Universität Paderborn

The accomodation which was arranged for me was with fellow English speaking students and quite a distance from university. This was disadvantageous for getting to know the culture and as a result I found alternative living arrangements for the second part of the year. However, the system for arranging accomodation was efficient and very useful for a foreign student trying to find somewhere to live in a strange country.

Feuerstein- brilliant and inexpensive restaurant/pub- served great coffee. Hemmingways- brilliant cocktail bar for midweek entertainment.

Don't fly to Paderborn airport. Terrible record for losing luggage. Much quicker to get direct flight to Dusseldorf.

Do a TEFL course if possible. With this there are opportunities for teaching English.

More difficult to improve social German as so many events were with Erasmus society and thus with fellow exchange students.