Back in January, less than a week into my postgraduate studies at the University of Aberdeen, a great…
Ever since I began studying prehistoric archaeology in 2016, I was determined to do my education my own way. I was never interested in following the traditional path of staying at one university from start to finish – that just isn’t for me. Instead, I chose to mix it up and take courses in different locations, embracing a more global and flexible approach to learning.
This mindset took me to some incredible places. During my Bachelor’s, I spent a semester – and later an internship – in Greenland, did fieldwork in Peru and Russia, and even escaped to a tiny island in the Faroe Islands to write my thesis in peace. And while I was based in Copenhagen for the first two years of my studies, I took every opportunity to travel during weekends and holidays. For my Master’s, I relocated to Aberdeen in Scotland, went to the Faroe Islands to conduct research for my dissertation and spent the summer excavating in Alaska.
Combining travel and study is possible – it’s just a matter of priorities and creativity. For me, learning doesn’t only happen in classrooms. It happens in the field, across cultures, and through lived experience.