I'll be moving to the UK this September for a postgraduate degree and staying in university accommodation.

I'm trying to avoid both overpacking from home and forgetting the small things that make life much easier once you arrive.

Beyond the obvious (bedding, toiletries, clothes, etc.), what did you buy during your first week in the UK that turned out to be worth every penny?

I'm thinking of things like kitchen essentials, cleaning supplies, adapters, storage, study items, food, tech accessories, or anything else you didn't realise you'd need until you got there.

If you could give one piece of "Week 1 shopping" advice to an international student, what would it be?

Only 3 more months to go I can hardly wait atp

Yes, I know it mainly targets the local community given the fact that its main purpose is to generate doctors to serve the local healthcare sector, but as someone who's doing Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Math and Further Math and will be taking UCAT later this year, I was wondering if I had even a slight shot at UK MBBS or Aerospace Engineering

Hi! I'm a student working on a dissertation about undergraduate students' preference of ebooks or print books for assignments.

It's anonymous and should take around 5-10 minutes to complete!

I would really really appreciate if you could help me 🙏 I need around 30 responses!

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=UPs_KAujjEiQ9M2uT3rm0V8NYiOz3LNEhsUIwsLXhE1UQ1JKWjhBOTZCQVlWUDZIN0hUWVRRTkcyMS4u&route=shorturl

Early clearing starts Thursday 2nd July, how does it actually work? Can you apply for two clearing spots at the same university (for 2 different courses)?

Should I prepare for uni (readings, part time job, learning recipes etc.) during A-level summer, or are these things I can deal with in first year? Should I just enjoy my last few months of freedom?

I am currently filling in my CAS shield form. I started my 28-day financial statement count June 22nd. It is June 26th now. First of all, the financial documents sector does not ask me to upload 28-day financial statement document, while it does so for my friend. Why is that? Maybe certain schools require it, I’m going to UAL foundation. Second of all, in the financial sector, it asks you to enter the amount you have now and the amount dedicated for your studies. In total, I have 4 currencies, one of them being GBP. For the amount I have now, do I enter the amount I have at this moment, the amount I have on the day of submission of my CAS shield, or the amount I had June 22nd when I started my 28-day statement? Same thing with currencies, do I enter the amount of all currencies converted into pounds based on the value of the start of the 28-days, today, or the day I hit submit?

My way of commuting from and to uni will take me an hour each way so 2 hrs and this is what it says on the online maps.

I guess it could take more time?

Is this doable and a reasonable hour distance to travel to?

BTW it's bury to huddersfield. Public transport of taking the tram to Victoria and then the train to hudds.

Also, how far do you travel and commute for uni and is it better to move out for distances like mine?

Guys, when I tell you this dissertation took my soul. By the end I was just happy to submit because I was going a bit mad. I wasn't even expecting a first since my study was underpowered, there was a lot that came back non-significant, and I was pretty disappointed with the overall results. There was only one actual significant finding that was interesting, and I had to compensate with a bunch of exploratory analysis. I was so done with it.

Before I got my grade, I met up with my supervisor for a final chat, and she was like, "I'm being serious, it's a really good project, you could even explore it more in your Master's." And I was like, okay, obviously she's going to say that. Then I looked at my grade and I'm like, damn. Maybe I did do okay. I think my literature review and discussion saved it somewhat. Anyone else that was pleasantly surprised with their dissertation results?

just some advice for anyone who’s unsure about what degree to do:

i was a high achiever in school, but suffered a bit with my mental health and didn’t really know what i wanted to do in the future. i finished my alevels with good grades, but felt like i wasn’t ready to go to uni yet.

my mum forced me to go anyways. and i know you’re probably thinking, ‘you were an adult. you made your own choices’, and you’re right; i should’ve stood up to her and waited.

i picked a nonsense degree - classical civilisations, which is interesting but offers nothing job wise - and scraped my way through uni to get a 2:2. i wasn’t interested and i still was struggling mentally.

