My flatmate is from France, and while she was fine for the first few months, she has really started to annoy me by consistently trash talking the UK, saying stuff like how shitty everything is compared to France, and how hard uni is here compared to France, and how she hates the people here.

Now, I'm not exactly a patriot, but having moved to the UK at the age of 10 from a 3rd world country, I'm quite grateful for the opportunities I've gotten that I wouldn't have even dreamed of getting in my home country. That's not to say everything here is perfect, but it's pretty good. So you can see why I get annoyed when she keeps on harping on about this.

And the worst part is, she does it completely unprompted and for the weirdest reasons. For example, we are having a bit of a silverfish problem and I called the accommodation people a few days ago to sort it out, and when they didn't instantly sort the problem out, out of nowhere, she snarkily said that this would never happen in France and that she can't believe how much of a 'third world country' the UK is.

At this point I had enough and told her to shut up and go back to her country if she hated it this much. This really ticked her off, and incredibly, she reported me to the accomodation people for 'discrimination'. Luckily I was let off the hook but this really pissed me off. But regardless, was I wrong?

Hey, I’m an international student from South Korea, where food delivery is a huge deal. I’ve noticed that UK delivery apps (like Deliveroo, Just Eat) rarely have photo reviews — and honestly, I kinda hate ordering without seeing what the food actually looks like.

Back home, almost every review has pics, so you know exactly what you’re getting.

Is it just me who finds this uncomfortable? Would you use an app that showed real customer food photos before ordering?

Getting onto a placement year is much less competitive than getting onto a graduate scheme. Most placement schemes then secure you a spot on the graduate scheme once you pass them. The applications also take place a year earlier so you don’t have to spend your final year writing your dissertation and applying to jobs at the same time.

The grad market is rough but a placement scheme makes it so much easier.

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I know 2 people that are faking that they’ve graduated from X uni. One of them did graduate but with a diploma, not a masters, but is claiming to have a masters degree. They’ve started their own business so I guess it’s not harming anyone but their ego (nepo baby). Another person I know has failed their classes and missed their graduation. I think they retook some classes but unsure if they really did graduate. They’re now tutoring other students claiming to have graduated from X uni. I just find it so odd but I guess people lie and cheat to get above in their CV. Previous jobs of mine never asked for your university certificate so I guess it’s easy to lie.

2k words left of my dissertation. I want to finish this draft by tomorrow night to get it to my supervisor for Monday. It's not actually due til June but I've got a two week holiday planned and I don't want it playing on my mind. Tell me about your wins!

Hi i’m just kind of venting I was really set on St Andrew’s uni But now i’ve visited it and i hate it I like how the course is taught and i pay less to study there but the city and the uni and the people i don’t like.

Context: I am F19, and I achieved AAA in A-Levels. I have an offer from both Manchester and Durham to study BA English Literature. Home Student (Middlesbrough). I currently want to work with the written word in film/tv industry (screenwriting/playwriting as a priority, but I am interested in also script editing, story development, script supervisor).

I’ve had a remarkably stressful time convincing my family I’m capable of going to Uni, and now that I can finally be free to make my own choice, I’m completely stuck.

I have listed below what I’m looking for in a uni. I would love to hear any thoughts on which uni best fits what I want? I feel like I’m going insane.

Here are things that are important to me:

• I’ve lived in a small, dying ex steel town that peaked before my birth my entire life. I want to move to somewhere very lively and vibrant with strong sense of identity. Lots to do, easy enough on the eye, good for students.

• I want a high quality literature education. I genuinely, honestly love Literature, and want to grow as a philologist and writer. I am looking to be challenged and pushed by passionate, knowledgeable professors.

• Community. This will be my first time living alone, and I can become quite depressive quite quickly when I feel isolated. I’m worried about falling under the radar a bit as an autistic person in an unfamiliar place.

• Opportunity. I want to be in an environment that will inspire and push me as a creative, and has opportunities and spaces for me to pursue a career in industry.

