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4.09 / 5 based on 272 reviews
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Margaret M
Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Nightlife, Travel, Activities: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Headingly Starbucks. Really nice people. And Opposit cafe.
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Margaret M
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
All sorts of problems with facilities. Toilets that didn't work, bills that were past tenents. Need Uni protection. Had none
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Personal comments
As an international student you are treated in the worst way by the community. I was paying so much for a flat without the basics. I mean no running water. and 500 pounds a month. But I hear uni housing isn't much better.
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Margaret M
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Language was fine for me. But for peer who did not speak English it was a nightmare!
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Margaret M
Academic
Course recommendations
Stay away from social sciences, development students, disability studies, sociology, social policy all of it aweful at Leeds!
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
No one cares about you. No help or guidence at all. If you are international it doesn't matter. You need to write a British paper and no one is going to tell you how to do that even if it would be simple for them to do so.
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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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Margaret M
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Other
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings<br>
A private grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Everything is so expensive. I was paying 20 pounds a week for gas in the winter. 80 pounds per 3 months for electric. 40 pounds a month for phone. Aweful. Food too!
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Telephone, Travel, Food, Overall, Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Don't rent private!
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Margaret M
Overall
I wish I had known...
I wish I had known my uni didn't care about my welfare, that I would not be listened to as an international student, that my course was rubbish, and that Leeds is a racist city.
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In my opinion:
Stay home.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
I highly recommend aginst it!
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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
Please don't come here. I hear that there are many good uni's in the Uk. Leeds isn't one of them.
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