Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour

that there was nothing to worry about, it would all be fine!

Academically good, excellent opportunity for learning language, activities good but absolutely no night life on campus. Accomodation at uni not to everyone's taste but all who wanted found flats in town.

I did spend more than at home but only because I did a lot more. Drinks in bars are the only things that are more expensive than in England.

Translation with english department very good - teachers competent and enthusiastic. History was challenging but very useful in terms of language. learnt a lot.

Uni life ressembles school a lot more in france, the teacher talks and the students write rather than the discussion based and smaller group seminars that are more current in england. But generally the courses were fine, it was the administration that was the problem. Registering process complicated when you have first arrived in a place and you are left to your own devices quite a lot although that was the fault of my home university as much as pau.

Because it's SO cheap and it means that then you have money for doing other things. But houses are more sociable as can have parties etc.