{"id":4351,"date":"2016-04-27T09:50:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T09:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/?p=4351"},"modified":"2020-10-26T16:33:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:33:18","slug":"introducing-global-buddies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2016\/04\/27\/introducing-global-buddies\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Global BUddies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WesleyAs you may already know, Global BUddies is a programme led by the Student Services department of Bournemouth University and by students. It aims to increase integration between UK students and international students, but it\u2019s also a great way to share culture, make friends and gain an extensive knowledge about other nationalities \u2013 something future employers will definitely value! And if that all sounds a bit too formal and promotional for your taste, keep reading, because Global BUddies has lots of different layers.<\/p>\n

Stripped down to the very core, Global BUddies is culture. It\u2019s exhaling a deep breath when you realise you\u2019re not the only one who isn\u2019t fluent in speaking the English language. It\u2019s watching someone\u2019s eyes light up when you ask them about their country. It\u2019s realising you have been ranting for the past ten minutes about how weird your little habits and beliefs might be. It\u2019s maintaining an open mind and expanding your horizons. It\u2019s finally asking if that\u2019s really how they do it \u201cover there.\u201d It\u2019s breaking through stereotypes, and sometimes finding out what is believed about your own culture can be quite funny and surprising.<\/p>\n

However, there\u2019s more, because Global BUddies is also sharing. It\u2019s telling others where you have been, who you are and who you want to become before you have even arrived to the UK. It\u2019s admitting to someone that, before coming here, you had never been on a plane before. It\u2019s laughing at what the bark of a dog sounds like in different languages. It\u2019s feeling proud when you know the answer to one of the country-specific quiz questions during one of the social events.<\/p>\n

So, additionally, Global BUddies is feeling confident. It\u2019s running around on your first day, face stricken with panic, but then remembering you have people who you can ask your questions to. It\u2019s feeling comfortable with being the stereotypical \u2018new kid in town\u2019, because you\u2019re with other new kids in town. It\u2019s hearing a knock on the door when you\u2019ve just moved in and finding out someone from your Buddy group actually lives down the hall.<\/p>\n

But just as much, Global BUddies is exploring. It\u2019s being shown where everything is on campus. It\u2019s being guided through Bournemouth. It\u2019s breathing in the salty scents of the sea that you may have never seen in real life before. It\u2019s finally getting over your fear of heights by taking off in the hot air balloon in Bournemouth Gardens. It\u2019s maybe even visiting London and being told what everything is and what\u2019s going on. It\u2019s acting touristy with people who genuinely want to get to know you: people who want to see the world through your world. It\u2019s experiencing things for the first time.<\/p>\n

Above all, Global BUddies is personal. And if you\u2019re still not convinced, Global BUddies can also be a little cheeky! You should sign up and try it out, because, if anything, Global BUddies is nothing without you.<\/p>\n

By Wesley Schulte<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you may already know, Global BUddies is a programme led by the Student Services department of Bournemouth University and by students. It aims to increase integration between UK students and international students, but it\u2019s also a great way to share culture, make friends and gain an extensive knowledge about other nationalities \u2013 something future… Read more » about Introducing Global BUddies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1096,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[336,1638],"tags":[877,130,48,698,69,40],"class_list":["post-4351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs-archive","category-undergraduate","tag-bournemouth","tag-bournemouth-university","tag-bu","tag-global-buddies","tag-students","tag-uni"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351","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=4351"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4355,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351\/revisions\/4355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}