This is the final post from me. I hope these few posts have been\/will be helpful to anyone going to or consider going to Coventry University \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Coventry is, as my British girlfriend very poetically put it, is \u2018the armpit of England\u2019. Nothing happens in Coventry. Besides, the entire town is just dirty, everything looks dirty and run down so there\u2019s not really much to look at. The town closes down completely between 4 and 5 on weekends and then there\u2019s Sainbury\u2019s left that\u2019s open, which is one of the more expensive places to go grocery shopping. <\/p>\n
There\u2019s nowhere really you can go for walks other than the center of the town which is all seen in less than two hours, not really any green areas and the closest cheap supermarket is 20-30 minutes away from the town center. All in all its not the most amazing town in England. Birmingham is only 20 minutes away on the train which of course is a big plus! <\/p>\n
Coventry University hasn\u2019t done a lot to welcome us exchange students. The induction days here was filled with short presentations about a lot of different things that weren\u2019t relevant for Erasmus students at all (some of the people from Coventry even pointed it out themselves at the start of their presentations). A lot of the presentations were even aimed at Master students; however, most of the people that were at the presentation were Bachelor students. <\/p>\n
There was no \u2018get to know each other\u2019 things at all during the three induction days, there wasn\u2019t even anything like it after the induction days. All together I didn\u2019t feel anything was done from Coventry University\u2019s side to welcome the exchange students properly or to make the move to a different country easier. <\/p>\n
All in all, the entire stay in Coventry has been a big let-down. Academically I haven\u2019t gotten anything out of this term, and had I known it would be like this I wouldn\u2019t even have applied to Coventry. I feel like I\u2019ve wasted a term on this, instead of doing some better, more academically challenging courses back home at Malm\u00f6 University. And I know I\u2019m not alone with this feeling. <\/p>\n
If you want some easy credits and to stay in a pretty regular and boring English town for a few months, Coventry might be something for you. But if you want to learn something useful for your further education, then Coventry isn\u2019t the right place. Sadly. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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