{"id":14380,"date":"2015-05-08T10:35:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T10:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2015-05-08T10:35:18","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T10:35:18","slug":"relocating-to-study-and-finding-my-new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2015\/05\/08\/relocating-to-study-and-finding-my-new-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Relocating to study – and finding my new home!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"theodora-yebuah\"<\/a>You know, I had always heard that change was a difficult thing, terrifying too, but I probably never thought too much of it until I had to move across continents to further my education. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, yes I have had some experience schooling away from home but it\u2019s always been in a town of a different region that is a 2 \u00bd hour drive from home – maximum! This time, it was on a whole different level \u2013 it was like I was singing to myself, \u201cAt first I was afraid, I was petrified\u2026\u201d (<\/em>Ok, fine \u2013 maybe not that song in particular but you get my drift\u2026I hope.) Amidst all that running through my head as I climbed into that plane, one thing was very clear: I was moving away from home, friends, family\u2026<\/p>\n\"Ghana-home-ed\"<\/a>\n

My home back in Ghana<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Being me, I like to be very thorough so I had a mountain range (one was not enough) of questions. All the \u2018whats, wheres, hows and whys\u2019 \u2013 you name it, I thought of it and I\u2019m sure you will (or probably have) too. That doesn\u2019t necessarily mean I had all the answers I needed prior to getting here, but that\u2019s what makes BU special. They made my transition so smooth and at every stage, I was helped. Everything you\u2019d want to know about how you\u2019ll get here, where you\u2019ll live, how you\u2019ll live, places to hang out, transportation, everything \u2013 the university has one body or the other to support you: SUBU, Student Accommodation and Letting Service, IT and my all-time favourite – askBU (they even have reps with t-shirts that literally read, \u2018ask me\u2019). Of course, if you are the type that likes to discover things on your own, there are campus maps and bus timetables available at convenient points.<\/p>\n\"Theo-new-home-ed\"<\/a>\n

My new home…?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Point is, moving away or relocating to study can be challenging. You\u2019ll miss home, your friends and family and the journey may be scary but you will discover new places to love as well as friends who will become like family and you\u2019ll realise that moving was not so bad after all.<\/p>\n\"theo-and-friends-ed\"<\/a>\n

Friends who will become like family<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It all comes down to you and how you shape your experiences. Hopefully they will become some of your best memories in the future. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026and I\u2019ll survive, I will survive, hey-hey!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

By Theodora Yebuah<\/strong><\/em>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You know, I had always heard that change was a difficult thing, terrifying too, but I probably never thought too much of it until I had to move across continents to further my education. Well, yes I have had some experience schooling away from home but it\u2019s always been in a town of a different… Read more » about Relocating to study – and finding my new home!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1096,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1658,1663],"tags":[877,130,48,785,2186,2312],"class_list":["post-14380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-archive","category-postgraduate","tag-bournemouth","tag-bournemouth-university","tag-bu","tag-international-student","tag-postgraduate-study","tag-theodora-yebuah"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1096"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}