University of Salford

The accomodation is quite ok but Because I am a foreign student I do not have the facilities that English people do like bringing my PC or televison and stuff like that so...my room is quite empty to say so. The accomodation is not that clean and the area where the university accomodation is... is in a very bad area. I do like University of Salford but I don´t like where the university is. And this is the main problem of that University. The solution is moving away from Salford but...that means living far away from Uni.

Manchester is a very big city so...there is plenty of stuff to do. Night life is quite exiting because you can go out clubbing every night if you want to! That´s really cool. As I said before thought I live in Salford it only takes me 15 minutes walking to get to Manchester center. The are plenty of clubs to go but it depends on which kinda music do you like. For example I do like salsa, hip hop, R&B, rap, soul... you know, all this kind of stuff. So... I tend to go to "Ponana! or "Havana" or "Copa Cabana" or "La tasca" but if you do like house or techno don´t worry...you have a huge variety of places to go. Best cafe... mmmmm I would say "Cafe Nero" it is very expensive but...it is worth it. "Starbucks" it is quite ok as well. Events or places... well..as you know in Mancehster there is Manchester United so... if you do like football you cannot miss to go to "Trafford Center". Filmworks is a chain of cinemas and it is really cool to go there. As student you have discounts from monday to thrusday so... it is good going there or to the Theatre. In Manchester there are plenty of restaurants from eveywhere. China town is where all the chinesse restauyrants are but... it is very expensive. Manchester is full of Italian restaurants and the food is great... I do like a very small italian restaturant called "Don Giovanis" and it is in Oxford Road, one of the main roads in Mancehster center... that restaurant it is very nice and the people who work there are very friendly...I go there for a meal very often. And... I think that this is all. Manchester is a very industrial city amnd the weather is crap, you knwo, cloudy and rainy but...it is ok. You get used ti it and...at the end...you love that city!

In UK travelling is expensive like anything there! Trains are more expensive than buses, they are very old and crap... but what can we do? Buses are quite ok and quite on time, but you never know! taxis... forget it! they are too expensive. I did travel around Uk and..it was expensive but..there are so many places to see, like Scotland... My God! that was really nice or...Wales or south of Engalnd... Bournemouth, Dover and of course: London. Advice? University of Salford have professionals where they help you to chose your carreer if you are confuse.They are great and more over, they try to help you to guide you where you should look for a job.

Cost-savingP^Not at all. As I pointed out before. UK is expensive so... if you want to study there you need a good grant or... your family have to be wealthy.

I was lucky. My Engish was wuite allright when I came to Manchester cause I did travell abroad a few summers before I started my second degree in UK. My English has improved so much since I came to Manchester though my English was quite ok when I first came. I am a quite open person so I didn´t have that much difficulties to get into the local people. I do work there and I do get on with the English culture now, after living there two years. It took me time to get used to it becsue I come from a very different counntry like Spain, Barcelona. But I survived! I really did.