Hey everyone.
I'm Andrew, currently a final year student studying Computer Science with AI in the University of Nottingham.
And today I want to share about my experience on international student safety in Nottingham.
I believe many might be feeling a bit nervous before travelling to UK and have many questions in mind,
like whether is this a safe place to live?
I had a lot of these feelings as well and I can totally relate to you.
I've generally had a very good impression of the UK, and from all the experiences from
my seniors which have studied here for years, they gave me the same impression as well.
Upon arriving in the UK, I'm happy to say that all the people I met were nice and helpful,
and I had a very, very good experience checking in to the on-campus accommodation.
For those who are living on campus, I have to tell you that we have a lot of support from the university.
If anything happens to you or to your room in your accommodation, you can always contact
the Welcome point nearest to you or even the security hotline,
and there is a Residential Experience team which you can always contact too.
Besides this, the University also sends out regular emails to update you regarding the
current Covid situation or the safety situation in Nottingham.
A few months ago, the university also gave a lot of support to students when there was
a rise in spiking cases in nightclubs around Nottingham.
Not only regular emails were sent out to all students, but students can also contact the
university if they happen to be one of the victims of such events.
Nightclubs around Nottingham have also increased their security personnel so that students
can easily approach them if they happen to fall victim to such unfortunate events.
So yeah, in general it's pretty much safe in Nottingham.
I've not encountered any bad things as I've arrived in Nottingham so this is generally a very good experience.
But still, here's a few advices regarding personal safety for international students
in the University of Nottingham.
So first when it comes to personal safety, one important thing is that it's always better to just travel in groups.
So whether you're on night out or when you're coming back from the club, something like that.
Yeah, just travelling group because it's safer.
You have your friends together with you, it's easier to get help something like that, or
it's generally less likely for you to get attacked by someone.
Second, I'll definitely recommend everyone to just bring less cash because less cash
in your wallet means that it's less likely for you to get robbed.
And yeah using cashless options are really easy.
You can use a card or even like us use it on Google Pay or Apple Pay a lot more convenient.
And yeah, because now we're in Covid as well, so less contact is always better.
When we talk about where we live, of course, we need to make sure that we protect our own safety as well.
So first things first, always leave your doors and windows shut and locked when you're out
so that there won't be any break in cases, you won't get anything lost.
Yeah, that's one main thing.
Second thing always get to know your neighbours whether you're living on campus, off campus,
or even like a rented accommodation with someone else.
Because let's say if you're on a night out or on a trip you can get them to have an eye
on what's happening or even if something happens, you can get help from them easier.
So third thing we are talking about is harassment.
So luckily, I have I haven't encountered this before.
But let's say if you faced any sexual harassment or even any kind of racist comments,
hate crime and all that, you can either contact the University of Nottingham welfare, the security
or even the Students' Union, or worst case you can always contact the police.
So there is a lot of support here and everyone is here to help you.
So yes, that's basically my experience as an international student in University of Nottingham.
It's generally quite safe and if you want to contact me, feel free to contact me via Instagram,
with my name Andrew Kuan or you can check out all my other videos on my YouTube as well
which named Andrew Kuan as well.
So thanks for watching, and I'll see you guys in the future.
Goodbye.