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( What is the most important thing you learnt from life abroad? )
How old are you? !bl Koniioean1
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· 26-30
· 31+
What is your gender?
e male e female e other
e prefer not to say
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Which country are you from? !bl Koniioean,
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Norway
China
Egypt Kosovo Morocco Saudi Ukraine
Hong kong Mauritania Palestine Saudi Arabia p...
What programme are you studying at ONCAMPUS?
53 Bi.QnOBi.Qi
lbl Koniioean1
What is your pathway at ONCAMPUS?
53 Bi.QnOBi.Qi
Why did you choose UK for studies?
53 ei.Qnoei.Qi
Education quality Better education Prospective
Better opportunities High quality Education
The teaching quality is good. I live here
Better resource
because it has good education
e UFP - Undergraduate Foundation Programme
e MFP - Masters Foundation Programme
e IFP - International Foundation
Programme
e IY1 - International Year One
lbl Koniioean1
e Business
e Humanities e Life Sciences e Engineering
53 Bi AnOBi Ai
Because it has good education
Because it offered exactly what i wanted
It gives opportunities to achieve a quality education and build successful career Because I love clubs here
Advanced education and great for student life Immigration
High quality of studying
Cause the education quality here is high for high quality education
Why did you choose UK for studies?
53 BiAnOBiAi
Because I want to study in English and Uk it's known for the quality of the study Different experiences
Because my sister study here before me because of better opportunities
High quality education To get good jobs
Easy to come
Better education, closer to my home country Beautiful
( Why did you choose UK for studies? )
The best option for courses of my interest Magnificent opportunities after studies
Uk is one of the best countries in the world Cuz better degree than the ones in Saudi Because it has quality education
First of all, I wanted to improve my English, to be more comfortable whether it was spoken or written. In addition , I was interested in the program offered in economics at universities
For education Good education
Mv oarents told me so
Why did you choose UK for studies?
Best country for education
It is said to be high-quality education here It is closer to my country than the US Family
Because I like London Perfect quaIity of education Quality of education Opportunities
Family
Why did you choose UK for studies?
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Quality of education Opportun ities Family
Good quality education, opportunities and also to meet new people and live in a new environment From my perspective business studies are better in UK
Best universities
Good and quality educat ion system
the flexibility of choice that allows internat ional student to lend academic and vocational courses Cultural diversity with many oversea students
What was your first impression about life in UK?
53 BiAn OBi Ai
Slightly different from how I used to live in Saudi , food is worse and weather is four seasons during one day Weather is not that nice
Weather is awfu l it was good Pretty good
Lots of things to do
Life in UK might be hard sometimes but when you adapt wit h it, it will be easier The life that I always wanted
Hard to live in
How many extra hours do you study per week? (outside of timetable lessons) tCJ Konitosan,
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5 (9,4%)
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2 (3,8%)
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2 (3,8%) 2 (3,8%)
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1 hour 14-17 hours 3 4-8 hours 8 Depends but 4-5
10-12 2-3 4 5-6 10
Do you think you study more in UK than in your home country because of the language barrier?
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tCJ Konitosan1
What was your first impression about life in UK?
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Amazing Expensive Exciting Neutral
dreams come true Adventurous expen sive Diversity
Free
What was your first impressionabout life in UK?
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very weird Very good
I loved that people minded their own business I'm satisfied )))
No sunlight
Different from what I expected Expensive and interesting Pretty depressing
everything is expensive even though qualities are not good
( IQ Koniioean1 ) ( Wh at do you find mos t cha lle nging i n life abroad? )
homesickness weather conditions
fitting in
food variety studying in English making friends
living in a student accommodati.. .
scanning ID in clubs(((-- 1 (1,9%)
Broke-- 1 (1,9%)
Living with a roommate-- 1 (1,9%)
Cost of living -- 1 (1,9%)
None-- 1 (1,9%)
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13 (24,5%)
13 (24.5%)
13 (24,5%)
11 (20 .8%)
22 (41,5%)
20 (37,7%)
0 5 10 15 20 25
What was your first impressionabout life in UK?
Very expens ive
There's always something to do I was excited
very good
Many people from different countries there is a divers ity Life here is not fast
Incredible Fun Happy
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making friends |
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28 (52,8%) |
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studying |
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9(17%) |
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adapting to the environment |
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19 (35,8%) |
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living by your own |
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22 (41,5%) |
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weather conditions |
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12 (22,6%) |
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food variety |
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14 (26,4%) |
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( IQ Konit0ean1 ) ( What was the easiest part of life abroad? )
Get my own cat 0
1 (1,9%)
o 10 20 30
What was your first impression about life in UK?
Organized and peaceful society I loved it
Didn't like it a lot at first , but got used to it Very bad
It was nice and chill
I really enjoyed it because there is really a cultural diversity, all nationalities mingle withou t worry here in England . In addition, people are listening, if you need information they help you.
Very good Busy life Depressing
What is the most important thing you learnt from life abroad?
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Independence Discipline Independence Rely on yourself
my life depends on me know more cultures
Manage my economy, it's hard...
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Independent
What is the most important thing you learnt from life abroad?
53 BiAnoBiAi
Independence and relaying on myself Cooking
independence How to cook
What it feels to be thrown out of your dream life Communication with foreign language
I'm really accountable for my choices Happy
Prioritizing what's best for me
self independence Self independence
To get out of your comfortable zone
It is important to analyse situation and be confident with your decisions Don't bring important stuff to clubs
To value every moment Rely only on yourself
There are so many different people around the world Self reliance
What is the most important thing you learnt from life abroad?
You need to be independent Yo live alone
To trust me that sometimes living alone is complicated, but to do that you have to keep busy, organize your tasks and have time for yourself but above all know how to li sten to yourself.
Be independent
That you should know how to manage things by your own How to manage finance
Rely on myself only
Being independent on my decisions Disc ipline
( What is the most important thing you learnt from life abroad? )
Disappointment
They were consistent, because London really represents that cultural diversity whether it's through the predominantly Indian neighborhood, the other Asian neighborhood, and finally there's a neighborhood where Jamaican culture dominates. People are attentive and helpful
It's met my perceptions
I was expecting there to be lots of things to do but not so the case They was the same
my education is as demanding as I imagined Is it very different from my perceptions
It was very different from my perception
How do your experiences relate to your perceptions when you arrived?
My experiences made me more independent and allow me to adapt to new environments more easily boring
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4 out of 5 Bit below than expections but yeah still good
The lifestyle was like I imagined it would be Keep
I feel that it's met my expectations Disappointment
They were consistent, because London really represents that cultural diversity whether it's through the oredominantlv Indian neiahborhood. the other Asian neiahborhood. and finallv there's a neiahborhood where
( How do your experiences relate to your perceptions when you arrived? )
Same Good
Up to my expectation
Quite Good! I have a wonderful time here in London 0
they really didn't
They dont relate to anything i imagined because I thought everything would be harder than it really is Difficult question
Illusions faded It was nice
On the scale of 1-5 how you rate life abroad? (1- really bad, 5- really good) [bl Koniioean,1
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( 0 (0 % ) 1 (1 , 9 % ) )30
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What are your plans after completing your degree?
· find job in UK
e go back to home country e apply for masters degree e Succeed
[bl Koniioean,
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self reliance
You're only one responsible for you Manage my finances
You should be able to get out from your comfort zone
Life can be really hard if you don't manage to do things on time
To be independent
You need to deal with your problems by your own good communication skills
Problem solving and a sense of responsibility