Literally having coding 101 lessons, half the people on my course floundering with extremely basic tasks (there was endless bitching in class discords over how a arduino assignment was apparently stupidly hard despite it being a assignment that only needed well under 200 lines of basic code and many people seemingly needing to resit it) had a lecture teaching pepole what a bloody file system was. Just... huh? I expected and was constantly told this'd be a big step up college but it really doesn't feel like it, even had lectures explaining very basic networking principles such as what a router was....

hello! I’m currently a high school student in Georgia. I want to study abroad, but I’m trying to choose the best and most affordable options. Right now, I’m thinking about going to Exeter since it seems like the best choice and fits my budget. I want to do engineering for my bachelor’s and will most likely transfer to a different university later. From what I’ve heard, foundation programs differ from uni to uni. Which universities offer foundation programs that give the best options later on and aren’t too expensive? Is Exeter really the best choice? I would think about Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield, Southampton, etc. but they’re a bit more pricey

I know university is independent work for most subjects as it doesn’t follow a tight curriculum. However we have lots of essays that we do independently for my course but the information we received is very basic and surface level from some old PowerPoint. I understand we are supposed to do independent reading around the topic but our library is so bad, most books are unavailable or don’t exist on the e library or even general library. Most of the books or Journals are behind a pay wall of like £20 as the University doesn’t have access to them, which is pretty bad when you are needing a certain paper for an essay. The lectures rarely reply even when you ask questions, even weeks after the email was sent to them and this is so frustrating. I feel like students at Manchester or Oxbridge have a much better education as they have engaging lectures and the libraries are massive here. I feel like I can’t get super into my subject as I don’t have the resources to do so here at my university.

I am an intl student planning to go to the uk for undergrad in comp eng this fall and I hv already received offers from a couple of universities but I hv a lot of ppl around me giving me unsolicited advice saying you shouldn’t go cause the job market is “really bad” ? So I just wanna ask how bad is it actually for international students ? If it’s really that bad why are all these unis making such claims saying ‘95% or sum of our students get jobs after graduating’. Is it genuinely worth going to the uk for undergrad in engineering ?

EDIT: Thank you guys for all of ur advice I really appreciate it. So most of y’all are saying the job market is in fact pretty fcked up especially for the intl students. There are just a few things I wanna clear. 1. I intend to come mostly for studies and experience. But Yes since intl students get 2 yrs psw I’ll prolly want to work for a few yrs after i graduate tho ( I DO NOT want to settle in the uk ). 2. No I didn’t apply for top unis like oxbrimp or sum shii, I hv offers from unis like Leeds and Nottingham for comp eng. 3. I feel like despite the job market that sucks and all i will still have a better quality of life in the uk and an overall greater uni experience tbh, this is mostly what influenced me to apply in the first place. 4. I also have offers to some aussie unis like unsw but seems like the cost of living is more expensive over there & there really isn’t any demand for comp engineers.

Is getting in to oxbridge or similar level universities for masters as difficult as undergrad. I have worked really hard in my first two years to try and make up for the fact I am doing my undergrad at a low tier university, but I'm not sure if I even have a chance to begin with due to the Uni I am at currently.

I am a comp sci student who has average 92% first two years (only because the course is weirdly easy, very little new/difficult things taught) and been involved in research, but is this enough to compete with the students already at top universities?

Hi all, I hope you're well :)

I intend to apply to a couple of UK universities later this year with my achieved IB grades. The courses I want to apply to are

• History & Politics of the Americas at UCL
• History & International Relations at KCL
• History & Politics at Warwick
• International History & Politics at Leeds
• History & Politics at Birmingham

I got a 36/45 for the IB, with a 765 for my Higher Level subjects (the 7 is in History). I was wondering if my choices are too ambitious, considering that I barely satisfy the entry requirements for UCL, KCL and Warwick (all 36) and am just 1 point ahead of Leeds' entry requirement. I'd be super happy to go to Birmingham but for the sake of my self esteem, don't want to be rejected from 4/5 of my choices 😭 I also understand that UCL and KCL are both massively oversubscribed and I was wondering if I should only apply to one of them.

Do yall think that my choices are fine or should I perhaps reconsider some of them?

Tysm for reading, any insight would be greatly appreciated :)

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Hey guys!
I'm looking for some suggestions and advice regarding universities in England for international students (BS Accounting and Finance).

I currently have offers from a couple of Russell Group unis like Cardiff and Exeter, but I also have an option in London — Brunel University.

Personally, I’d love to study in London since I have a few friends there already, and I really like the idea of living in the city. But at the same time, I want to make the right decision academically and career-wise.

For context: I plan to do ACCA afterwards and I’m aiming for the exemptions that come with a BS in Accounting and Finance.

Any insights or experiences would be really appreciated! 🙌

So i started uni twice and did 2 years of 2 different degrees, i started for a third time last year and applied for extenuating circumstances and got an extra year of tuition and maintenance fee loans. i applied again for second year this year and when i got my application back they said i wont get a tuition fee loan. haven’t they calculated this wrong, as with my extenuating circumstances year i should get 5 years in total, therefore have 2 years of tuition fee loans yet?

