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A Review of Student Accommodation at Concordia University
By Katharine O’Hearn, Concordia University, Canada Having finished my semester exchange at Concordia University living in on-campus student accommodation, I thought that a review of the accommodation would be useful for future students considering living in on-campus accommodation. Overview: At Concordia, there are only two on-campus student accommodation halls- one at the downtown campus (the Grey Nuns Residence), and one at the Loyola campus (Hingston Halls A and B). I found on-campus accommodation at Concordia to largely be very similar to at Manchester, but the most noticeable difference is that they were not divided into flats, and all on-campus accommodation is catered. There are both single rooms and shared rooms,…
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Making My Room Feel Like Home (Even with Shared Showers)
By Ayero Moro, Australian National University, Australia One of the first things I learned on exchange: you can’t control everything – but you can control how your room feels. And for me, turning my dorm into a little slice of home made all the difference. I stayed at Fenner Hall, one of ANU’s student accommodations. It’s right in the centre of campus, super convenient, and very social. My room came with a bed, fan, desk, shelves, and pinboards I printed out photos from home, took a couple of books from the op shop I knew I wouldn’t read (but looked good), and added fairy lights, of course. Within a week,…
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Preparing for College Life at ANU
By Alex Moore, ANU, Canberra Australia Accommodation is a massive part of organising your year or semester abroad. At ANU, this looks very different to the accommodation you would have experienced in first year. Each accommodation functions as a college, complete with a committee and its own social events and balls. There are both catered and non-catered, but I’m writing this from the perspective that I have spent my year in a non-catered hall. The main culture shock is the fact that instead of having a flat of say 10 people that you know and share your kitchen and showers with, you are now in a college where you are…
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Student residence in Hong Kong
By Ellen Smith, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong One of the biggest struggles in studying abroad is ensuring you have accommodation and knowing where to live. At HKU, student accommodation is not guaranteed for exchange students however it is VERY likely so don’t stress about not having anywhere to live. Offers for accommodation tend to be released very late, I only heard around two weeks before I moved the details of my offer, so remember to be patient: no news is good news! There at many different residences at HKU that can be split into two categories: halls of residence and residential colleges. When applying for accommodation, you can…
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Accommodation at the National University of Singapore: Kent Ridge Hall
By Khay Muhammed, The National University of Singapore, Singapore There are a variety of accommodation options available at NUS, so many that it can be quite overwhelming. After spending a semester at the university, I would categorise the options into three main types: Halls, PGP, and UTown. To give you a clearer comparison with Manchester’s accommodation, Halls are most similar to Richmond Park or Whitworth, PGP is like Daisy Bank, and UTown is similar to Unsworth. Within each category, there are many options, each with different features such as en suites, air conditioning, shared rooms, and the types of activities they offer. In this blog post, I will be sharing…
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Navigating Housing Options at the University of Florida
By Lucie Rowell, University of Florida, USA When choosing housing abroad it can seem like an increasingly daunting task the more you look into it. As someone who was a commuter student in Manchester – this was even more daunting as I had never lived anywhere other than my home! This blog will outline how I decided on where I currently live, what my key considerations were and the challenges I faced. This is a very big decision but hopefully this bit of information can answer a few questions you may have as an exchange student.
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Eusoff Hall – A student’s perspective
By Felecia Ogunnuga, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Navigating a roommate at a U.S university
By Saskia Perez-Cooke, North Carolina State University, United States. With the majority of study abroad exchanges in the US having a roommate is the norm. Whilst sharing a room is a concept us at UOM are not used to and something that I was really worried about, it is fundamentally not as bad as you expect. The tips below are what I am using currently to navigate this completely new living situation.
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Lost navigating Toronto accommodation? A quick guide.
By Zarina Patel, University of Toronto, Canada Realistic and relatable advice from someone who was in your position a year ago. Congratulations on making it this far with the year abroad process! After you have been through logistics with getting your place sorted at your exchange uni, your main concern will start to shift to accommodation.
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Living in an “Exchange Student” Accommodation
By Georgia Reid, Università Bocconi, Italy Bocconi only provides one student accommodation for its exchange students, a large apartment complex called Aparto Giovenale. I was extremely lucky to secure a place there, however, once I arrived it was obvious why so many people struggled to get a place there.
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A guide to finding accommodation in Toronto
By Olivia Bucherer-Ezer, University of Toronto, Canada Time to plan where to stay in Toronto? Let’s break some options down. Just a cheeky disclaimer before we get into the nitty gritty’s of Toronto’s accommodation options… this is all based on mine or my friends experiences, which are obviously subjective so don’t be completely put off if you already something in mind. This is more of a guidance in case you have absolutely no clue where to start… just as I did this time last year. So lets jump in and hopefully this can be of use!
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A Practical Guide to Accommodation in Toronto
By Joseph McCabe (University of Toronto, Canada) There are four main options for accommodation for exchange students in Toronto: University Halls, Private students’ residence, student co-op housing, and Private renting. I opted to go for a private residence on the edge of campus, which was perfect for me, but I will talk about that later. I will give some general advice first; then, I will go through each of these (there will be a sentence overview after each one if you don’t want to read the whole thing) and finish with what I would advise to make sorting accommodation as stress-free as possible.
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