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Date: 29 October 2021 - 16:23

'I knew Study USA would give me something to add to my degree and impress potential employers, but it gave me so much more than that’

Gavin Breslin is a senior lecturer in Psychology at Ulster University.

Tags: Education, Study USA

Date: 22 October 2021 - 10:46

‘I came home from the States with a sense of drive and purpose, very motivated, and with much greater confidence in what I could achieve.’

Tessa Breslin, an alumna of Queen’s University Belfast, spent a year at La Roche College in Pittsburgh on our Study USA programme in 1996-7.

Tags: Education, Study USA

Date: 20 October 2021 - 09:50

‘Without a doubt I would not be living or working in the U.S if it had not been for the Study USA programme. It truly changed my life.’

Sharon McAleer took part in our Study USA programme back in 1996-97 (when it was previously the Business Education initiative). She now lives in the US having officially immigrated in 1999.

Tags: Education, Study USA