Just like home

Just a term, six months, a whole year ...? Whatever the length of your stay will be, it's important to make the right decisions regarding accommodation in advance. You can live on campus or in a shared flat. What are your priorities? What are you more concerned about, place or people to live with?

Share your views :)

Keeping Updated

When you study abroad, you usally feel the need to keep well-informed about current affairs both in your current residence and in your home country. You have to get familiar with your new social environment and you usually get even more interested in what's happening in your country.

Although the readership of newspapers has fallen dramatically in the last decade, they are still a good option to keep updated and well informed. But there are different types of newspapers focused on quite distinct purposes: broadsheet and tabloids.

Find out here which one would be more convenient depending on what you were looking for.

Perfect Candidates

Longing for that place at university? Eager to get the job you applied for? Then you must be ready for a face to face selection interview in which first impressions are so important.

What's the perfect candidate like? These are the dos and don'ts infographics and presentations created in class.





Diego
Javier
Paola
Ángela and Carmen
Lucía and María
Laura and Patricia

Erasmus+ Opportunities

Most students are familiar with the "Erasmus" word when talking about university studies. Some of you know someone who went to study abroad for a year on an Erasmus grant, as you shared in your comments. But there are some other opportunities to consider. Explore the Erasmus+ website to find out.

Do you feel particularly attracted by any of them?

Keep positive and enthusiastic

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm" R. W. Emerson

That is the key attitude in both a personal statement and a cover letter. Watch the video for help in the process of writing yours.

Learning diary

A learning diary is a tool of reflection. It helps the student to assess what she/he has learned on a course. This obviously helps the teacher, too! The aim of a learning diary is to summarize, analyze and comment on the course contents as well as to point out possible improvements. 

This mindmap can give you ideas for keeping your own learning diary:

I know someone who ...

You probably know or have heard about someone who went abroad to study or to work. Who? When? Why? Tell us their experience and share your ideas about it. Would you do the same in the same situation?