Adam (UK) and Jaewon (South Korea) (01 of20)
Open Image ModalAdam: Jaewon was an exchange student originally from my friend’s university in Seoul, so we met through a mutual friend here in Sheffield.
Fazeela (Pakistan), Azeeza (India), Alice (France), Mari (Japan), Summer, Alex, Issac, Mari, Kuo(02 of20)
Open Image ModalFazeela:- Azeeza introduced me to the world of nationalities and great people.- Mari helped me make coffee and she was as excited about anime as I was.- Alice will be my French speaking partner and I love her for that.- And we all just stumbled upon Kuo :)- We all met Summer, Alex, Mari and Issac two minutes before the photo-shoot.
Daniel (Columbia) and Sarah (Scotland)(03 of20)
Open Image ModalWe are Daniel and Sarah from Colombia and Scotland. I am a recent graduate from the University of Sheffield while Sarah is still a student, studying Hispanic Studies here. We actually didn't meet at university but in Barcelona where we were both doing British Council Language Assistantships in 2012. I have lived in several countries around the world while Sarah has also moved about a lot within the UK. We have now been together in two countries and I'm sure there will be more, further down the line.
Megan and Khadija(04 of20)
Open Image ModalWe both met at the International Students’ Committee as the Media and Publicity Officers and we work very closely for ISC events. We Zumba together too!
Tanya (Taiwan) and Jenny (Taiwan)(05 of20)
Open Image ModalWe met each other through a friend at a tea party. We both come from Taiwan, but we met here!!
Inhyuk (South Korea) and Laura (UK)(06 of20)
Open Image ModalInhyuk: SUPER LOVELY PHOTO! THE BEST COUPLE!
Cally (UK) and Kamile (Lithuania)(07 of20)
Open Image ModalKamile: The most cheerful and shiny person - my lovely beautiful Cally! Love you very much!
Direnc (Turkey) and Ihab (Iraq)(08 of20)
Open Image ModalDirenc: One day, the person who was working at the reception in the English Language Teaching Centre directed me to the wrong class and I met with Ihab there for 5 minutes. He is from Iraq and I am from Turkey, so we are neighbours. He is my best friend.
Tiffany (China) and Cally (UK)(09 of20)
Open Image ModalWe met at One World Cafe, and have seen each other there every week since we met. We have also gone to the gym together, and made dumplings together for Chinese New Year. We have become really good friends really quickly!
Alice (France) and Mari (Japan)(10 of20)
Open Image ModalAlice: I'm from France and Mari is from Japan. We are flatmates and we really get along!Mari: I learned some french words from Alice, and she is a really enthusiastic learner of Japanese! :)
Tiffany (China) and Jana (Germany)(11 of20)
Open Image ModalPoppy (Spanish), Sara (Maldivian) and Oana (Romanian)(12 of20)
Open Image ModalWe are potential housemates, pancake pals, upstairs-downstairs neighbours, module friends, lunch society funding members....our stories mostly revolve around food!
Kun (China) and Desire (Zimbabwe) (13 of20)
Open Image ModalFun shot!
Galatia (Cyprus) and Amruta (India)(14 of20)
Open Image ModalWe met through the International Students Commitee and the University of Sheffield!
Bori (Bulgaria) and Alina (Turkey)(15 of20)
Open Image ModalWe are friends because we get on well, we do things together and we always end up having a good laug
Stathis (Greece) and Francesco (Italy)(16 of20)
Open Image ModalGulsah (Turkey) with her international friends(17 of20)
Open Image ModalCally (UK) and Yoon (South Korea)(18 of20)
Open Image ModalCally: I did a beginners module in Korean whilst at the University of Sheffield, and we had to sign up for a language partner. My assigned language partner never got in touch, so Yoon (who was friends with my friend’s language partner) offered to be mine. We've been friends ever since. It’s interesting learning about Korea, only the other day he was telling me how different Christmas is in Korea and how you spend the day out with friends compared to with family at home in the UK.
Scott (UK) and Wei Qiang (China)(19 of20)
Open Image ModalAzadeh (Iran) and Tamara (Germany)(20 of20)
Open Image ModalTamara: I'm from Germany and am lucky to have Azadeh, who is from Iran, not only as my colleague, but as my friend. Azadeh is one of the most generous people I know and she always treats me to some Iranian specialities which she buys in her specialist shops - mini cucumbers, fruit I hadn't come across before and other strange but (mostly) very tasty things....(with one exception...). I've also gained some insight into her culture and it's just great to have a friend and colleague who I can have a lot of fun and laughs with, and because we are both open minded, any cultural differences we may have, are an enrichment rather than pose a problem :-)Azadeh :I am so fortunate to have this opportunity to work with such a lovely colleague who was born in Germany and now living in the UK. I am trying to learn German (I am hopeless in learning new language!) but found out that some of the words they use, we already use them in Farsi, like autobahn - Her bubbly personality makes it easy for me to discuss and talk about each other’s culture and have a good laugh about it.I learnt and still learning from her not only work-wise but life-wise too. She was my mentor at work, patiently answered my questions even when she was very busy. Not only she is very kind and generous, she is very funny and I love her sense of humour. Her friendship is priceless to me....