Year abroad students are few and far between this year. The pandemic led to many host universities cancelling placements and many other students pulling out because travel was too uncertain. However, we all see the odd Instagram story from one of those students who did actually make it- and it’s left us all wondering “What actually happened to those students who went abroad?”.
Coronavirus, Brexit, Travel Corridors: the number of hurdles for year abroad students this year are countless. This doesn’t even take account of the issues that students have faced with both host universities and their home university’s communications.