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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 are so many pubs and clubs in the city centre: Time, Icon, Spoofer, etc
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because I had the opportunity to live with other students without being on campus where people were too young
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Personal comments
I and the other people in the flat had few problems at the beginning but with the aid of the accomodation office we sorted them out
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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 Uk is more expensive than Italy
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Academic
Course recommendations
I can't really say anything about courses cause I prepared my degree thesis when I was there. I used to stay in a office with phd students.
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
I didn't know that the flat was completely empty: I would have brought at least a fork and a knife.
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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's a good University especially for engineering
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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
As an exchange student I admit that life in swansea was great, but pay attention to the expensive life in UK. The most expensive things are probably tha accomodation and the means of transport: if you want for instance to take a train you'd better book it in advance to get a lower fare (Unfortunately it is impossible to buy train tickets from Italy, quite unfair cause from other European countries it is possible - e.g. Germany-).
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
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
After 2/3 months I started dealing with it pretty well
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