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Every month, Study International invites you to a conversation with an international student, graduate or professor about the beauty, boldness and benefits of studying abroad.

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How to become a better business leader

Conducting ‘business as usual’ is no longer enough. The UBC Sauder School of Business recognizes how quickly the world is changing and encourages students to think beyond conventional practices and create innovative solutions to the grand challenges of our time—from climate change and consumption to inequality and the changing economy. Darren Dahl, Dean of UBC Sauder, joins us to share how UBC Sauder’s unique programmes and initiatives are empowering students to become a different kind of business leader – innovative, responsible and ready to make a positive impact in the world.

28 min
2 AUG

What happens when you combine two great Australian universities

1 + 1 = 3 isn’t mathematically precise. But that’s just what the merger of two Australian universities — University of Adelaide and University of South Australia — to form the new Adelaide University is set to offer. It’s the fusion of two institutions and their centuries of experience delivering great teaching and experience to produce an even better offering for students. From a curriculum relevant to our time to real-world exposure, there’s a lot waiting for anyone who chooses Adelaide University. There’s much, much more as well, which is why we caught up with two leaders — University of Adelaide’s Executive Director - Future Students Shirley Chung and University of South Australia’s Pro Vice Chancellor: International Gabrielle Rolan — to get a sneak peek into what a “world-class education” at “a university for the future” really means.

33 min
26 JUN

Pride Month 2024: The loudest, proudest business schools

Business schools have never been more inclusive. More so even, during Pride Month. For this episode, we caught up with two students -- one in Aalto University, another in INSEAD Singapore -- to discover how they're celebrating the LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Questioning, and others) community and how they plan to keep the momentum after the festivities.

34 min
14 JUN

Deakin University: The best engineering degree in Australia

Deakin University’s BEng (Honours) Mechanical Engineering student Yemurayi Choto takes us on a special audio tour of her life, university and journey from a Math Olympiad in Zimbabwe to a STEM student living her best life in Geelong, Australia.

41 min
30 MAR

PODCAST: The international student turned 'garbage entrepreneur'

The average Australian drinks about three cups of coffee a week. Despite many “environmentally friendly” options, most disposable coffee cups still have a plastic lid, along with a plastic layer within the cup. These cups require a special process to decompose that involves 120 days in continuous 60-degree heat – throwing these cups into a landfill does not automatically break them down. When Flavia Guardia realised how much waste that generated, she set out to find ways to turn disposable coffee cups into something compostable. Now, she’s an entrepreneur, working to make recycled disposable coffee cups into a new home for growing flowers, veggies and herbs - making rubbish disappear in a real environmental, responsible and eco-friendly way. With her help, coffee cups are recreated as germination cubes, eco-pot starter kits and punnets to grow flowers, veggies and herbs. Today on International Zero Waste Day, our episode of Extra Credit features Guardia’s journey as she transitioned from a fashion degree into creating her own sustainable, zero-waste startup, Eco Enviro Concepts.

30 min
8 MAR

Indian, female, leader of 40,000 students from 192 countries

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27 min
29 FEB

The multifaceted careers of Trinity Laban graduates

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47 min
11/12/2023

University of Surrey: Engineering education that meets the grand challenges of our time

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34 min
05/10/2023

From music student to award-winning professional violinist

For the third episode of the “Extra Credit” podcast series, Study International spoke to the award-winning professional classical violinist. We unravel the secrets behind her extraordinary journey from France to becoming an international student at the Royal College of Music to being listed as a "Rising Star" by BBC Music Magazine in 2021.

24 min
22/08/2023

USI Lugano: The best of international education in Switzerland

For the second episode of the “Extra Credit” podcast series, Study International heads to Switzerland, the dream destination of many international students. We spoke to Professor Lorenzo Cantoni, the Deputy Rector and Pro-rector for Education and Students' experience at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI Lugano) on how the country and the university are microcosms of the world – and how an education here is not only impactful and inspiring, but will take you far in your career and life.

28 min
07/08/2023

The challenges faced by international women in STEM

Today’s episode is about women in STEM (that’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) — specifically, the challenges women face in pursuing an international STEM education. Our guest is Shahira Yasmin, a mechanical engineering graduate from Imperial College London and an advanced robotics graduate from Queen Mary University, London. Before leaving her home country Malaysia for some of the top universities in the world, she’s never worked with circuits or soldiering. She was in an all-girls school, which was more concerned about funnelling students into home economics lessons. During her undergraduate degree, she had only four female lecturers and 19 female colleagues in a class of around 160 people. Yasmin was often the only woman in the room — an experience filled with its own set of unique challenges, which she overcame and can now offer important insights and advice for anyone seeking to become part of tomorrow’s women in STEM.

26 min

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Every month, Study International invites you to a conversation with an international student, graduate or professor about the beauty, boldness and benefits of studying abroad.

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