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By Mary Hiles
25 January 2016
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Happy new year folks! While times are still, wel

Happy new year folks!

While times are still, well, pretty weird, we are all soooo looking forward to getting back to travelling! And none more so than our travel-obsessed lecturer Dr Andreas Staab - alongside teaching online he’s managed to fit in launching a European travel website!

Andreas teaches European Politics and Economics at Geo London. He is also the Director of a consultancy called EPIC - the European Policy Information Centre, which works with governments on EU integration issues. However, during lockdown, and with travelling only a distant thought, EPIC embarked on a new venture called EPIC European Journeys, which offers ideas, suggestions and itineraries for your next trip in and across Europe. You might want to check out their website (www.epiceuropeanjourneys.com) or follow them on social media (@epiceuropeanjourneys). Very useful for your midterm break when studying abroad with us in London!

As Andreas himself says: Stay safe and healthy; the next trip won't be far off! 🌍💫

#geoabroad #geolondon #geoinlondon #studyabroad #studyaway #studiesabroad #studiesaway #studyabroadinlondon #travel #europeantravel #experientiallearning #epiceuropeanjourneys

The moment you've all been waiting for: door 25! W

The moment you've all been waiting for: door 25! We think you'll agree it was worth the hype 😆

We wish you all a very happy and healthy holiday, however that may look. This year has been tough and super weird, and we honestly couldn't have got through it without you! Whether you're a student who took one of our exciting remote offerings, a fabulous past student keeping in touch, or a new student signing up for our 2021 in-person programmes: thank you all for keeping us smiling 🙂 See you next year folks! 💫

#geoabroad #geolondon #geoinlondon #happyholidays #studentsareawesome

It's door 24, which means...only one more post and

It's door 24, which means...only one more post and then you can have a break from us! 😋

For our penultimate post we wanted to turn to art. Visual art can sometimes say things in a way that words can't, especially when it comes to difficult subjects. And sometimes it's just good to distract yourself with pretty pictures (hello Instagram!)

Here are a few snaps from some of our favourite exhibitions and galleries over the last couple of years.

Which artists and/or exhibitions have made an impact on you? Are there any works that you'd love to see here in London? (For instance, a while back we had a student who was OBSESSED with the Tudors and couldn't wait to see the Hans Holbein portraits in the National Portrait Gallery! It made her year!)

#geoabroad #geoinlondon #geolondon #studyabroad #studyaway #studiesabroad #studiesaway #londonart #arthistory #artinlondon #experientiallearning #studyarthistoryinlondon #studyabroadinlondon

Door 23! We couldn't do a series like this witho

Door 23!

We couldn't do a series like this without mentioning our fabulous homestay families! They have been a huge support over the last few, well, decades and we're looking forward to having students live with them again when it's safe to do so. It's a great way of getting to know 'proper' Brits and students love having a family home to return to at the end of the day.

Say hi to them in the comments and we'll pass it on!

#geoabroad #geolondon #geoinlondon #studyabroad #studyaway #studiesabroad #studiesaway #homestays #londonhomestays #hostfamily #britishlifeandculture

Door 22 - let's have a wander! Greater London is

Door 22 - let's have a wander!

Greater London is a big sprawling place, but Central London is perhaps smaller than you might think, and we really encourage exploring at your own pace and even 'getting lost on purpose'! It's really exciting to explore without a plan - whether it's walking down an unassuming side street, catching a bus to see where it takes you or dropping a pin on the tube map and exploring the area around it, you're bound to stumble upon some cool and quirky places.

We never stop exploring just because we live here, so here are some of our own recent shots!

#geoabroad #geolondon #geoinlondon #studyabroad #studyaway #exploringlondon #quirkylondon #londonphotos #experientiallearning #offthebeatentrack #studyabroadinlondon #lovelondon

Door 21! London has been the setting for many a go

Door 21! London has been the setting for many a good story! Can anyone tell us what book, film or TV show these locations are associated with? Some are super famous, some are more obscure, and in some cases there is more than one answer!

