Life at UCB through the eyes of our international student bloggers

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Heat waves as a consequence of climate change

Heat waves as a consequence of climate change

We are witnessing high temperatures recorded all over the world, from America to Western Europe and China. Temperatures are rising to more than 40 degrees Celsius, even in places where such high temperatures are not common, like England. Why is this so and what does […]

World Cup 2018

World Cup 2018

Hello everyone, In today’s blog, we will talk about the soccer World Cup that took place in Russia in 2018, and how it looked from the eyes of a Croat. The championship for Croatia started on 16 June 2018 with a match against Nigeria, which […]

Rijeka Carnival

Rijeka Carnival

Hello everyone, today we will talk about Rijeka Carnival.Rijeka is a coastal city in Croatia, located on the northern part of the Adriatic Sea, approximately 150 kilometers from the capital Zagreb.Rijeka and its surroundings have a little less than 200 thousand inhabitants, but it has […]

Graffiti – art or vandalism?

Graffiti – art or vandalism?

Hello everyone, how are you? I’m fine and enjoying the sun in Croatia! Today we’re going to talk about graffiti – is it art or just vandalism? Since the beginning of humanity, people have loved to paint the space around them, the space in which […]

The future of gaming!

The future of gaming!

Today we are going to talk a little bit about gaming and its future as well as its cost-effectiveness. Video gaming is an industry has begun to expand rapidly, especially in the last 10 years with increasing advances in video and audio technology. Does gaming […]

Future

Future

The future… We think about it every day. From those banal thoughts like thinking about what we will eat in 2 hours to deep thoughts about the distant future, in 10, 20 or 50 years. Each of us thinks about the future, but what does […]

Another binge-worthy movie/TV series list!

Another binge-worthy movie/TV series list!

Last year, I wrote a blog called ‘Netflix’s binge-worthy list’ (for those who are interested, you can find it here). In this blog, the only difference is that some of the movies or TV series I’m going to list aren’t accessible or available on Netflix. […]

Ryanair – the best or the worst airline?

Ryanair – the best or the worst airline?

Hello everyone. Today I will talk about Ryanair and all the advantages and disadvantages of low cost airlines. Ryanair is a low cost airline (obviously). It is headquartered in Ireland, with a fleet of 506 aircraft flying to 225 destinations in 37 European countries. They […]

The future of space exploration!

The future of space exploration!

The universe… infinite space, infinite nothingness waiting to be explored. The universe is huge, unimaginably large. According to what we currently know, it takes 46 billion light years to travel from one end of space to the other. By comparison, light orbits our planet 7 […]

Trip to Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Trip to Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Hello everyone! In today’s blog I will write about a trip to Palma de Mallorca provided by University College Birmingham. We set off on 25 April 2022. We flew from Birmingham in the direction of Palma de Mallorca. Our flight was at 7:30 in the […]