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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
Nightlife, Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
My favourite nightspots where the Zanzibar, which is a famous club in Leicester, in the city center, which had cool theme nights, but it was mainly because a lot of students of De Monfort use to go there on wednesday nights.
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
I would live on campus again, because as a first year student, I find it is the easiest way to meet other students, and to know people other than students from your course. It is also a very interesting experience on a personal point of view, as you do not choose who you live with.
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Personal comments
My housing in University was in a new hall. We were ten girls sharing a kitchen and two bathroom. We had a very big and clean kitchen, and small rooms, with only the necessary furniture but it was more than sufficiente. My halls were located between the city center and the University, so it had an ideal situation.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Nice university, new building and materials. Student union not as good as can be student unions in other universities of England.
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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 is a nice student city to go to, but there is not much to do other than going out in pubs/bars/clubs. No cultural things to do for a little change, the movies are very far. So make sure you can go home once in a while.
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Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
I think that De Monfort University is not a university where many foreign student go to, which makes the social integration a little difficult for those who do not have a very level of english at first.
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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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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English
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
My level of english was alreday high as I had been living in english speaking countries for a long time, but I had never been in a environment where English was the only language spoken. More than the language, I gained fluency, and knowledge on the Eglish culture and way of life.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Housing, Food, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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