#geoabroad #geoinlondon #geolondon #studyabroad #studyaway #studiesabroad #studiesaway #london #filmssetinlondon #bookssetinlondon #londonmovies #literarylondon #experientialllearning

Door 20! You've already seen photos from our (in)f

Door 20! You've already seen photos from our (in)famous trip to Edinburgh in 2018, but here are a few shots of other trips we've made - can you guess where they were taken? Some are a bit easier than others! Whilst we love London (can you tell??) it is important to give other towns a look-in and take students to places they might not ordinarily have on their wish list. As you can see, they had an excellent time! In most cases there is an educational component to these trips and really enhance the learning experience.

#geoabroad #geoinlondon #geolondon #studyabroad #studyaway #studiesabroad #studiesaway #experientiallearning #daytripsfromlondon #ukdaytrips #studyabroadinlondon

Door 19: FOOD! When you think about British food

Door 19: FOOD!

When you think about British food, what springs to mind? We're not exactly renowned for our cuisine, so we wouldn't blame you for answering roast beef and Yorkshire puddings, fish and chips, Marmite on toast, and scones with jam and cream! (Mmm, nutritionally balanced! 😆)

The truth is, most Brits don't eat that sort of stuff (well, not all the time!) - we eat cuisines from all over the world, and in London we really are spoilt for choice so it would be rude not to introduce students to some of our local (and also very global!) delicacies: a thali on Brick Lane, street food at Leather Lane, and a trip to Borough food market often feature on our programmes!

And here are a few 'bonus' shots from GEO staff's trips to various eateries around the city - YUM!

#geolondon #geoabroad #geoinlondon #studyabroad #studyaway #studiesabroad #studiesaway #studyabroadinlondon #britishfood #internationalcuisine #bricklane #boroughmarket #londonstreetfood #experientiallearning #studyabroadinlondon

Door 18 for your viewing pleasure (only a week to

Door 18 for your viewing pleasure (only a week to go!)

We're lucky to have some amazing teachers on our faculty and we're infinitely impressed with how well they know their subject! But there's only so much breadth and depth one person can give, so it's really important to have guest speakers to give alternative arguments, lived experience, or more detailed extra info.

Here's a small selection of our esteemed guests over the last couple of years!

- Hanif Kureishi - screenwriter and novelist
- Kelly Foster - public historian and founding member of TRANSMISSION and AfroCROWD UK
- Maggy van Eijk - author, and social media manager at Buzzfeed
- Burt Caesar - actor, writer and creative consultant at the Museum of London Docklands (including its permanent Sugar and Slavery exhibit)
- John Vidal - former environmental editor at the Guardian newspaper
- Paul Chahidi - Shakesperean stage actor and star of BBC mockumentary 'This Country'

#geoabroad #geolondon #geoinlondon #studyabroad #studyaway #studiesaway #studiesabroad #experientallearning #guestlecture #studyabroadinlondon #londonvoices

Door 17, and who's this? It's one of our summer fa

Door 17, and who's this? It's one of our summer faculty completely out of context doing wintery things! 😆

Simon Waldman teaches Visual Journalism on our summer journalism programme - he is an excellent teacher both in the classroom and in the production gallery (his class makes a professional quality news programme every year!), and he's got some pretty handy industry friends to give his students some extra tips and tricks!

#geoabroad #geolondon #geoinlondon #studyabroad #studyaway #studiesaway #studiesabroad #experientiallearning #journalismstudent #studyjournalisminlondon #studyabroadinlondon

It's door 16! Today we're going 'off the beaten tr

It's door 16! Today we're going 'off the beaten track' to visit 'weird and wonderful London'!

Everyone's heard of the London Eye, Big Ben, the Tower of London, Leicester Square, Buckingham Palace...iconic and fabulous and definitely-worth-a-visit as they are, if you're living in London for several months as a study abroad student you should definitely make time to visit a few of the lesser-known attractions!

Some of our favourites include the Soane Museum, Dennis Severs' House, the Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garrett, Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosity, Novelty Automation, the Postal Museum, the Horniman Museum, the Cartoon Museum, the Museum of Comedy...

Have any of our alumni visited these? Can you think of any more? Are there any places you WISH you'd visited?

