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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
It is the best place to gain experience in British culture as I could live with local students
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Personal comments
The house I lived was awesome because I lived with four British students and therefore was able to integrate with them and experience the real british student life. Facilities are sufficient for an exchange student, very considerate and thoughtful of the University housing service.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Everything in England is more expensive than in Holland. And I got a little out of control as well because I would only stay there for a short period of time (5 months)
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Overall, Nightlife, Housing, Travel, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Buy thing from Supermarkets rather than anywhere else.
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Academic
Course recommendations
More choices of courses could have been offered. Was difficult to integrate with the local students I met in the campus as they're in their last year of study and already had their circles of friends.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Perhaps more work could have been assigned to groups rather than individuals
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
Information on monthly expense of the student life in England
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
More social event could have been organised for Erasmus students so that we could get together and share our experience
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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
Book tickets(coach,train,flight) more than one month in advance, it saves you between 50% and 500% of the fare( train ticket from Leeds to London,£10 if booking early via Internet, £65 if buying from the rail station)
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
At the beginning it was difficult to understand all kind of British accents and slangs. But things eased up quickly as time passed by.
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