Old Boy Alexander Crowley (2022), pictured, is a 2025 recipient of the Churchie Foundation ‘Overseas Study Scholarship for Old Boys’. He recently attended the University of Liverpool and has penned the following recollections of his experience.

Last September, I embarked on my semester long exchange to the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. I was faced with new challenges, in a completely different environment but I look back and have no regrets. Being in the UK, I had complete access to the EU and surrounding British cities for low-cost weekend trips and balancing my studies. I undertook 3 subjects from the University of Liverpool business management discipline, focusing on broadening my knowledge on the international business front. Throughout my exchange I personally dealt with several challenges but overcame them as best I could. Through the support network of friends and my girlfriend I was able to push through the tough times and would highly encourage anyone seeking a life experience to embark on an exchange program. A highlight for me would be joining a university league, taking place every Thursday, the University of Liverpool came 8th in the UK in the USS student showdown. This is where I met some of my closest friends and will consider them friends for life, you can always find your group of people. Overall, the experience left me wishing I could have stayed longer, but returning home was a must as I enter my final year of business at QUT.

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