Today was such a busy day with us trying to explore as much of London as we can within eight hours. Starting off strong we all went to the Florence Nightingale Museum. It was quite a beautiful gallery and had a lot of new information for me to absorb. Although we missed the school children’s…
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Incoming call: Late Nights in London
This morning was our last set of lectures at BCU and it certainly did not disappoint. Starting off strong we had a wonderful session about Cardiovascular Disease(CVD) and its connection to smoking. Heading into this meeting I knew that cardiovascular disease was a large percentage of deaths but I did not know that it was…
Bye-Bye Birmingham!
Our last full day in Birmingham was a great day. We rode the bus to the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust and had an amazing chat with a few of their nurses and educators on the site. In that session we learned about how their mental health program runs and how service users can…
Sixth Forms and Presentations
Today was the day of presentations!! I have been so nervous for them the whole time we have been in Birmingham and I can’t believe it’s already here. Starting off our day we went to the magnificent Joseph Chamberlain sixth form college that prepared students to take their A levels. On Friday they were taking…
Half Way Through- Black Country Living Museum
I can’t believe that it is already about half way through our trip already! This past week has been so much fun and very educational. Today we spent our afternoon at the Black Country Living Museum and we all had a blast. This weekend was their 60s themed event and they had music and dancing…
Oxford Bound
Starting our day off we meet nice and early to catch our bus that will drive us to Blenheim Palace. After a two-hour journey we arrived at the palace and met our wonderful tour guide Tim once again. We began our tour with a walk through the staterooms. These rooms are all so very large…
Black Heritage, Bulls, and Butterflies
Today has been such an educational day all around! We walked over to BCU and started off the morning with a lecture from Marcia and then followed that one up with one from Nurse Joan. Both of these women are highly intelligent in their fields, I could listen to them talk for hours. Marcia is…
Day of the Dirty Duck
Thursday May 15th, we spent the day out at Stratford upon Avon. Leaving the hotel, we were all worried because the morning was quite chilly and it felt like rain. We made our way to Moor Station and hopped on a train! When we arrived in Stratford the group right away grabbed something warm to…
Public Health and Word Puzzles
This morning my group had a lecture from the fabulous Miss Sue and Shelly. These women talked a great deal about the ins and outs of General Practice and how it works. This past week I have been hearing about GPs without really having a good understanding of what they are but after their session…
Brownies in Birmingham
This morning we headed to the Birmingham City University campus Faculties of Health, Education, and Life Sciences to learn about the different types of health disparities that have an effect on citizens not only in Birmingham but all over the globe. I learned that public health is a multifaceted object that can look very different…
Lunch and Lectures from Birmingham City University!
Today we went to the Birmingham educational campus where they prepare future educators. Starting out the day we had a wonderful welcome speech from the assistant director of education and she briefly touched upon the topics that we would be discussing throughout the day. Afterwards we had a presentation from the cheerful Grant Huddleston about…
Houston, the eagle has landed.
Today we touched down in London and took a very long bus ride to Birmingham. Once we got off the bus, I was so ecstatic to walk around the city and take in all of the gorgeous sites. Of course after that treacherous ride to the hotel, we were all exhausted and were hungry so…
Get to know me, Isabella Hribal!
Hello! My name is Isabella Hribal and I am a freshman Early Education major at University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg! I will be attending the United Kingdom Pittplus program this May of 2025. I am 20 years old and love to spend time with my friends and going site seeing. In my spare time you…