This week, the students on KMTV's Year In Television course are looking at International students . The team look at traveling around the world to study.
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00:00Hello and welcome to Kent Student 101, live here on KMTV. I'm Tyler and this is a show
00:23for students, by students. Each week we'll be exploring different facets of student life
00:28across Kent with a range of topics and segments. This week we are taking a look at studying
00:34abroad. As a student, many universities offer the students opportunities to take a year
00:39out and study in another country. Additionally, many students come from all over the world
00:44to study in the UK. Earlier this week, I went down to the University of Kent to speak to
00:49an advisor and I caught up with a friend who is currently in South Korea. Studying abroad
00:54gives students a huge range of benefits for their future, but many don't know their course
00:58offers these opportunities or even learn too late. We came to the University of Kent
01:04to talk to Katie Robery, a studying abroad assistant, to talk about the benefits of studying
01:08internationally with their partner universities and how stage one students can get involved.
01:13So at Kent we offer the traditional year abroad as part of many degree courses here at Kent.
01:19So lots of courses have the opportunity to study abroad for a year at one of our partner
01:24universities, which is an amazing opportunity. Most students do apply for that as part of
01:28their UCAS application, so as part of the application to Kent they can apply for a four-year
01:33degree. Alternatively, if they don't, if they get to Kent in stage one and they realise
01:37there's a year abroad, they can add it during their first year. They just need to talk to
01:41their school and get that added on to their course. Having something like this on your
01:45CV really does make you stand out, whether that's a year abroad or perhaps a shorter
01:49term summer abroad opportunity, which we also offer at Kent. And so having something
01:54like that on your CV, number one, sets you to the top of the pile of job applications.
02:00Number two, personally, it's a really amazing opportunity to step outside of your comfort
02:06zone and to stretch yourself to move somewhere across the world and set up again and to settle
02:13in, adapt. It's a really amazing thing to do, to help with your confidence, your adaptability,
02:19resilience, all of that. I also sat down with Caitlin Burgess, a university student currently
02:25studying abroad in Korea, to talk about her experience as an international student. My
02:29study abroad is a bit different to a standard study abroad, as it's compulsory to my course.
02:37I found out about it through, obviously, open days and stuff when I was looking at university
02:42On the whole, it has been insane. It has definitely completely changed my life in general, I think.
02:52I'm a completely different person for it in a brilliant way. I think my biggest thing
02:58would be just do your research way more than you think you need to. And I would see if your
03:05university has previously done study abroads and to this specific university as well that you want
03:11to go through, I would say see if they can get you in contact with someone who has been there and
03:16been through it. Hopefully this has helped offer any advice for students out there looking to study
03:21abroad. Tyler Choate-Perryham, KNTV. Hopefully that was some helpful information for anyone looking
03:27to study abroad, but now let's take a break, take a breath and join Kate for today's Bottles Book Club.
03:33Hi Kate, so what have you brought with us today? So I'm actually super excited today because I get
03:39to talk about one of my favourite authors of all time and that is David Nicholls.
03:42And he's most well known for writing the novel One Day, which has had a movie adaptation and
03:47just recently a TV adaptation for Netflix. And I have brought in one of his lesser known titles
03:56today, however, which is The Understudy. Brilliant. So tell us a bit about it.
04:00Well, The Understudy is a hilarious, almost satirical take on the traditional underdog story.
04:05And we follow Steve McQueen as his life just goes from bad to worse as a failed stage actor living
04:10in London. And he unintentionally gets himself into an incredibly complicated situation after
04:15he gets a job as an understudy and befriends the local police. And then he goes on to become
04:21after he gets a job as an understudy and befriends the lead in the play,
04:26while simultaneously falling in love with the actor's wife.
04:29You've always got to love the underdogs. I know, absolutely.
04:32So why did you enjoy this one so much? I think it always, always comes down to the
04:37writing. And Nicholls is so brilliant at constructing the most realistically hopeless
04:42characters and in a way that doesn't make them feel like characters of themselves.
04:48It's slow to start, like a lot of his work, just because it's more sort of slice of life-esque.
04:53But that is to slowly build up and build up and create well-rounded and nuanced characters
04:59to construct a hilarious payoff with a really, really solid narrative.
05:04Oh, lovely. Thank you so much for today, Kate.
05:13Another really good recommendation today from Kate. Next up, let's see what our
05:17resident student, Sam, has to say about international studying.
05:27Hello and welcome to Sam Says. This is the part of the show where I talk to you about
05:31student experiences. As a student for almost four years, I've got lots of advice to give out.
05:36So I'm going to talk you through my experiences to give you some advice.
