Week 3: Campus Initatives

In the month that aI have been at Roehampton, I have noticed that sustainability is not as big of a focus as it is at Central College. However, this does not mean that there is not an opportunity to be sustainable on campus. The Growhampton…

Week 3: Homelessness

London prides itself on being an innovative city; however, this week, I have noticed while traveling on the trains and tubes that homelessness is a significant issue here, which still needs to be addressed. Every time I get off the trains at Vauxhall Station and…

Week 2: Street Life – London Markets

“Borough Market” by Mathew Knott is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Borough Market & Camden Market A couple of weeks ago, I decided to venture out on my own to Borough Market, where I experience great food and a high energy environment. Borough Market is…

Week 1: Personal Choices

Walking into any large store in the United States, you are likely to see carousels of plastic bags at the end of check out lines, ready for the customer, like me, to place their items in for free. However, I have noticed no carousels of…

Week 1: Expectations

After completing a full week of classes, I can say that my expectations of Roehampton compared to reality are much different than imagined. Before seeing Roehampton, back when I was in the United States, I imagined the university to be much larger and hard to…