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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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
All of the academic life ocurred in English.However,to get through in everyday situations,French was really essential.I've been to France before so I mastered it already well at the arrival.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Too theorethical,we were studying at an advanced level with 1st year Phd. students.The classes of macroeconomics,microeconomics and econometrics were too mathemathical and did not provide us with the insight we were expecting.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
The whole programm is a Joint European Studies Programme. That is why we were moving each trimester from one University to the other.However,there were around twenty of us and during the 1st trimester we were divided into two groups.One studying in Staffordshire (UK) and ours in Lille.We would have preferred the courses to be unified for both terms, as our group studied something completely different than the one in the UK.Even though, the course names were exactly the same.
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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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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Definitely more,Slovakia's price level is at 50% of that in France.
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Food, Housing, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
I wasn't surprised as I've travelled a lot before,I got used to different costs in the western Europe.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I would have probably chosen the University in the UK if I were to apply again for this programm.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Be prepared for a lot of math!
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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
Get the reimburesemnt for your housing by C.A.F.
Lille is close to a lot of nice destinations,I visited the whole Belgium;Brugges,Gent,Brussels..,Netherlands,it was also only an hour from Paris,hour and half to London,two hours to Köln am Rhein.Perfect place to do travelling;-)
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
to live in the center and not to have to take the metro which only functioned until midnight
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Personal comments
It had both advantages and disadvantages,living in the students' dormitory allowed us to get to know a lot of people but we were far from the city, there was nothing in the campus, neither grocery stores,nor bars or newspaper stands
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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
As I said,the last metro was leaving the town at midnight,so if we wanted to stay out later,we had to wait until the morning or take the taxi,which is pretty expensive in France.However,I liked the bars at the rue Solferino,but after so much time I forgot their names.Anyway,each visit I had from my home country,I took to the bakery PAUL at Grande Place.
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