05:40This week, we're talking about studying abroad. Whether you're going abroad or come and study
05:45in Kent, it can be a really hectic and stressful experience. So I've got lots of tips and tricks
05:49that can help you become more acquainted with new surroundings and become much more comfortable in
05:54your new environment. Let's get into it. The first piece of advice I'd give you when looking to study
05:59abroad is do lots of research into the place you're going to. For example, if you're coming
06:03here to Kent, do lots of research and look into what Kent's like and if you think you'd like it
06:07here. If you're choosing to study abroad, you can have a variety of different places that you could
06:12go to. So make sure to make a pros and cons list on the different places to make sure you choose a
06:15place that's right for you. A final thing I'd say about choosing a year abroad is just honestly,
06:20make the most of it. Going abroad into a new place can teach you so much. You can make new friends,
06:26learn about a new culture and honestly, can be so much good in developing you as a person.
06:31Thank you for watching this week's episode of Sam Says. We've been talking about year abroad,
06:36how to apply, how to make the most of it and just how to use it to the best of your ability.
06:41I'll see you next week. Goodbye.
06:51Now, as mentioned before, there are many different opportunities for students to study abroad
06:56and some choose to take a year to study in a different country whilst others travel from the
07:00UK to the UK, sorry, from a variety of different places. But now I'm joined by Amy Farmer, a Kent
07:06based student from Germany who chose to do university in the UK and is taking this year
07:11to study abroad. Hi Amy. Hi, how are you? I'm good. So why don't we start with you telling
07:20me a bit about yourself? Okay, so I'm half English and half Japanese, but I grew up my
07:27whole life in Germany and right now I'm studying French and Spanish at the University of Kent.
07:33Okay, so chat to us a bit about why you chose to study in the UK.
07:40Well, it's because I'm half English, but I've never lived in the UK before.
07:46So I really wanted to see what it was like. I wanted to make English friends
07:50and I was just sort of over Germany at that point. I wanted to see something new.
07:56What are the main differences between studying in the UK versus Germany?
08:00Big difference that I've noticed is that there's not really a thing called societies in Germany.
08:05So I think that's a massive plus for the UK because you can meet people who are not just
08:11on your course, but also study other things who are in the year above or below you. Whereas in
08:17Germany, it's a bit more typical that you only hang out with people who study the same thing as
08:21you and are sort of the same, not age, but you're at the same pace in your course.
08:27So now that you've been in the UK, do you still think you would have chosen to study here and
08:32why would you? I think I would still choose to study in the UK just because I've loved my
08:42experience ever since. The only big difference I would say is the fact that it's tuition free
08:51in Germany. So that definitely made it very appealing to go there. But at the end of the day,
08:56I just thought studying in the UK was just so appealing and so much more exciting. So I'm
09:05definitely happy that I chose to study in the UK. So now, as a language student,
09:11you've also studied in France and how was that? Yeah, exactly. I went to a language school in
09:18Montpellier. Yeah, exactly. So I just spent last semester studying in Montpellier and it was the
09:24best experience I've ever done. It was such nice warm weather. I've made really, really good
09:29friends with Germans, Italians, Polish people, of course, French people as well. And it was
09:36so unforgettable. Completely different to the UK, but in such a good way.
09:43In such a good way. What made you choose France?
09:49Well, the University of Kent has many partner universities in France, but also in Canada.
09:55And I thought it would be so cool to go and study in Canada as well. But I know plenty of French
10:00people who said you will not learn real French if you go to Canada. It's obviously Canadian French.
10:06So I think I chose wisely when I decided to go to France in the end.
10:11And what was the preparation like for you to go study abroad?
10:16To be honest, it is quite a lot. You have to sort out accommodation,
10:21visas, probably the biggest difficult thing that you have to prepare for, and then also flights or
10:28trains, depending on how you want to travel to France. But yeah, those are the three big things
10:34that you need to prepare. And are you going anywhere else? And if yes, what's that like?
10:41Yeah, I am also doing a semester abroad in Lima in Peru. I'm actually flying next Monday.
10:48And the preparation process, I guess, is quite similar. You also have to do accommodation
10:53and visa, of course. However, you enter Peru as a tourist and change immigration status
11:01to student while you're there. And as for accommodation, that was also a little bit
11:06different because you are sort of more on your own when it comes to searching for accommodation.
11:14You just get in contact with a host family or private people who let out houses to students.
11:20It's not really done by the university, but that was so uncomplicated and so easy to do.
11:27Well, thank you very much for joining us, Amy. And you've been watching Kent Student 101 live
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