The fully funded Rhodes Scholarship program is designed for international students starting postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford. The scholarship is awarded to recipients for their doctoral studies at Oxford. The university grants 100 Rhodes Scholarships annually to first-time international students wishing to study in the UK. Moreover, you must apply for a scholarship … Read more
With IT set to become the “it” industry of the future, it’s becoming increasingly more difficult trying to land a great role when you’re competing with an Olympic-sized pool of other driven and qualified candidates. The good news is that if you’re an aspiring or seasoned programmer or IT specialist looking for temporary or full-time … Read more
UK-based public relations company Good Relations is set for a leadership shake-up, with its current CEO poised to step down in September after a remarkable 15-year tenure. During this time, the firm secured large accounts with industry giants like Nintendo, Subway, and Airbus. Despite the forthcoming change, Good Relations continues its successful collaboration with these … Read more
This week we packed our bags and met at 6am in Copenhagen’s airport to begin our Study Tour in Stockholm. Certain summer courses and sessions offer a Study Tour, and I felt ours was unique in how DIS worked to combine the forging of connections within business, adding to our practicum experiences, and leisure time … Read more
Traveling abroad often brings about a blend of excitement, anticipation, and a touch of nervousness, especially when juggling the unfamiliarity of studying abroad for the first time. Recently, I had the opportunity to slip in a quick trip to Barcelona amidst my sessions, and it was fascinating to discover just how simple and enriching the … Read more
For my session in Copenhagen, I’m taking Positive Psychology, where we learn about resilience, character strengths, perspective, and how focusing on positive emotions can create lasting change in mentality. In comparison to the course I took last session, this class is much less lecture-heavy and instead focuses on experiential learning. For one assignment, we had … Read more
Educational immersion and insights into the life of Denmark’s youngest students When I decided to take the class of Early Childhood: Nordic Education and Parenting, I had only a slight idea of what I was going to experience here at DIS Copenhagen. I knew we were going to cover the basics, learn about the differences … Read more
You don’t need to do this now The first and probably most fundamental thing I can recommend is to wait on any travel plans until you know the full extent of your course syllabi. I knew numerous people who had planned trips before they really understood their class schedule, special events related to the course, … Read more
When you take an entire class on storytelling and vivid descriptions, there is never a dull moment. This is exactly how I have felt for the past two weeks taking Travel Writing with Lola Akinmade Åkerström, a renowned author and photographer based in Stockholm teaches with DIS in the summers. Best said by Lola herself … Read more
In the early weeks of the Furniture Session, there was much focus on the design stage of our chairs. We did our sketches along with ideation, 1:1 drawings, a 1:1 cardboard model, before we finally began our technical drawings. The technical drawings are what hold all of our instructions for building the chair. As I … Read more