In this blog post, Amy Haidi shares a poem which represents the thoughts she had during her first term as a PhD student at the Faculty of Education in Cambridge. Amy also reflects on the joys and challenges of undertaking a PhD, highlighting how Cambridge is a special place for learning.

As storied and unique as Cambridge is, its collegiate system is perhaps simultaneously the most baffling, interesting, and worthwhile. Particularly as a foreigner, I had little idea how to go about selecting one, or what would come with being a member of a college. I was originally bemused by this system and thought little more of it than an idiosyncrasy of an eight hundred year old university. It was after my arrival that I came to understand its value and appreciate what it had to offer.