Our trip today involved taking a coach to Oxford and to Blenheim Palace. I had been looking forward to this day because I love castles and palaces, additionally I had looked up Blenheim palace photos before and I was really excited to see it because it looked beautiful. We had been told all week that…

Today was the day we had all been anticipating, it was presentation day. Before we left for this trip to the UK we had a pre-departure presentation we had to do. We chose our groups and chose an area we wanted to research while we were in Birmingham. My group chose to focus on the…

 I woke up today and thought I was back in Pittsburgh, it was raining and you could barely see anything because the clouds were so low. However once I got down to the buffet at the hotel and heard all the brummie accents I quickly remembered I was in Birmingham. Today we got to do…

I woke up excited for today since we were heading to the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley. The reason I was so excited is because a lot of Peaky Blinders was filmed at the museum so I was stoked to see some of the set but also of course learn about the history and…

Instead of focusing on the healthcare side of this trip we had a full day of education lectures today. Overall we got to learn about the public education system in the UK and specifically England. The first lecture really focused on thai topic, how the system works in England and the different types of schools…

Today we had a tourist day and took the train to Stratford-Upon-Avon which was only about an hour away. We started our morning early and left the hotel around 8:30 am and got a train back to Birmingham at 8:30pm. The weather wasn’t particularly on our side this morning, it was cool outside and it…

Today we spent most of the day at BCU and had class with our professors. We did spent our break at the botanical gardens which were really pretty. While there I tried to befriend the peacock that was there, but he wasn’t so keen on being my friend. However I did manage to speak to…

After a six hour flight and a two hour bus ride from London we made it to our hotel and everyone immediately wanted to rest, myself included. However, we put our stuff away quickly and changed and went on a walk to Brindley Place which was only a short walk away from the hotel. Brindley…

Hi! My name is Quincy Jackson and I am from a little bit of everywhere. I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, but since the age of seven I have moved quite a bit. I lived in Arlington, Virginia for five years and I graduated abroad in Dakar, Senegal last year and my family…