#geolondon #geoabroad #geoinlondon #studyabroad #studyaway #studiesabroad #studiesaway #studyabroadinlondon #experientiallearning #weirdlondon #offthebeatentrack #offthetouristtrail #somethingabitdifferent

Behind door 15 - meet William Shakespeare (no real

Behind door 15 - meet William Shakespeare (no really!) This lovely chap was the second person to receive the Covid vaccine in the whole world! We’re sure it’s no coincidence that he shares his name with arguably the most famous Englishman ever. In fact it really demonstrates the importance of the bard to our British (esp English) identity, both internally and how we project to the rest of the world. It also highlights the relevance of Shakespeare, even today. In fact, our recent theatre classes have discussed the connection between Shakespeare’s writing and the various plagues of his lifetime, and what we can learn in the 21st century. We think Shakespeare’s work is so important that we make sure everyone has a chance to see at least one of his plays performed live in London, no matter what programme you’re on!

#studyabroad #studyaway #studiesabroad #studiesaway #geoabroad #geolondon #geoinlondon#studyabroadiondon #experientallearning #travel #cometondon #williamshakespeare #shakespeare #shakespeareinlondon #studyshakespeareinlondon #covidvaccine

Since it’s Monday and we all need a bit of silli

Since it’s Monday and we all need a bit of silliness, door 14 is a throwback to that time we accidentally got 7 dozen Krispy Kreme donuts...FOR FREE (there was a glitch with their new app)! 🤭 Don’t worry, we did share them with students (and vice versa!) 😇 We think it’s often the little incidental silly things like this that make working and studying with GEO so much fun! 😆

#studyabroad #studyaway #studiesabroad #studiesaway #geoabroad #geolondon #geoinlondon#studyabroadiondon #experientallearning #travel #cometondon #donuts #oink

We’ve seen some truly stellar performers over th

We’ve seen some truly stellar performers over the years! Actors, singers, writers, dancers...and even met some of them! Including (pictured) Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Scott, Daniel Radcliffe and Paul Chahidi; and (not pictured) Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Layton Williams, Patrick Stewart, Judy Dench...and many more!

Can our alumni think of any more we’ve seen? 🤔 Share below!

#studyabroad #studyaway #studiesabroad #studiesaway #geoabroad #geolondon #geoinlondon#studyabroadiondon #londontheatre #experientallearning #liveperformance #travel #cometondon #celebrityselfie #selfieswithcelebrities

Behind door 12 is one of the things we’re missin

Behind door 12 is one of the things we’re missing most at the moment: sharing top quality live performance with our students! It’s such an important part of London’s soul and history and we’re very thankful that several theatres have been able to reopen over the last few weeks, thanks to government and public support.

Make sure you tune in to our Instagram stories on Tuesday as Mary and her husband will be off to the theatre and she’s going to take you with her!

In the meantime, who can name the venues/works/pictured? The next door will feature some of the famous faces we’ve seen on stage (and sometimes even met in person!)

#studyabroad #studyaway #studiesabroad #studiesaway #geoabroad #geolondon #geoinlondon#studyabroadiondon #londontheatre #experientallearning #liveperformance #travel #cometondon

It’s almost the weekend so here’s one of our h

It’s almost the weekend so here’s one of our history profs Katy (and her husband and her cat!) saying “cheers!” 🥂 Katy has been teaching remotely since wayyyy before COVID as she’s a senior lecturer with the Open University (the UK’s biggest HEI and specialist in online learning) so she’s a dab hand! She’s also rather good at block printing and has been selling her wares for charity. Katy lives in rural Oxfordshire, ordinarily commuting 2 hours into London especially to teach American students and like all of us she’s keen to get back to it next year and teach you all about our amazing city! 🥳

#studyabroad #studyaway #studiesabroad #studiesaway #london #historyoflondon #geoabroad #geolondon #geoinlondon #teachersathome #remotelearning #historyprofessor #studyinlondon #experientiallearning #studyabroadinlondon #internationaleducation

Let’s try posting this again! (Thanks for nothin

Let’s try posting this again! (Thanks for nothing Hootsuite!)

Oh hi @tate, love what you've done with the place! This festive light installation is by British Asian artist Chila Kumari Burman to celebrate Diwali, and it glows for miles around! (Fab photo by Edana Richardson.)

