‘Wow, I am in London!’

Yann Ling: There is so much more to the whole tertiary experience, including learning how to overcome the challenges that come with it.

LAST year, as the Covid-19 pandemic was still raging, I found myself booking a one-way flight to a country more than halfway across the world.

Filled with trepidation and excitement at the same time, I packed my bags and headed for the United Kingdom to study engineering and architectural design at the Bartlett School of Architecture in University College London.