Reviews of St Mary's College of Education | United Kingdom

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kathleen v

Katholieke Hogeschool voor Lerarenopleiding en Bedrijfsmanagement, Ghent, Belgium
Education, Secondary, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

The history courses given by Peter Collins and Brian Feeney are great. I'm very interested in history and I could listen to them for hours. I heard the same positive comments on their teaching from my fellow Erasmus students. Other classes were sometimes rather boring, but if you ask so, I think you can arrange your own timetable and put in the subjects you find interesting. Somehow we managed to do so :) My mentor was Frank Quinn. The man never had much time, but he was always there for us when we needed him and he was extremely nice. The library is very accessible and the computer-lab is well equipped. Being in Northern-Ireland you should also take a religion course, just to see how it's given there. The difference between their view on religion and ours in Belgium is striking.

My academic experiences

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Interaction with local students

Personal comments

The only thing that was not convenient was the fact that we arrived in the middle of a term and left in the middle of another one. That way we weren't able to follow courses from start to end.

My opinion of the university assessment

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Evelien C

Arteveldehogeschool, Gent, Belgium
Education, Secondary, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

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Personal comments

Best pubs: Robinsons, try the Oddysea with a lot of clubs. If you go to Dublin for Saint Patricks, try to get on one of the buses that go specially. They aren't too expensive but you get back in Belfast by 22 o'clock, still some to time to party in eg the Student's Union

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Eferanka

Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Education, Secondary, Graduate, Erasmus

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

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Overall

Personal comments

It improved very well. In the beginning it's rather hard to understand the accent, but it'll be better after a few weeks, especially after a period of teaching practice.

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