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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
Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Every night there is a students' event where students can enter for free and have cheap drinks. Bar Risa and Bar Med are two places not to be missed
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Living on campus allowed me to have the best experience I have ever had as I had the possibility to meet a lot of people and to live the real univeristy life.
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Personal comments
The university of Reading is very well organized and the University provided me with the best solution giving me a placement in an university hall.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
I had to cook for myself and to do my washing up. At the same time I have less time to spend at the telephone or in front of the TV.
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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
Cost savings available for student in opening a banck account, nightlife, food. Students can live quite well with few money.
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Academic
Course recommendations
All courses are well structured as they have both practical and theoretical approaches. I enjoyed very much the Business Finance class.
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
Live the experience day per day without thinking it is going to finish..
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
A good university where you can attend very good courses. In the same time you have time to work as it is very easy to get a job in UK.
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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
A very well located university that offers hundreds of opportunities in sports activities, social life, and studies.
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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: Basic phrases
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Eramsus programme was the breaking point of my life as allowed me to open my mind and to discover great opportunities outside Italy.
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