Studying abroad, England a good bet?

Hi : ) england is really tiny, about 55,000 sq miles. Whereever you are youll be able to hop on a train and be somewhere completely different in an hour or two. Plus, being an older country, regional differences are more marked, so youll find places 10 or 20 miles apart have different cultures, styles and histories.

Given this, I think you should choose the type of uni you want, with the knowledge youll be able to visit other ares whenerver you like. PLUS~ youre never more than 100 miles form the sea, and there are unis are in seaside cities or towns : ) one of my contatcs here lives in a state with a coast, and I suggested he go to the beach for the weekend. He said it was a 5 hour drive to the coast, ha ha- I forget how huge america is.

The uk is on a really different scale. Anyway, some unis in the centre of big cities are less campus based, so that might influence your decision, if youre looking for a more 'collegey' vibe. I think campus based colleges are the norm in america, but not all unis are like that here.

Most of the london ones have very little, or none at all. There are league tables by uni, and by course, so you can work out *roughly* which is best. This isnt set in stone, and obv you should find out as much as poss~ a course which comes top of the league table could be mainly lectures, when youre more suited to lab or field work or whatever.

League tables for all uk unis http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/tabl... this site has an international students forum, and forums by uni, and by uni subject- ask students which unis offer courses most suited to your study style http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk you can get all youre questions about applying, course and uni structure etc answered, as well as what specific unis or cities are like. Towns and cities which look very historic would be edinburgh, durham, york, oxford, canterbury, bath, and cambridge, amongst others~ they all have top unis. More modern (ie, mainly victorian) cities like brighton, manchester, leeds, sheffield, liverpool also have a top unis, and lot of history too, but of a less castley, medievally variety : ) everywhere will have plenty of history around it; iron age settlements, or medieval villages etc. obviously if youre just coming here for a semester, or a year, as part of your college course, youll be limited to whichever unis your college is linked to.

Whereever you go, if history is important, work out which type of history youre interested in- high victorian, medieval cottage, famous battlefields, grand castles, bronze age settlements, roman or whatever, then google for that. Normal tourist sites are actually pretty good http://www.visitengland.com/ee/Places-to... and national papers like the guardian also have good guides~ http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/gallery/2009/sep/11/10-best-castles-uk general historic days out of all kinds~ http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/aug/17/cultural-days-out-in-britain london has the greatest concentration of top cultural whatnots if you want a huge variety of museums, music and arts events on your doorstep~ http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/101-things-to-do-in-london-cultural-highlights and its 45 mins from the coast : ) though its not the most laid back city in the world! There are some good unis on the outskirts, though, so slightly less hectic~ the hogwarts grandeur of royal holloway~

brighton, on the coast (45 mins by train) is more chilled, very cool and has a cute mix of kitsch and high regency and victorian architecture.

Plus BEACH!

it's large student and gay population make it fun and reasonably laid back.

Well there are loads of great places to study in England. We are a country with a massive diverse of people. London is a great place to stay as you can visit everywhere from here, but there is also so much to see and do.

If you were to live in London, you would use your time off to explore the rest of the country and the train links are brilliant. But then I guess it depends what you want to study. For a laugh http://elliegoesabroad.wordpress.com.

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