Each university has many computers available within its premises, where the student can connect to the Internet for free to contact family and friends.

Skype is also a method used by most young people to make free phone calls to someone who is also connected to the Internet.

Another recent method is Skype Phone which costs about £ 40 but allows free calls to any Skype account and also allows anyone with Skype installed on your PC. Calls between Skype calls are free so many of our students have purchased these phones to communicate between themselves.

The University offers several weeks of vacation in the most important holidays like Christmas, Easter and summer, where the student may visit his family and friends. Most employers are also quite flexible regarding vacation.

However, you should bare mind the cost of the journey and remember that although you are not using your room during this period it will continue to have to be paid.

Students in England have an academic workload of between 8 to 12 hours per week, allowing the to have a part-time job, and in some cases even a full-time job.

Working in England is not solely for the purpose of paying your expenses although that might be one of the most important rolls. Working will also provide the student with a professional CV allowing the student to gain 3 years of professional experience by the end of his degree. Also it is a great way to help develop your English and professional vocabulary.

No, those are indeed the sole essential expenses, however, you might want to go out at night or go do some leisure activity, which OK Estudante considers to be extras.

All the books you'll ever read or use for study, will be available in the university library, however, keep in mind that you might want to purchase some books for your personal use. The same happens if you need a computer to work.

In relation to your stay in England, we recommend the student bring with himself an initial budget between 1000 to 1500 pounds for the first 2 to 4 months.

We believe that in England two months are sufficient to establish yourself and find a job that you can reconcile with your studies.

In relation to your expenses are as follows:

• Travel
• Rent / room
• Food

Universities provide everything that is inherent in the conduct of a course; the student does not have to pay for anything other than the tuition fees (applicable to international students). These values are not very high, given that you'll easily find a job that you can cover all expenses.

As to whether you find work straight away or not is totally up to you. In our understanding and according to our data from our students every year, what is clear is that student with financial difficulties tend to find work within 1 to 2 weeks. Middleclass students tend to find a job within 2 to 4 weeks. Finally students with no financial difficulties tend to take longer to find a job.

What we can guarantee is that there s never a shortage of student jobs in England, although to find a job you must be proactive in the search for it.

We encourage our students to go to England with at least 2 months prior to the start of their course. Why? Precisely to give the student the opportunity to have enough time before the start of school to find a part-time or full-time job, which can combine with their studies.

The universities themselves have employment centres that allow students to find work inside or outside the university.

In England it is easy to finding work, especially during the summer months, because a large number of the population in and around the university towns are students. Every year thousands of students finish their courses or simply go home for the summer, and so all student related jobs are renewed every year, creating numerous openings in various jobs.

In addition to employment centres and several private employment agencies, there are also ways to find work within the college, through its own employment centre.

The national minimum wage is 6 pounds per hour approximately, which means that a part-time 25 hours per week can provide a minimum return of 550 pounds per month.

Higher education in England is completely adapted to fit the international student and the working student, that is one of the reasons why students have between 8 to 12 hours of classes per week, which allows students to easily combine a part-time job and in some cases even a full-time job.

OK Estudante helps students in finding housing in two ways, directly and indirectly.

Direct - We have partnerships with real estate agencies in some cities so that the student does not have to worry about finding accommodation.

Indirect - We provide the best advice and local search methods house, a good support at registration for the university dormitories.

There are several possibilities.

The student in the first year has the possibility to choose to live in the university dorms, and afterwards, at its discretion, share a house with other students.

Information regarding the dorms are available on each university’s website.

These following websites are also great ways to find accommodation:
www.brettward.co.uk
http://uk.easyroommate.com
www.gumtree.com
http://www.homesforstudents.co.uk
http://goliveit.net

Have in mind you should never send a deposit for a room before seeing it or confirming with OK Estudante.

OK Estudante also has agents in some cities with which we can try to find and confirm a time for the student for more specific information about this service simply contact us.

For more information please contact us.