Navigating through new connections in campus

A month or even less for that new phase when independence must be embraced for studying means within or near-campus living or even overseas residence.

- Mariecar Jara-Puyod, Senior Reporter

Those butterflies aflutter. Pure excitement and anxiety. Why not at this time and the rest of the summer seek some informal or in-school cooking lessons.

Indeed! Cooking lessons! For “cook what you miss (and share it) is among “ways” which Joshua Danan and his team at Studentluxe shared with Gulf Today.

The chief executive officer of the “student housing centre” in London, England has been oriented in “student accommodation space” since 18 years back. Alongside colleagues Supply Chain manager Sam Smithies and Marketing head Alex Obertelli, they have come up with advice on how undergraduates - either freshers or transfereesas well as postgraduate students are to acclimatise with their new surroundings - whether in their respective home countries, country of residence, or abroad.

Across the seven emirates for instance, full or partial scholarships, courtesy of government and private colleges and universities are replete.

As education consultant Rema Menon reiterated from a previous interview: “Due to the current geopolitical situation, visa regulations, postgraduate job opportunities or lack of it, and prohibitive costs, more and more UAE residents are opting to study in local institutions.”