?

Are We Saying Goodbye to Madagascar's Lemurs?

In an impoverished nation, conservation is not always top-of-mind.
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    Are We Saying Goodbye to Madagascar's Lemurs?

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    In an impoverished nation, conservation is not always top-of-mind.

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Finding Healthcare Jobs in the UK

Finding Healthcare Jobs in the UK

A recent grad's tips for getting work with the world's fifth largest employer.
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    Finding Healthcare Jobs in the UK

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    A recent grad's tips for getting work with the world's fifth largest employer.

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Happy Hour for Reef Reconstruction

Happy Hour for Reef Reconstruction

In Southeast Asia, volunteers are working to rebuild coral reefs one beer at a time.
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    Happy Hour for Reef Reconstruction

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    In Southeast Asia, volunteers are working to rebuild coral reefs one beer at a time.

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Happy Hour for Reef Reconstruction

Happy Hour for Reef Reconstruction

In Southeast Asia, volunteers are working to rebuild coral reefs one beer at a time.
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    Happy Hour for Reef Reconstruction

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    In Southeast Asia, volunteers are working to rebuild coral reefs one beer at a time.

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Safe Couchsurfing

Safe Couchsurfing

For travellers on a tight budget or anyone looking for a truly immersive experience, the utility of couchsurfing is obvious. But is it safe for solo female travellers? The answer might surprise you.
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