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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM @UCBofficial

TRIPS AND STUDY ABROAD

Overseas residential trips and study experiences give you confidence and are the chance to explore new places and cultures. We fund many of these to expand your horizons. YOUR KEY TO THE WORLD

We are partners with more than 30 universities throughout Europe as part of the Erasmus+ exchange programme and we also offer international exchanges with partner universities in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand and the USA. • Residential visits in Prague, Seville and Krakow • Erasmus+ exchange courses with European University of Madrid, Troyes University of Technology, University of Las Palmas, Kalmar University and Stenden University of Applied Sciences • International exchange programme with San Diego State University (USA) and Mahidol University (Thailand)

WORK EXPERIENCE ABROAD: SUPPORTING STARS AT RUGBY WORLD CUP Through their lecturer at University College Birmingham, Sports Therapy students Kayleigh Jones and Kenny Simpson had the opportunity to provide soft tissue therapy support for the Scotland national rugby team at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. Kayleigh now works with Coventry United Ladies FC in the FA Women's Championship, while Kenny has an internship with RFU Championship side London Scottish. Kayleigh said: “This was a once in a lifetime opportunity. I attended four live World Cup games, travelled all around Tokyo, Yokohama, Hamamatsu and Kobe, provided soft tissue massage to the players 4-5 days a week, tried all the weird and wonderful food and even experienced an earthquake and typhoon! I would have never dreamed at the start of my degree I would have this under my belt.”

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