I bought one giffgaff sim card here last year before I flew to UK. Can't remember if this is the same person who dealt with me but you can check out his thread and see whether you'd want it or not.

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...507&hl=giffgaff

Safe travels!

No need

I don't know about convenient but you'll see many people do that.

In London? It's most probably 300 per person. That's actually very very cheap for rent in London, so I doubt it's the actual price for it.

I'm actually from University of Leeds, but I study mechanical engineering so it's sort of hard for me to judge whether chemical engineering is good or not in Leeds.

Some things I do know:

1) Strictest attendance (Every class will require attendance, you'll get warning letters if you don't show up unless given valid reason) whereas mechanical engineering has none at all.

Ok so that's all I knew about the program so I asked some of my chemical engineering friends, and I'm quoting them;

1) Top outside London
2)Good lecturers (competent and know what they're talking about) and well planned programme
to train for real work
3) Good placement schemes
4) Materials lecturers are well established in industry and got a lot of written work also

I'm also the publicity director of MASSoc 2014/2015 so if you head towards

https://www.facebook.com/groups/743951978997328/?fref=ts

I can approve you, and you can ask anyone of the students currently studying chemical engineering on their thoughts about the overall course.

In terms of location, Leeds is a concentrated city, and city centre is only about 20 minutes walk from Uni. Taking a cab would be roughly 5 minutes and GBP3. Overall, living expenses are quiet cheap, I'm paying GBP75pppw without bills, with bills about GBP85-90 and living in 4 other guys in a 4 floor house.

Also, if you have any questions here, just shoot away!

Knowing a few students who have opened up an account with HSBC, DON'T DO IT. Their services are slow and inconsistent. I suggest you open up with Barclays (took about a week to get everything sorted) and TT your money to that account. Bring some cash along to survive the first few weeks and everything should be relatively smooth.

For tuition payments, just TT to your university's bank account with your name/student id if you've gotten it. By far the easiest way. I use barclays, it's one of the easier ones to set up there, and their online banking/debit card usage, and mobile app (pingit and barclaysapp) is very useful.

The thing about TT is that depending on your bank, you can ask for a lower exchange rate, which will in effect reduce the the overall cost of transferring the money over. It's not wrong advice if you research thoroughly.

Just a fun video my friend made, enjoy!



I don't know why it's not playing, but here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09-J0BPkf2Y&feature=youtu.be (How to Survive in the UK)

This post has been edited by azzaim92: Aug 13 2015, 05:48 PM

Anyone here drive a lot in the UK using Malaysian license? How long can we use malaysian driving license in the UK before we have to make one there? Thinking of doing a UK road trip this year.

Usual flight from Malaysia to London ranges between RM2.6k- RM4.5k for a return trip depending on airline. A lot of people use Emirates and KLM.

Don't worry about it too much. They won't check. FYI my university actually offer free Windows OS as well as other softwares used by students for their studies so check your university if they also offer the same.