Universities in the U.K.“To date Britain is the most favored destination of overseas students, with a current total of over 60,000 Chinese students.”

-www.china.org.cn

Contents

•Living in the UK.

•Choosing a University.

•Living and working at university.

Living in the UK - Opinions

•What opinions do you already have about the UK?

•Where did you hear them?

Living in the UK - Differences

•People▫Open-minded.▫Liberal.▫Friendly.

•Culture▫People do as they like▫Polite▫Conservative

Living in the UK - Differences"Young people get drunk – the behaviour would

be frightening.“

"I hate the teenage people with little education, gathering around, holding booze, talking rubbish.“

"Fighting in the street, drunken hooligan.“

"Gentle country not true, too many drunk people, terrible young people everywhere."

Living in the UK - Differences“I liked the way everyone said please and thank you all the time.”

“We were pleasantly surprised by the politeness and friendliness they encountered. We couldn't quite believe it when a car stopped at a pedestrian crossing for us.”

“I stopped to ask the way and the people asked took them me to the place I wanted to find.”

Choosing a University• Academic – students

are not granted degrees for anything other than their academic ability.

• Focussed – You will be required to study only the subject that you choose.

• Single Subject – British degrees are usually only a single subject e.g. Chemistry BSc.

Choosing a University1. Oxford2. Cambridge3. Imperial College London4. London School of Economics5. University College London6. Loughborough7. Bristol8. Warwick9. Bath10.Durham

Living and Working at University

O xfordC ambridgeI mperial CollegeL oughboroughB ristolW arwickBa thD urham

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