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Jamie Green

Jamie is a first year student at Durham University. He studies German and Italian, is sports mad and has cerebral palsy. You can follow him on Twitter here

July 2015

  • Year abroad mobile phone

    The global student
    The year abroad 2.0: how technology is changing foreign study

    Technology can help combat loneliness – but won’t solve all the problems you encounter

March 2015

  • Brixen hospital

    The case for language learning
    Why I love living in a multilingual town

    Moving to a multilingual area at first feels like playing a game where everyone knows the rules, apart from you. As a language student however I quickly realised it was the perfect place for my year abroad

January 2015

  • Student in hospital abroad

    The global student
    How to survive a medical emergency on your year abroad

    A hospital visit probably isn’t on the agenda for your year abroad, but it pays to be prepared for the worst-case scenario

September 2014

  • disabled sign abroad

    The global student
    Don't let disability dictate your year abroad

    Foreign mountains pose obvious challenges, but I'm used to towns not designed with wheelchair users in mind, writes a student blogger

April 2013

  • Car parking spaces

    Guardian Students
    Disability at university: see the world through my eyes

    Imagine living on a campus inhabited by people with a different set of needs and abilities to your own

March 2013

  • Durham University College

    Blogging students
    A wheelchair-user's guide to picking a university

    Don't rule anything out without at least investigating it first – though you might want to give 'custard wrestling' a miss

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