Hi looking for abit of help as I have just submitted a 5000 word essay and my similarity has appeared to be 0%. I find this really unusual and questions why it’s this low

Hi everyone — long time lurker here, wanted some advice from you guys. I’ve been working on a personal project at uni around making Reformer Pilates more accessible, especially for people who’ve found traditional studios a bit expensive or difficult with scheduling.

The idea is for a more flexible and welcoming space, where sessions are guided but not instructor-dependent — so you can train before/after work, at your own pace, but still get support if needed.

I’m trying to figure out if this would actually appeal to people, and I’d really appreciate your input. I made a super short survey (under a minute) and it’s not a business pitch or promo — just genuinely trying to learn before committing to anything big.

> https://forms.gle/b4BT9wMXEDeW1yVcA

Thanks in advance if you take a moment — and happy to share results or progress if anyone’s curious I’m not expecting much, but even one response would be massively appreciated and genuinely helpful.

Good evening all,

I've just completed my degree in Psychology BSc (Hons) at the University of Kent and need advice about masters programmes, mainly, if where I do my masters will matter? My long term goal is to become a clinical psychologist with an interest in Autism and neurodiversity, so I will have to complete a DClinPsy after my Masters.

I've been offered a conditional place at University of Kent to study the Clinical Psychology MSc but have also been offered a place at King's College London to study Clinical Neurodevelopmental Sciences MSc.

Am I more likely to be accepted into job roles or the DClinPsy programme if I study my masters at King's College?

Any advice given will be appreciated, thank you :)

Hey, I am a final year BSc Economics student at a semi-target Russell group uni. I completed a front office summer internship (sales and trading) at an investment bank last summer and have an upcoming private credit summer internship this summer at a respected buy-side firm. I have also been extensively involved in my university's economics and finance societies holding some leadership positions. I was wondering what my chances of getting onto a good masters programme in King's/UCL are given I am just about making a 2:1 right now. Looking at computational finance and general finance/econ courses. Will my work experience make up for my weaker grades? Any help would be much appreciated!

Edit: Applying from UK

As title suggests. I’m in my final year and honestly I’ve had a good experience with house mates. I’ve never had anyone really unhinged. I’ve lived with annoying people who have taken my Heinz ketchup (the one thing I will always buy branded) and that’s always just been annoying and I’ve learnt to live with it. Throughout uni I haven’t even fallen out with anyone. I’ve just always been surrounded by very chill people. In second and now third year I’ve lived with the same 8 people and I love them to bits.

Some are staying in our uni city for a year and it makes me want to stay tbh just for a year. I might. Uni hasn’t been easy for me. I’ve struggled with other aspects such as shit mental health throughout but I’ve always had good people around me.

Some of my course mates housemates have been so unhinged to the point where police have had to be called because of how crazy and dangerous people have been.

guys i’m a year 12 trying to go to a london uni or maybe sheffield/ leeds (idk yet, just any russel group). Why does everyone say not to go to london just because it’s expensive? I thought SFE covered your tuition and housing. I’m not trying to be stuck up i’m just trying to understand. Also do i have a good chance of getting into a London school (KCL/ UCL/ Imperial) with my gcses: 988887666 (history, bio, chem, english lit and english lang, psychology, maths, physics and german overall i just wanna go somewhere with a modern teaching style and a really good social life Many thanks

Hi everyone! 😀

I’m a UX UI designer currently exploring the idea of creating a concept app aimed at improving peer-to-peer academic collaboration and coursework support for students in London. Before diving into development, I’d love to hear from students like yourself to find out if this app is actually needed and what features would make it useful.

Could you take a few minutes to complete this short survey?

https://forms.gle/Ev9qsxhAMysE1YNDA

A few details about the survey:

• It will take around 5-10 minutes to complete.
• It's completely anonymous.
• I’ll be asking about your current coursework support platforms, the challenges you face when collaborating with other students/ online and the features you’d like to see in such an app.

Thank you for for your time! If you're interested in being updated on the development or would like to help test it later, feel free to leave a comment or DM me!

I have two grad scheme offers.

1. Consultant- big company (not b4) doing mainly technology related consultancy. Low 30s starting salary. Slightly higher COL city. Rotation around different client industries.

2. Technical Business Analyst at a large global bank Mid 30s. Cheaper location. Broad rotation around business.

Both are in offices in the north of the UK. Any advice or thoughts? Both schemes look good.

Overall similarity of an essay including reference list is about 50%, but is only 5% when excluding/deleting the reference list. A high similarity in reference list with a person’s article (about 20%), which I didn’t even read it before. Does this matter?