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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
The City of Edinburgh is so small that everyone finds his/her favourite place. There is social life for every taste (pubs, clubs, theatre, cinema, events, etc.)
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Housing
Type of housing: With an old landlady
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: With a family
Why?
Because you learn most when you are integrated into a family life. I am too old to live in a student-flat.
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Personal comments
In general very good - enough offers, especially for student flats.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I had no problems at the uni in regard to understand the lecturers but to understand students was sometimes impossible. There were no real social contacts between natives and international students.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Britain is a more expensive country than Austria.
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Overall
I wish I had known...
To find a good accomodation via internet was rather difficult. To understand all abbriviations was almost not possible.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Offer a network (meetings, etc.) between natives and international students.
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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
Everything was well organised by the department, the international student office and the university clubs & societies.
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Academic
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Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
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