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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Favorite club : Batchwood in St Albans (Student's night every Thursday), Best pub: The O'neils in St Albans, Watford shopping center is huge!
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Student rooms (on campus) are very small and it is noisy
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Personal comments
Acommodation staff are very friendly and welcoming. The security is good.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I wish I had known the cost of a journey to go to London (around £13 return)
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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
It is a huge university but staff are here to help and support students, as teachers are. I thought it was a bit to much theorical compared to my business school in France.
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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
To enjoy the social life, you must go to St Albans, and not in Hatfield. If you want to go to London, buy the day travelcard (£13 the day) because it is cheaper than taking a single ticket plus uderground tickets...
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Academic
Course recommendations
Keep your motivation up, even if you just have 10 hours of classes per week.There is a real need to work outside, on a weekly basis and read a lot around each module.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I had a part time job during the whole year, therefore I learnt new vocabulary. I can say, that I have the professionnal vocabulary, the academic one, and finally the student one!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
In England everything is at least twice more expensive than it is in France
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Housing, Overall, Nightlife, Food, Travel:
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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