May 18, 2022 Today we visited the world famous Oxford University. To much my surprise, Oxford is actually made up of 39 colleges. The one college that we had the opportunity to explore today was Christ Church. It was built in 1523 originally called Cardinal College after Cardinal Wolsey who was the right hand man…

May 17, 2022 Today was the day we were all so anxious for: our presentations in front of our classmates and BCU faculty. Even though we were dreading it, I think they went so well and my classmates did such an amazing job in their research! It was so impressive to see the growth in…

May 16, 2022 Site Visit- Ladywood Family Center We visited an early years facility called the Ladywood Family Center. The area of Ladywood is the 12th most deprived local authority in England and the local community is very ethnically diverse. Often, the residents do not speak English as their first language so the staff at…

May 14, 2022 Today we visited the Black Country Living Museum which is an open air collection of buildings, houses, and stores from the 1850s to 1950s. Many of the buildings have been relocated from their original places in the nearby boroughs. The best part about this museum is that Peaky Blinders was filmed here!…

May 13, 2022 Early Childhood Learning Our first theory of the day was about early childhood learning that encompasses ages 0-5. Once a child is 5, attendance is legally required in school called reception class. Currently in England, parents receive 30 hours of free childcare funding from age 3 to 5. This was mind blowing…

May 12, 2022 Public Health Today’s lecture was focused on the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through public health. We discussed the many disparities contributing to health including food swamps which are areas dense in fast food options, language barriers in different communities, and a lack of trust in…

May 11, 2022 Travel Todays journey was to lovely Stratford Upon Avon! We began the day by taking the train. It was a very cool experience to see how fast and efficient the UK public transportation system is compared to US. It only took us about 45 minutes to get there, the area was clean,…

May 10, 2022 Introduction to UK Health and Social Care Today our lectures were all about the United Kingdom’s free National Health Service called the NHS. It was established in 1948 by Nye Bevan of the labour (socialist) government which aims to provide “health care from the cradle to the grave.” The organization is overseen…