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Jaume M
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Well, Treforest is the hell of a tiny place. There are, though, five pubs, plus the pub and the disco in the students' union. Apart from that, there's nothing else in the town! Really, nothing else! The only thing you can do is take the train to Cardiff (20 minutes).
Anyway, the the disco in the students' union (Shaft's) is where you'll go out if you don't wanna spend the helluvalot of money going out in Cardiff (and coming back by cab = £15). The music is crap, but drinks are not especially expensive.
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Frederic D
Overall
I wish I had known...
The tuition fees are a pain...
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Don't go there for the sun, you would be disappointed. If you're ready to push your luck, there's plenty of activities to have and people to meet.
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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
Regarding travel: plan well in advance as discounts are quite a common thing.
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Ricardo V
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: Did not speak it
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Wonderfull, I had attended also to the course of Intermediate English for Business.
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Jaume M
Academic
Course recommendations
- Quality of courses: This uni is the UK's third best in business, but is really easy (I know a lot of people in business, they promise it). The uni is also good for Multimedia, Software engineering and Electronics. As for the whole branch of humanities (what I do), it's complete bullshit.
- Good things: Quite good technological equipments (loadsa PCs with scanners, CD recorders, color printers, Inet facilities...).
As far as the interaction with local students is concerned... well, I wouldn't like to generalise, but English and Welsh people do without foreign people. They are at home and they don't need people from abroad.
...maybe I shouldn't say this but... well, a friend of mine from Mauricius was really disappointment with the relationship with the locals because of racism! Shit!
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
There's no information for the student, the system is a bit chaotic.
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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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luca f
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
because life is more expensive in uk than in the rest of europe
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Travel, Housing, Overall, Food, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Overall
I wish I had known...
The terrible quality of food. Although is internationally known, I thought it would not be as bad as it was!!!
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Enjoy the campus facilities and the chance to experiment and work all day long!
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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
It was a long time ago! I don´t really know what to say... Just enjoy the TGI´s night and be happy!
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