Hello everyone Labas my name is Astė and today I'm
going to talk about my experience in the university. I'm currently a student in
the University of Sunderland and I'm studying my Masters in Public Relations
however last year I've graduated from International Tourism and Hospitality
Management which I also studied in University of Sunderland. I am originally
from Lithuania and I came here four years ago, so my dream to study abroad
probably came into my mind when I was around 15 years old. I used to travel a
lot to the United Kingdom with my paretns and I just really enjoyed that and after that I was looking into
universities in the United Kingdom and ended up looking into University of
Sunderland because it was really really high in their rankings
especially like in the Tourism subject so it was like I think it was in fifth
place overall in like United Kingdom so it really impressed me and I start to
look a little bit more into it and I just ended up looking into forums
reading people reviews and I was really surprised that a lot of students really
enjoyed this university and that lecturers were really great so I've
decided that it would be a really good thing for me to apply to this University.
So when I was in my last year in high school
I had to go through some application process in order to study in the
university in the United Kingdom and to be honest
I didn't have to do much because we have this organisation that helps students to
apply for universities abroad and I basically just needed to write a
motivation later and ask for my teacher to write a recommendation letter and I
also had to ask for my school for like a document with my grades and I just took
these three papers and went to the organisation and gave it to them. They
filled in all forms for me, did UCAS for me as well and after that when I was
accepted to University of Sunderland I had to fill my student finance form and
for my master's application process, it was very simple so basically I emailed my
motivation letter to them and that's it, I got accepted a few days after and the only
thing I needed to do is to fill online student finance form which took me like
15 minutes and that was it. I decided to study Tourism for my Bachelor degree
because I used to travel with my parents a lot. We would go to different countries and I just really really enjoyed meeting new people,
trying their food, and I thought that it would be a great idea to study something
that I really liked doing in my life so by studying this subject I thought to
myself that it would open doors to different travel agencies, different
tourism attractions and organizations that would help me to travel a bit more
and experience new cultures, however when I was studying tourism I had a few
marketing lessons and I really really enjoyed them I thought that it was
something that I would love to do for the rest of my life. So after I've graduated
I went to talk with my my lecturers and just talked about my
future plans and while we were talking they actually suggested to me to do Public
Relations, I'm really grateful for their advice because I really really really
enjoy doing this subject and I feel that it's my cup of tea.
So after doing my bachelor degree I didn't even think twice because I
already knew that I wanted to stay in my University because I really enjoyed
studying here. I thought that lecturers were just amazing super helpful and just
really really friendly and the university infrastructure is really good as well
What do I mean by saying that? So if there is like any issues with my
documentation, the course or any like accommodation in enquiries I can always
always always go to the university and just ask for help
The University of Sunderland became like my second home so in the future I hope to
combine both of my subjects and I would really like to recommend it to any of my
family members my friends or any other people. It's just such a great place to
study, there's a whole bunch of things that you can do with your studies and
what do I mean by that- well we have like lots of sport clubs so for example I am
currently a team member in the equestrian sport and last year I was
also doing kickboxing, there's so many things that I can try now and all other
students can try it for such a low price but there's like loads of free stuff
that we are able to do, like for example go kayaking or go for surfing. I hope I
answered some of your questions about University and thank you so much for
watching. Bye!