Hello! My name is Amelie Margout, I’m 20 years old and an international student from Germany. I came to the UK in September 2017 and started my studies at Bournemouth University and am now in my third and final year studying towards my undergraduate degree. I made the decision to come and study in England in January 2017 because I wanted to improve my English skills and experience living in the UK. I loved learning and speaking this language from a young age, when I started r

Ciao a tutti! Mi chiamo Alessia, ho 18 anni e in questo blog vorrei parlarmi della mia esperienza in UK. La mia permanenza qui a Bournemouth è stata resa possibile dal progetto Welcome+ al quale ho potuto aderire dopo aver superato un test selettivo. Sono arrivata in città il 14/07/2018 e sono stata accolta da un'host family che è da subito diventata la mia seconda famiglia. Uno degli aspetti più positivi di quest'esperienza è sicuramente il mio internship presso Student Work

I’m that girl that wants everything. I’m sure you know someone just like me or are one yourself! The main reason I came to the UK was to follow my gut and get a degree in what interested me. I’m not the first nor the last person to leave everything I know and go to study in a foreign country.. In my home country of Latvia, they dont offer that many subjects to study, so i knew that choosing to move to the UK would give me more options. I decided to go to Bournemouth Universit

Hello everyone!! My name is Paula. I am from Spain and I spent one of the best years of my life in Bournemouth. Once I finished my degree in Education at University in Spain, I thought it will be great for my career to go to the UK and improve my English. I really believe study abroad is the best way to learn a language. I already had experience living in another country: I spent my third year of college in Italy. Both experiences have been very important to build the person

I am the only British worker in Student Works and I come from a background of financial services and recruitment. Over the past 8 years I have worked in recruiting for schools, universities and businesses all across the UK with the help of great staff and business partnerships inside and outside of the UK. I welcome anyone to the UK who is looking to study or work here and overall improve their English language at the same time. Here in the UK we benefit from some great beach

The UK education system is flexible, so you can study in a way that suits your lifestyle and career aspirations. When you go to the UK you meet people from different nationalities, sharing their backgrounds and discovering new perspectives. In my own opinion I think that is really helpful and it will be a great experience for the rest of your life. Actually at the beginning could be quite difficult to make the decision to go abroad, is for this reason that agencies as Student

Ireland wants 15% of students at tertiary level to be international by 2020, which means current enrolment numbers need to grow by a third t

The gap year might be an important step in a person's life. This because you can understand and decide what you want to do in your future. The famous Gap Year usually starts after students finish high school, that's because the person is not sure about which University going into, where and how. Thus, the best option is travel around the world maybe learning a new language and a new culture in order to have fresh ideas at the end of the adventure. My own experience: Bournemou

Why do students decide to go to Malta instead of going to the UK? The only reason, from my research is the PRICE. We all know that Malta is cheaper than the UK. Accommodation, cost of life and the English courses are cheaper. Also, the weather is better in Malta than in England for sure and students prefer to spend the summer in a warm country than in a cold one. I cannot blame them for this decision but I think that if a student decides to start an English course is because

Hi everyone!! My name is Giulia and I am from Italy. In this article I want to tell you my story and how I think you should get ready for you adventure abroad. How to organise your language course? From my personal experience the best way to organise your language course is: preparing everything in advance. You should contact an agency like Student Works and talk to them about what you would like to do.  It is better if you let them organise your new adventure because the sta

Hi everyone! My name is Fran and I am currently doing an internship at Student Works LTD. Besides that I am spending 7 weeks at a host family, located in Bournemouth. A little bit about me: I am 18 years old, born in Germany (near Cologne) and I am learning English since I am 8 years old. Therefore I am on an advanced language level (C1). So, I am learning English for a decade now. One could say I have a thing for British English and the country itself. I am writing this beca