A glimpse of life after graduation: remote work in publishing
‘Working at Reedsy has been one of the most rewarding experiences’: Thao Nguyen describes entering the world of work during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Letter to my January 1st self
Mary Atkinson, Emerson Shams, Thao Nguyen, Madeline Rosie Strom and Bonnie Bayliss write letters to their January 1st selves and reflect on 2020.
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COVID-19 Lockdown: Emotional (De)stress Among Students at Durham University
“There is hardly a moment in time when so many of us share a largely similar lifestyle”: Thao Nguyen and Iqbal Ahmed reach out to students in Durham and further afield to document the lockdown experience of Durham students.
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Durham’s ISA: it’s a year of celebrations
“Such intermingling of cultures is something that we really get to experience in our university years.”: Thao Nguyen describes the International Students’ Association’s aims and upcoming International Week.
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From oddities and otherings: a tale of two students
“We attach labels to and typecast outsiders”. Thao Nguyen speaks to two students about education, migration, and journeys.
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Entering the New Decade: rethinking the roaring twenties
‘The “Roar” of our Twenties should be the perseverance to claim our voices’: As we leave the 2010s, Thao Nguyen looks back a hundred years to the world of the 1910s and 1920s, as well as forward to the values we should carry with us into the 2020s.
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The International Student Industry: putting tuition fees into perspective
‘In the academic year 2017-2018, a certain 21% of all Durham students paid for 36.5% of the University’s tuition fee revenue’: At a time when many students are concerned about the money they are paying for teaching lost during the strikes, Thao Nguyen reminds us that international students are one of the university’s little-discussed but most-prized revenue sources.
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Living with homesickness
In a personal essay glimmering with honesty and clarity, on the Lunar New Year, Thao Nguyen describes what it is like to live with a special kind of grief: homesickness.
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