{"id":81,"date":"2025-08-18T02:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T01:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/mengmeng-zhang\/?p=81"},"modified":"2025-08-20T19:37:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:37:31","slug":"learning-and-living-student-journeys-across-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/mengmeng-zhang\/2025\/08\/18\/learning-and-living-student-journeys-across-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning and Living: Student Journeys Across Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>By Mengmeng Zhang<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent decades, the UK has become one of the world&#8217;s most popular destinations for international students, and Newcastle is a city that blends a rich history with a vibrant student community. For many students from around the world, studying here is not just about attending classes and earning a degree, but also about exploring new cultures, finding a sense of belonging and redefining identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This feature explores how students experience life across national boundaries, offering reflections from educators and young people who share their personal journeys of adaptation, challenge, and discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Press play below to hear their stories in their own words!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Learning and Living: Student Journeys Across Borders\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gd5kgQiFXjg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/disclaimer\/\"><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mengmeng Zhang In recent decades, the UK has become one of the world&#8217;s most popular destinations for international students, and Newcastle is a city&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/mengmeng-zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/mengmeng-zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/mengmeng-zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/mengmeng-zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/mengmeng-zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/mengmeng-zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/mengmeng-zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/mengmeng-zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/mengmeng-zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}