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4.18 / 5 based on 137 reviews
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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
nottingham castle, market square, the city center is pretty cosy.
discos- pitcher's and piano (worth a visit), dogma, ocean, oceana, mode...
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I prefer to have my own space a bit further from uni, and you have freedom of inviting friends home, doing parties...it is pretty much calmed.
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Personal comments
i contacted a property agency, housing is expensive in England! but uni accom can be almost the same or even more expensive. There's plenty of private accom in notts
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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
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
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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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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
-lessons are easy to follow
-quite hard to understnad english students!!! but it improves with time!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
telephone: it is obvious when u have to pay for it and not ur parents :P
housing: needs not explanation
nightlife: you use to go out more than at home
travel: during a year abroad you wish to do some tourism and transport is quite expensive
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Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
-difficulty to open a back account, the best bank for international students is HSBC
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