The Tate Britain is one of London's top, and indeed oldest, art galleries, and one of the largest in the country. It focuses on British art, with some paintings dating back to Tudor times. And guess what: it's FREE to get in. If you want to see the standard collection that's there all the time it costs you precisely £0.00, but if you want to view a temporary exhibition you'll need to cough up around £15, less if you're in fulltime education, and even less if you're a GEO student taking our Art History class as we buy all the tickets for you!

That's what's so great about studying in London: the city itself is a huge classroom and is just waiting to be explored!

#geoabroad #geolondon #geoinlondon #studyabroad #studyaway #studiesabroad #studiesaway #experientiallearning #tatebritain #londonisyourclassroom #arthistory #londonart #studyinlondon #studyabroadinlondon #diwali #londonlights #ChilaKumariBurman #modernart

What have we here? It's GEO advent door 9! And who

What have we here? It's GEO advent door 9! And who's behind it? GEO fall semester faculty, that's who! Look at their smiling faces! 😀

We reeeeeeeally miss seeing students face-to-face at the moment but we also miss our amazing colleagues! Last night Quiz Master Dr Keith hosted one of his (in)famous pub quizzes (shout out to Keith's Militia; if you know you know) for staff and facuty and it was so lovely to see everyone.

I'm sure you all know who they are, but just in case you've forgotten: from top left to bottom right we have:
⏳ Keith Surridge: History teacher and GEO Quiz Master!
📎 Mary Hiles: Assistant Director
🌍 Andrew Whitehead: teaches Britain Today, Politics in the UK, International News Journalism
🎭 Althea Stewart: Theatre in London
👑 Jean Elliott: Shakespeare the Dramatist
🎬 Amanda Milburn: Director, and teaches Britain Today and Gender Studies
📚 Susie Thomas: Britain Today, the English Novel, Creative Writing in London
🎙️ Christopher Cook: Media in the UK, Arts Journalism in London, Theatre
🎨 Carole Machin: Art History in London
(You can find more info on our facutly by clicking the link in our bio and selecting 'Meet Us')

We don't just work together, we're good friends and have attended each other's weddings, parties and even been to each other's houses (quite a big deal for Brits!) over the years. GEO London really is like an extended family and that includes students too! We can't wait to welcome you into the GEO London fold to laugh (and of course learn!) with us. And if you come for a semester you'll get to experience one of Keith's quizzes at our local pub - a proper British evening out! 🤔❓🍻👍

#geoabroad #geolondon #geoinlondon #studyabroad #studyaway #studiesabroad #studiesaway #studyabroadinlondon #studyinlondon #teachersathome #london #pubquiz #virtualpubquiz #experientiallearning #britishculture #londonpubs #crossculturalcommunication #whatbritsdoforfun #londonlife

Had we thought about this earlier we’d have post

Had we thought about this earlier we’d have posted it on 6 December, but hey! So, behind door 8 is...the door to number 6 🤔 (Great James Street) 😎 and a small selection of students, colleagues and friends who have passed in and out of the GEO London Centre over the last few years (and lots of Mary who is always very keen to take/feature in a photo outside the ‘second most famous black door in London’ 😆). We’re so lucky to spend a large portion of our day in this fabulous building and equally lucky to work with students and staff who love it as much as we do. And we’ll be celebrating its 300th birthday next year so there will be plenty more shenanigans to share with you! 🎉💫

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Happy Monday folks! Let's see what advent door 7 w

Happy Monday folks! Let's see what advent door 7 will reveal today...it's our utterly fabulous media/journalism/theatre/culture tutor Christopher!

Christopher has spent the last few months at home on the beautiful Kent coast, teaching remotely, gardening, walking along the beach, sipping delicious wine and making a lot of jam and chutney! But despite this ostensibly enviable lifestyle he would rather be in London teaching our amazing students. Soon, Christopher, soon!

#geoabroad #geolondon #geoinlondon #studyabroad #studyaway #studiesabroad #studiesaway #studyabroadinlondon #studyinlondon #lockdownlife #teachersathome #facultyfocus

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