The Careers Centre This support service is amazing. You can have your CV checked, have mock interviews or workshops about how to prepare for an interview, for a Skype or telephone interview, how to improve your LinkedIn profile, how to write and target your CV etc. What is even better is that once you graduate the University of Leeds, you can still have access to all these services ten years after your graduation. Also, there are plenty of part time jobs and summer internships advertised only for students. Yes, it can be pretty competitive to get one, but once you get hired everything becomes so easy. For instance, in my second year in Leeds, I finally got a part time job for organising the Student Engagement Showcase – an event for celebrating the quality and variety of student engagement at Leeds – working from home, with the most flexible programme I could wish for! The Library (+picture of the Brotherton Library) The library has become my favourite place on campus – it‟s no wonder, it looks like one of those fancy old rooms from Hogwarts. There are so many resources to access and these are not limited to books. As a University of Leeds student, I have access to a wide range of journal articles and a special collection of rare books and manuscripts. Also, the IT facilities are very helpful. Student Support Every professor and tutor is very devoted and passionate about their subject. They are always eager to help and their office doors are always open for us
should we need academic support. Also, the student support service is very well organised. They answered every question that I had regarding financial support, studying abroad and accommodation, which really gave me confidence, in the first two months when I arrived there. Life in Leeds Leeds is twice bigger than Sibiu, which can be a bit overwhelming. It‟s so easy to get lost in the crowd and „lose yourself‟. It has plenty of places to have fun and relax. It‟s impossible to get bored there. I also like the fact that there are so many people from different countries, with different cultures. Get on any bus for 5 minutes and you‟ll hear at least three different languages. The best part of Leeds in one word: squirrels! Squirrels everywhere! More, Leeds has a fantastic geographic location. It‟s in the heart of Yorkshire, a magnificent English region, 1 -2 hours away from York, Manchester, Liverpool and Nottingham. I didn‟t get the chance to travel much. For example, I‟ve been living for a year and a half in the UK and I only know how London looks like from pictures on Google. But I‟ve seen York and fell in love with its old buildings, walls and National Railway Museum. I visited the Beatles Museum and Titanic Museum in Liverpool and now I know that I can finish my studies in peace. I visited Manchester for less than a day, and I saw the best duck (toys) race. Georgiana Epure
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