Arcadia England

Last weekend, we quit rainy London for windy Wales, to enjoy the stunning Pembrokeshire coast. An ecologically-minded enterprise, Preseli Venture, hosted our group in a lodge nestled in the Welsh countryside, where one could expect to awake to the sound…

The Talk of the Town! lecture series has been incredibly popular since its inception, but the event last week was a particular success. So many students attended that we ended up with a standing room section. Not only did those students show up, but they…

One of the most important and, potentially, challenging aspects of the study-abroad experience is engaging meaningfully with the host culture. Arcadia’s Co-curricular Learning Certificate offers students a formalized way in which to participate in British…

Free Faculty Led Tours This semester we will once again be running Arcadia Explores. An opportunity for students to attend three different tours exploring London, led by our faculty. These tours are free to all students studying with us in England …

Due to her enthusiasm, positive attitude, and engagement both in and out of the classroom, Chelsea has been nominated to be the first recipient of our Student Spotlight Award. We had the chance to speak with her and find out more about her study abroad…

Culture shock is not a foreign concept  Well...technically speaking it is. The phrase is often used to describe the different stages of adjusting to a new environment. For instance, within the first few weeks you might go from absolutely loving everything…

Spring orientation is done! After months of preparation and anticipation, over 3 ½ weeks in January we welcomed nearly 300 students, on 25 different programmes heading to locations all over London, England & Wales for their Arcadia orientation. I…

Though orientation is not yet over, many of you have settled in to your programmes – with us at Arcadia, in London, or further afield – having absorbed the newness of your surroundings, and the deluge of information that we have shared. Now that you…

This Spring, you each have the opportunity to visit the Tower of London - one of London's leading attractions. Not only is the Tower beautiful, but it is laden with over 1000 years of history. You will learn about the Yeomen, about the ravens, the white…