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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Food and accomodation are definitely more expensive in England than in Germany; I did not travel or telephone much and had no own email-account in my house to pay; Nightlife is as well more expensive (often 5 pound entry e.g.) than here and normally you go out more than at home.
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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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
My English is a lot better than before. The language of the country and university are the same, what gave me the chance to concentrate on it. At the beginning it is really hard to get into the texts, if your english is as bad as mine at the beginning, but the teachers normally accept that and are considerate.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Yes, that you should take a vacation-term (Urlaubssemester) at your home-university!
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Nothing special.
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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
If you want to fly to Bristol, you should take a flight to Heathrow and than go by coach-bus. Its cheaper and less! complicated. You should only know at what station you should leave the coach-bus, but this problem you also have, if you fly to Bristol and than have to get a bus to town.
A notebook is very helpful. Working at the computers at the library is a little bit annoying. For email perfect because cheap, but for whole essays not a good choice.
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Academic
Course recommendations
No. It depends on your interests and normally you can ask for a change of course. Some did and whether you think a teacher or course is good you can't know before.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Concerning international students it may make sense to be able to attend graduate-seminars, because it is more similar to the way of studying here. It makes a great difference whether you are trained for a job or for academic purposes and the former is the aim of an undergrate study in England.
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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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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
The Bierkeller is nice and there are a lot other Pubs and Clubs, you can choose as well dependently from where you live.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
You're able to learn to know other students but are at the same time independent (own room, without duty to adapt to a families way of life).
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Personal comments
There is an accomodation-meeting in August before the term, where you can choose other new students to live with and find a house. The adress of my accomodation I found by hints of the student, who went to Bristol the year before. I did not know the persons, with whom I lived together then, so it was luck that it worked very well.
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