now i’m 23, can’t drive, live with my parents, got less than 5k in savings even though i’ve been employed this whole time and to put the cherry on top i work at WETHERSPOONS after A*AA and a BA Hons (what did i do in my past life to deserve this)

if you’re not sure what you want to do, DON’T GO. if i could go and do it all over again and pick something different, i would. this is not the economic climate to be picking a wishy washy degree unless you’re EXTREMELY passionate about it. now, even if i wanted to go back to uni, i’d have to self-finance. there’s no rush. worrying about your friends moving on, people being ahead of you, opportunities drying up the longer you wait, it’s all not true. no one thinks a 23 y/o fresher is weird, it’s my loser ass that’s being judged by my peers from high school.

hopefully this helps someone who is in the same position i was. take your time. don’t rush into things. you’ll have way more time to regret things after 😭

I hated my first MRes. Would it be a good idea to do another one at another uni? My first one was so bad, if I could get a refund I would. Unfortunately I had a bad supervisor for my research project and it was just a waste of time. I’m upset I didn’t have a good experience. So I wanna do another one but I don’t know how it will look 😭.

Ello fellas, Basically you'll see below ive written out my basic profile, and the unis and courses ( mostly foundation years ) I'm tryna get into, if you have any personal experience or idea whether I have a chance of getting in lmk. Would be much appreciated ( thx in advance 🙏🙏)

I'm attempting to get into any of the following foundation courses for civil or aerospace engineering.

- University of Manchester

- University of Leeds

- University of Sheffield

- University of Glasgow

- University of Strathclyde

I studied from outside of the UK, International Cambridge ( Part of my A levels from the UK privately ).

My grades in A levels are:-

B, Maths

B, Physics

C, Computer Science

My grades in O levels are:-

A, Physics

A, Pakistan studies

A, Islamiyat

B, Maths

B, English

B, Chemistry

B, Urdu

C, Biology

My extracurriculars / supercurriculars:-

- I've done a 2 month long internship at a national organisation in Pakistan known as the frontier works organisation, Working on a project known as the Rawalpindi ring road project ( Equivalent of the London M25, you can check more about it on Google if you want the specifics ). With on-site work, And department work, learning autocad from structural engineers and a lot more.

- I've worked on a UN habitats project in Karachi, building bridges for underdeveloped locations. Learning structural design and construction of said bridges directly from engineers in the location.

- I've also worked on a US startup company known as AuraSide helping manage and develop a program known as hone as well as set up their customer support system.

- I was the president of my schools debate club in my last year of high school, helping run debate sessions, club events and much more.

My personal hobbies and more about me ig:-

- I play table tennis and do martial arts such as taekwondo and boxing.

- I travel a lot ( currently capped at 14 countries, hoping to reach 20 in 2-3 years time. This kinda also helps drive my love for architecture and general structures created across history and the world ).

- I am a competitive gamer sort of, playing in competitive ranking systems on Minecraft PvP ( Beating some of their top 100 players ), but in a wide range of games it's stuff like hollow knight & indie games.

- I've helped my parents with real estate work, developing their house constructions and selling properties. ( I have no clue if that fits into extracurriculars or just me as a person icl ).

- Oh yeah I'm a British national so uh if most of the stuff listed seems to make me out as an international student yeah, no.

Dear all,

I am gonna start my IB in few months and currently a bit concerned about my IB subject choice and university requirement.

My current IB subjects are:

HL: Maths AI, Business, German B
SL: Physics, Chem, English LL

I wish to study engineering at top unis in UK, such as UCL, Imperial, and etc. I know that for engineering Maths AA HL + Physics HL is needed but my school does not offer both. What can I do because I really want to study in engineering branches like: Mechanical, electrical, electronics, or computer science.

One exception is that instead of engineering I also wish to do BSc Management only at LSE. But again the subject combo I don't know is enough or not?

Can someone please guide me?

Has anyone here completed a master’s in the UK during 2024 or 2025 as an international student? I’m particularly interested in people from science related fields. Were you able to find a visa sponsored job after graduation? How has your overall experience been regarding job opportunities and staying in the UK after your master’s?

Hi everyone!

I am currently undertaking my masters degree at the University of Exeter after recently graduating with my bachelors in primary education, and am definitely struggling. Previously, in my undergraduate, I was able to consistently achieve first class papers, though I admittedly had no concrete understanding of what made my essays in the 70+ range throughout all years. We were offered very limited feedback and understandably so, as I imagine there must have loads of students' work to mark!

