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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
Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
- Best disco: BAMBOO
- Best pubs and restaurants: Merchant city area
- Best area: West end and the national museum there.
- Area better to avoid: east end, in particular deep east and north end
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
better location, closer to the university, cheaper
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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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
this experience was very important for my written and spoken english
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Academic
Course recommendations
attention to some courses if you catch the scottish teacher you could probably don't understand anything for the first lessons since you don't get used to the scottish accent.
Business and marketing courses are very good!!!
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
it's difficult to improve something like that, my suggestion would be create some integration moment between the foreigner students and the local ones, the only gap is this"distance"
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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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Expenses
Main source of funding:
A private grant
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Overall, Travel, Food:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Telephone, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
try to have a bank account in the country of your host university.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
many things that i discovered there after a while
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
advice people about the risk of the city, but Glasgow can be dangerous sometimes and somewhere even if you know the city
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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
great experience, i've improved my personal relation and university skills and i have made some great experiences there and i've met people that i can call "friends"
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