2025 UK Adventures Blog

Today the Brown Scholars took a trip by coach to Oxford University. After having breakfast with the group, all of us proceeded to a coach bus to Oxford. On the way, we received an overview of the tour for the day and a brief foray in the history of Oxford by our tour guide. The […]

Howdy! The day began as any other on the trip, an insufficient amount of sleep, a rushed breakfast, and a short ride on the tube to class. As we poured into the classroom and took our seats, we prepared to listen to our final lecturer, Lucas Villegas-Aristizábal, and his class on the history and role […]

Top of the morning to ya! We awoke this fine London day with money on our minds. We boarded the Tube to class, but some of us accidentally boarded the Eastbound train across the platform, so they were a little later to arrive. Today’s session covered the institution that circulates our money, more specifically the […]

Howdy! Today was another fantastic day in London. We started the day off with a filling breakfast. After that, we headed to class at the Richmond American University to learn about today’s subject, the UK political system! Taught by an excellent professor, we learned about the division of Parliament into two houses, the House of […]

Howdy from London! Today has been an absolutely wonderful day!! Today, we got to wake up slightly later and recharge from our free time the previous night. We started off with classic English breakfast in the hotel lobby from 7:30-8:30 a.m. The fruit in London is so amazing! We had the classic British breakfast and […]

Howdy Brown family! Today we woke up bright and early with an ancient and iconic destination, Stonehenge. After arriving, we took a walk around the stones. We learned some of its facts and history, such as the heel stone following the rays of the sun into the inner stones, and the many burial mounds housing […]

Howdy! Today was our first full-day in London! We started off the day with an early breakfast, with half of us eating at 6:30 a.m. and the other half at 7:30 a.m.. Then, we got a brief tour of our surrounding areas and the Tube. We learned about the train system and how to use […]

Howdy! Today, we woke up early to leave for our day trip to York and travel to the ultimate destination of our trip— the great city of London. We began our day by checking out of the Pollock Halls of Residence and taking a bus to Waverley Station. Goodbye, University of Edinburgh! On the train […]

Howdy! It was another beautiful day in Edinburgh, Scotland. Today was our last day of class at the University! We finished off our course on leadership and sustainability with our project presentations. In the past few days, each group of students has put together either a social action campaign, social enterprise, or intrapreneurship presentation to […]

Howdy! Today was the penultimate day of classes here at the University of Edinburgh, and that can only mean one thing – preparing for presentations! But before that happened, we had a brief chat with Dr. Nic about the distinctions between strength, force, and power. It all tied into what we had been learning in […]