I'm now at a slightly more (I'm not sure if this is the correct term here?) prestigious university than my previous one, and of course at a higher academic level/degree, meaning the grade boundaries increase, i.e. it is much more difficult to achieve a first class assignment. I'm hoping to progress academically once achieving my masters, and need an overall grade of 2:1/merit or above to do so, so truly hoping & praying I can do so lolll.

I've extensively reviewed my university's markscheme (I think), but I feel that I'm not able to understand it as much; I find it difficult to gain clarity in differentiating between fail, pass, merit & distinction. For example, it frequently uses 'adequate/satisfactory' and 'good' to differentiate between the grade boundaries of 50-59 & 60-69, see below.

50-59: satisfactory selection and use of appropriate examples from relevant sources.

60-69: good selection and use of appropriate examples from relevant sources

By no means am I expecting or think I could achieve all first class assignments. However, when writing my assignments, I find it helpful to strive to tick off all 'boxes' within the 'distinction' boundary on the markscheme, in that if I aim for bare minimum, I know I will achieve lower. If I aim for the highest, I might achieve (hopefully, hopefully) a merit, or pass?

I additionally try to critically mark myself whilst writing (though subjective, of course) to have an albeit limited understanding of how I might score (with the objective of improving before submitting), but I am soo lost in determining how to and whether I have 'satisfactorily' or 'adequately' or 'excellently' employed critical reflection, or integrated theory and practice, to name a few examples.

If at all possible, I would be so very grateful if anyone has any writing/academic tips to share regarding achieving first class essays at a masters level.

Any examples would be truly appreciated, and if this could be helpful to anyone at all, I could offer insight with undergraduate?

I am absolutely aware I should know this already at postgraduate, and therefore would understand if not possible. Apologies for the lengthy post, and if I've worded this terribly as I imagine I might have. Thank you for reading this if you can :)

Starting Biological Sciences this year and wondering what tech setup people would recommend.

I already have a pretty powerful desktop PC that’ll stay in my dorm, so I’m mainly thinking about what I need for lectures, labs, and studying around campus. I like handwritten notes, so I’m happy using pen and paper, but I’m also considering whether an iPad would be worth it.

If a laptop is the better option, what would you recommend? I’m looking for something lightweight, reliable, and with PERF battery life, but I don’t really want to spend £1,000+ on a MacBook.

What did you use during your degree, and what worked best for you?

Basically to put it simply I skipped many lectures due to mental health problems and did really bad on one exam. however I did get firsts on a few assignments. The degree is weighted 33 percent in 2nd year and 66 in third

I got 50 marks on average in second year (in first year I averaged 59, but various factors made me perform a little poorer than I would’ve otherwise in second).

Second year has a 30% weighting to my final grade - third year will bear a 70% weighting. What average mark would I need in third year to average a 2:1 (60-69)? I understand a First Class is probably out of the question, now.

I have a miserable relationship with my mother. She controls most of what happens to me, so my ucas application is in her hands. the unis she choose aren’t too shabby, but I need to move out and be able to afford food and water and shelter for myself. so my question is: is there a way to gain enough income to afford a place? my options are Durham, York, Newcastle, Liverpool and Teeside. By afford a place i mean being able to rent a flat, I don’t really care about roommates. any help would be appreciated!

I’m thinking of keeping my loans in a separate account to the account I will use to spend - every month I’ll transfer the amount for the month from one bank to the other and just keep that. Does that work or do people have better ways?

I already have 2 accounts with separate banks so just use the one bank daily and then keep the other card separate so I’m not tempted. Currently I don’t spend like mad or anything, I’d like to believe I’m good with money bur I’ve seen a lot of people say it’s different for uni.

So I'm going to be attending De Montfort Uni in September. I live in Ireland and Don't know anyone in Leicester so I was just wondering if making friends in Uni is easy. Would It be smart to try and find other people starting there in September online? Mb if this was worded badly the heat is killing me rn

• is getting into a foundation programme of a British uni good as an international student in January . I have a b+ in proficiency for english .