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Evelien C
Arteveldehogeschool, Gent, Belgium
Education, Secondary, Graduate, Erasmus
Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Best pubs: Robinsons, try the Oddysea with a lot of clubs. If you go to Dublin for Saint Patricks, try to get on one of the buses that go specially. They aren't too expensive but you get back in Belfast by 22 o'clock, still some to time to party in eg the Student's Union
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Evelien C
Arteveldehogeschool, Gent, Belgium
Education, Secondary, Graduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: Bostock House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Bostock House
Why?
It's great to be all together with the other Eramsus students in one building, all though sometimes the lack of basic facilities can be hard.
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Personal comments
The warden isn't the nicest person, and sometimes the other inhabitants of the building can be a pain in the neck. If you manage to keep your head cool (and don't start thinking you live in the Big Brother house) you'll be fine.
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Evelien C
Arteveldehogeschool, Gent, Belgium
Education, Secondary, Graduate, Erasmus
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
At first, even for students of English, the language is really difficult, but after a little while you get used to it and you pick it up very easily.
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Evelien C
Arteveldehogeschool, Gent, Belgium
Education, Secondary, Graduate, Erasmus
Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Evelien C
Arteveldehogeschool, Gent, Belgium
Education, Secondary, Graduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Life is more expensive in general, you also do more things than normally at home (you go out more, you travel more, ...)
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Evelien C
Arteveldehogeschool, Gent, Belgium
Education, Secondary, Graduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
The Irish really take their time to organise something, sometimes that really bothered me.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It's great fun but I didn't really learn a lot about teaching...
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
It's great to be in Bostock and when you get home, you really have the 'Bostock blues'.
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