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As a student entrepreneur, I tend to draw similarities between what is required of an entrepreneur and of a student. The key trait of both is that the one who succeeds is not always the most intelligent but the one who plans and prepares the best.

Exams can be stressful, especially because your grades can potentially determine your career choices and higher education journey. 

To excel as a student it is important to try to be a smart worker rather than a hard worker.

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Situated some 25km east of Brussels, Leuven may not be as well known as Belgium’s capital city, but it has plenty to offer students. For instance, it is home to KU Leuven, the country’s largest university, with some 65,000 students.

Unlike some people, I did not have a specific country or university in mind when I first started high school. However, I attended a school trip during the summer break of my sophomore year that helped me decide where I wanted to study. 

As part of the trip, we visited Toronto and were all registered at an English language school. For a month, I had the chance to practice my English and experience student life in Canada. After that school trip, I decided to study in Canada and, in particular, Toronto. 

My past three years at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) have given me some of the best memories and experiences I could have asked for. But the process of choosing my university and moving to a whole new country was a daunting experience.

As a pre-law student studying at the University of Texas at Austin, I was lucky to have the opportunity to study abroad in Prague in the Czech Republic during the fall semester of 2022.  I studied at Charles University, one of the biggest universities in the country.  

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For students who enrol at a higher education institution outside their home country, the choices available to them can be overwhelming. Universities all over the world are competing to attract the brightest minds, and prospective students have many factors to weigh up.

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Critical thinking and advocacy skills empower law graduates in their chosen careers, even if they do not enter legal practice, say academics within City University of Hong Kong’s School of Law.

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As technology develops and more of modern life takes place online, the demand for legal researchers is increasing, say City University of Hong Kong (CityU) academics.

I remember my first holiday season away from home. I was 22 and had just moved to Peru as part of a two-year volunteer programme. Though I was staying with a host family and had a beautiful experience of celebrating traditional Peruvian customs with them, part of me still missed my own family.