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Category Archives: Studies
Why you should study International Law and Human Rights
There are several questions that I have received since the beginning of my journey with regards to the International Law and Human Rights master’s programme at the University of Tartu. Hence, I decided to highlight some of the important aspects … Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, General, Studies
Tagged career, Estonia, student life, studies, Tartu
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How uncanny sounds make ghost tours spookier
Ghost tours exist within the nebulous categorisation of dark tourism, which is characterised as visiting sites of death and catastrophe as a leisure pursuit. As grim as this might sound, ghost tours are consistent across the international stage in making … Continue reading
Posted in Humanities, Research, Studies
Tagged folkloristics, ghost tours, haunting, master's project, Master''s, master's thesis, sounds, spooky
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Every student’s nightmare – group work. How to make the most of it?
“I simply hate it. Every time I see it coming up, I literally panic!” You might think that such reactions relate to a painful medical procedure, but, in fact, students have expressed these thoughts regarding something much more common: group … Continue reading
Posted in Studies
Tagged group work, guide, learning, learning experience
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How robots can guide us safely through the pandemic
The World Health Organization has recommended that to cut the chain of Covid-19 transmission, people should keep social distance and avoid touching surfaces in public places. The question is: how we can manage our lives in a way that reduces … Continue reading
Posted in Natural and exact sciences, Research, Studies
Tagged COVID-19, healthcare, robotics, robots
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Would you clone your dog?
In 2017, my cohorts and I became the first students for the newly developed Folkloristics and Applied Heritage Studies master’s programme. After a few false starts, I finally found my project topic when I heard that American celebrity Barbara Streisand … Continue reading
Posted in Humanities, Research, Studies
Tagged cloning, dog, folkloristics, MOOC, pet, Udemy
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Switching from average success in Moscow to opportunities in Tartu
I have lived all my life in Moscow, the huge, metropolitan city of 15 million. I got my bachelor’s degree in geography at Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2008 and my master’s degree in geography at the same place in 2010. … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Estonia, Student life, Studies, Tartu
Tagged Austria, Erasmus, geoinformatics, GIS, internship, Moscow
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Anything but usual: My Erasmus stay in Tartu
It all started at the very first exam of my master’s studies. After the end of the exam, I asked my professor for a recommendation of a good place to go to an Erasmus+ study stay – somewhere I could … Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Student life, Studies, Tartu
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, Czech Republic, Erasmus, Erasmus experience, Tartu
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