University of Sunderland

it is necessary to have a british bank account (which is difficult, butthanks to my workplacement i also had an advantage) otherwise the banking fees taking money from a french bank account to aa british cash dispenser is very expensive

the university provide a lot of services such as sport, metro card, parties, travels. you should take advantage of all these services.

the advantage i had compared to other international students in sunderland is that i already spend two months in workplacement in Thetford (Cambridge/Norwich) UK were i couldn't speak a work of french, i had to use professional and technical vocabulary which made me learn faster. so i was very comfortable with my english when i came to sunderland, but i still improved it

The place called clanny house was a huge hall of residence. It was a safe place, with security gards, laundry,next to a supermarket, next to the metro station etc. It was really well located for innternational students, all the services needed for the everyday life were available in 5min walk.The apppartements were situated in a Flat shared between seven people (british as well as international), two bathrooms, three toilets, a kitchen, phone, electricity meter etc. It has been design to obliged the students to live together and make contact which is in my opinion the best way to get social.

the beach is the club were all the internatioanl students meet. it is small and the music is various. it is a very nice place for thursday nights (1£ entry). Otherwise, Manor Quay is much bigger but not as social for international, it's even hard to chat to someone. But good fun for the week end. Never go to the Q club