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Academic
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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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
Because life in general is far more expensive in UK than in Spain. Food was specially costly since there were not many supermarkets or big stores around so there was only a place to go and shop and obviously, prices were higher due to lack of competence.
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Housing, Travel, Overall, Food, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
There´s quite a lot of slang, which I got the chance to learn because I used to live with local students. At the beginning it was a bit hard to understand every single word cause they speak really fast.
The language spoken by teachers at University was standard so this obviously made understanding a lot easier.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
The miserable weather. It poured with rain every single day of my stay.
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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
Getting to Know the staff, local and international students was a brilliant and rewarding experince. I had the time of my life.
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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
The international students organization worked pretty well in the sense that it organised lots of day trips or visits to places like Scotland.
There´s a wide range of clubs to join. I signed up for the Irish Dancing club, where I was taught how to dance Irish set dancing. They also organised trips to other regions to dance in pubs or Ceilis.Lots of fun!
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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
There´s always somewhere to go everynight.
There used to be student parties at The Anchor in Portrush( a nearby town) on Mondays as well as at Rogues on Friday nights.
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Housing
Type of housing: Headleased accommodation
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Personal comments
In my view, chosing to live on campus or independently, either in head-leased accommodation or in appartments in nearby towns very much depends on your age. The Halls of Residence, on Campus, were mainly for freshers or young international students; under 19.
Head-leased accommodation or private houses owned by University and some of them located on campus were basically full of postgraduate students and mature students, which was my case. At the time, I was 23 years old and most of my neighboors and housemates were of the same age.
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