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3.99 / 5 based on 135 reviews
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Virginie G
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
I wanted to enjoy as much as possible my experience abroad. That's why I spent quite a lot in travelling (I visited lots of places in United Kingdom), I also went out a lot to meet people again and again, I think it is the best way to improve your social life. On the other side i used to try to minimize my expenses in other categories like clothes, telephone...
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Nightlife, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Overall, Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Not really, I knew England would be more expensive but I think Leeds is quite a cheap place compared to other cities in UK
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Christin W
Housing
Type of housing: Student Halls
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because you can choose the people you live with although I had luck with my housemates the year abroad.
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Personal comments
Everything was well organised. There were no problems with finding a room. The flats were fully furnitured and equipped. Also, there were additional services like shops, a pub and laundry on the area of the student halls. Shopping facilities could be reached within 5 minutes. The only disadvantage was the longer way to the campus and to town.
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Christin W
Overall
I wish I had known...
I wish i wouldn´t have sended so much stuff to England as it was even more expensive to send it all back after the year abroad.
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In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
You have to open for team work, like working in an international environment, and be able to concentrate on the study even if the nightlife/social life is that awesome.
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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
Leeds is near to a lot other famous cities in the north of England, like Liverpool, Manchester or York. Scotland is also not far away and worth to visit for a weekend by car and walk in the mountains and green untouched landscape. Unfortunately there are no low cost airlines flying to the airport in Leeds/Bradford. But from London to Leeds it´s about 5-6 hours by bus. Also, traveling by the coach (national express) is a lot cheaper than by train!
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IRENE R
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
bECAUSE i HAD A GOOD TIME THERE, THOUGH I WOULD PREFER NOT TO LIVE WITH ENGLISH STUDENTS BUT WITH INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS SINCE MY ENGLISH FLATMATES WERE NOT VERY COMUNICATIVE.
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Personal comments
IT WAS GOOD: IT WAS SITUATED IN THE CITY CENTRE(MORE OR LESS)AND THE HOUSE WAS QUITE BIG.HOWEVER I THINK THAT IT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE(AT LEAST FOR A SPANISH CITIZEN)
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Bjørn-Terje E
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
When we first arrived you anly have limited things with you, mostly clothing. Therefore we had to buy a lot of household goods in order to get properly settled.
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Food, Telephone, Overall, Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Try to thing of one £ as 12 NOK, then some things will not look as cheap as you might think. Compared to Norway the prices are pretty much the same.
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Bjørn-Terje E
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because it force you to live an everyday life, where you have to visit the supermarket and sign up for different agreements e.g. regarding electricity and heating. You will need to make a bigger effort in trying to settle doww, which will give you some good experience and understanding of things work.
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