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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Travel, Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Chapel Street, Brunswick Street in town.
The Not Pub down the highway near uni.
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Housing
Type of housing:
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Being in an apartment/house makes you feel more intergrated in the town. You actually feel like you live there and not just on exchange.
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Personal comments
The house was for exchange students and it was great fun to live with people from different places. The house was great compared to the accomodation you get in London. We were well looked after.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
I spent less because I had the Pound to rely on against the Australian dollar. I had a very good exchange rate.
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Housing, Overall, Travel, Telephone, Food, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Cost saving tips: make sure you have a good exchange rate and then you can do anything!
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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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I picked up on a lot of Aussie lingo!!
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Perhaps having known how it easy it could have been to buy a second hand car I would have changed my Italian license to an international one and brought with me a bit more money to invest in a car to travel around in as the distances in Australia are very big.
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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
Very strongly if someone were to study Media/Photography.
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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
no, it was a great experience and it made me more confident in what I want to do!
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Academic
Course recommendations
As I did Media courses, compared to the ones at my home universtiy the ones at Deakin are very good as they are very practical. The courses also vary between New Media like web page design courses to traditional photography and film courses. Very good as students can choose an area of media and follow it through.
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My academic experiences
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