I don't think they really require any proof of accommodation. I got my visa straight away even without one. I suppose as long as all other parts of your app look legit.

This post has been edited by WillHung: Jul 9 2007, 08:19 PM

I know a guy (Malaysian) who did farmacy and got a job at Boots. He went and continue to do his PhD and last I talked to him, he was already writing up his dissertation, no idea what he's up to now.

But settling in the UK is getting harder by the year.

Frankly, for medicine, unless you are hoping to go to Oxford or Cambridge, it really doesn't matter, academically. You might want to consider Leicester, Cardiff, Dundee, Queen's Belfast and Liverpool. These are I think, relatively cheap places with good medical schools. Manchester and Aberdeen are fine as well. Bristol would be quite expensive, but you will be surrounded by posh English students but Hull is cheaper in terms of costs of living.

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Added on July 13, 2007, 3:23 amUnless you are really good, it's not "easy" to find an E&E job in the UK. They largely prefer local graduates although if you go to a good university, and are resourceful enough to find relevant summer placements and excel in them, you might get a permanent offer upon graduation. But it's twice the battle than it would've been had you been a local English student.

This post has been edited by WillHung: Jul 13 2007, 03:23 AM

I think he meant AAA in what A level subjects. or am i wrong?

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Added on July 14, 2007, 7:59 pmLocal students transfer unis all the time, which i suppose suggests it's not impossible to do, but i don't know what the procedures are for internationals. im not sure if this is helpful lol. why dont you ask the people at the uni you're heading to. good luck with your A levels.

edit: i misquoted. this is meant for avenus.

This post has been edited by WillHung: Jul 14 2007, 08:00 PM

but staying in uni halls during the summer months (out of term time) can be expensive as hell.

i think meadowhall is big but it looks quite ugly inside.


trust me, KL have far superior shopping complexes compared to the ones in england.

This post has been edited by WillHung: Jul 30 2007, 04:15 PM

regarding customs checking your laptop/cd's/dvd's...most likely they won't but they sometimes pick random people to ransack through. as long as you dont go overboard with the pirated stuff, you'll be ok.

nope. don't bother. they wouldn't care about those things. i suppose as long as all your pirated discs can fit into one neat cd case, you're fine. just don't look like you just bought them in bulk with the intention of selling them there.

This post has been edited by WillHung: Jul 31 2007, 02:46 PM

They wouldnt care if you've got porn on your laptop, as long as its not child porn or beastiality, seriously.

lol i saw "nothing to declare" as well, quite scary, and malaysians (mostly chinese) regularly make an appearance on there.

i arrived at heathrow at 6am last time and the passport queue was horrendously long. i hate heathrow.

if you've got a flight that goes straight up to manc, then why not. saves the hassle of a long train ride.

i dont think it really makes much difference as long as you travel with an established airline. MH, SQ,EK,GF,TG are all ok, depending on your budget.

yes they do, normally for 3-6 hours. i dont see any problem with a short transit so i dont really mind them.

yea i've heard about sri lanka airlines giving you really awesome deals. i know one guy who was put up literally in a seaside bungalow during his 12-hour transit.

i dont feel there's any real difference between the two academically.

No disrespect to Azarimy, both are Russell Group universities, so I would advice you to take whichever is ranked higher OVERALL.

Employers in England do look at these league tables and they tend to favour grads of higher-ranked unis.

True that it does not necessarily mean they are better than the rest (some very good unis like York Bath St Andrews aren't part of it) but generally speaking, RG unis are of good or very good quality most due to their status of research universities, where a lot of it trickles down to having great professors and researchers teaching undergrads.

My point was, both are good universities and moto-moto wouldn't go worng with going to either one.

HOWEVER, unless he is absolutely determined to be an engineer or work in the engineering field (in which case he should look at the subject table or even go to good vocational institutions like your AA school in London for those who are determined to be architects), a more prestigious (higher ranked on the OVERALL table) would open more doors compared to a uni which is a lower-ranked overall but might have a higher ranked department compared to the former.

To work in finance in the city for example, they would absolutely prefer engineering grads from higher-ranked unis compared to engineering grads of lower-ranked unis even if the lower-ranked unis are ranked higher in the engineering table.


It all comes down to what moto-moto wishes to do after graduating.

if he is sure he wants to be an engineer ------- look at the mechanical engineering league table
if he is unsure of what he wants to do ---------- look at the overall table and go for the best one you can get into.

hope i made some sense.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/graph...MGCFFOAVCBQUIV0

http://education.guardian.co.uk/university...2027789,00.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_...ticle671847.ece

moto-moto check out these links

This post has been edited by WillHung: Aug 4 2007, 12:33 PM

not a piece of legal advice but i dont think you have to worry if the total amount of money comes up to less than 10000 euros (6k pounds)...but i dont know what the regulations are for malaysian customs.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTrans...ravel/DG_067895

the officer will check to see if everything's ok. if something's wrong he'll tell you what to do. if everything's in order, you pay and get a receipt that you need to show when you come to collect your passport once its ready. before you leave they will call you to collect your fingerprint, and then off you go.

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Added on September 16, 2007, 8:45 pmits best you open the account at the branch on/nearest to your campus.

you can ask for "letter of enrolment" from the uni, and once you have that, the rest is a snap.

This post has been edited by WillHung: Sep 16 2007, 08:45 PM

well at asda you can get a loaf of bread for 19p. hehe.

ok i have a bit of english money on me and i have a UK bank account. im currently in malaysia but returning to england soon.

does that mean i cannot go to an hsbc branch here in KL and deposit my money to go into my UK hsbc account (without any charge hopefully)?