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alice s
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: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
At the beginning it was difficult to understand the native-english student because of their accent and slang. After a little bit of time, I've learned proper business English and at the same time I was able to speak with every people I met.
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Bogdan I
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I think living in a house with other international students is great, especially for a postgraduate.
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Personal comments
Places in university residences are quite a few, but they are good quality. But the offer of private sector is good, and is less expensive.
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jollo
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I worked, but it was illegal/cash in hand work
Personal spending habits
Things were just more expensive than at home also because of the english poung exchange rate at the time
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Telephone, Overall, Food, Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
They have charity travels that turn out to be almost for free and you also get to give quite some money to charity org.
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Nuria G
Overall
I wish I had known...
In England it can be hot as well!
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
You can find a great campus life, and meet people from all around the world!
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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
Staying one year in a foreign country is something everyone should you! It teaches you many useful things for your academic and for your social life.
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Pierre-François S
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
In Birmingham you can do all the sports you like. The rugby team is really good.
You can found arround the campus ( even inside) a lot of pub ( noisy ). For the For more quiet you can find sone pub in Edgbaston.
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“A bit disappointing”
Joukje B
United Kingdom, Graduate
Religion/Theology, 2019
Overall
Coming to Birmingham I had high expectations of the course, as the university is quite acclaimed. It seems, however, that the philosophy and religion department is very underrepresented and disorganised. Most teachers either have too many classes to handle each one properly or are researchers, who are not primarily interested in teaching. Moreover, for each session huge lists of recommended reading are available, leading to either students reading different things or nothing at all, which then stops the progress in class. My course, Politics & Religion, is relatively new which may account for the lack of structure.
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Pros
Interesting materials available
Cons
Hardly any guidance
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