[MUSIC PLAYING] - I'm from Austria, and I did my bachelor's degree in English, and I'm working in an industry where English is the main language. It was important for me to keep studying in English because my German is not that good anymore. And I looked at different universities in England, but it was important for me that there is a good support system, provided at the University which obviously with being in contact with them in the beginning of the process was something that showed me that there is really a really good support system.
And secondly, I chose UCLan or the online masters because I didn't have exams, like normal exams, but I have my assignment. So up till now it was an academic poster, it was a report. Now, I'm writing a workforce plan. So there are different assignments and give me as a full time employee much more possibility of achieving my studies while working. Because I can do my own time management, I don't have to study two weeks for an exam and take vacation for that. But when I come home in the evening, and I start writing my report at 10 after work, and I sit there for two hours and it's perfect because it's my time and I can use it to study. So that's why I was like, OK you gives me that opportunity
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When I'm in Austria, there is a time difference, but actually the system is that it sounds very intelligent, so it shows you the actual time in your own country. So for you in England, for example this appointment was fixed, and for me the appointment in my calendar was already shown that it's at 7 PM. So that's really cool. And then also with the professors, it's really easy to communicate because you have the platform like Canvas for example, an I can just choose I can just write my professor an email or a message and be like I'm going to be late for the class, I'm sorry. And then afterwards, I have a question for the assignment, so even though it's online and I never experienced it like that, I have the feeling I'm learning more than during my bachelor's degree.
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- Maybe some people don't expect the sort of community that you have working online. It's not an isolated place, you've got that community hub so use it communicate as much as possible speak to your peers, speak to your lecturers speak to us, speak to student advisor, just communicate as much as possible. That would certainly be a best tip or practice from myself. If you guys have anything else as well.
- I just think if you got a spare half an hour, it's good to be able to just sit and read your books around the topic that you're studying on and it just helps familiarize you with different things, and different words and maybe different aspects, and ideas of things that you're actually researching or studying or whatever you do in your assignment, and it helps to just sit and read even if it's only half an hour. When you get a spare cup of tea and read your book for half an hour, it's not like meals and beans or anything anymore, but I think it helps you familiarize yourself with the topics.
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