All the best of luck with your new life & new city! Leeds May not be quite so beautiful as Barcelona but I’m sure you’ll be happy there. Doing a PhD can be hard though. Let me know how you’re getting along!
Thanks for your kind words, and for encouraging me to write about the process. We have found a place in Manchester that we like and we are excited about this new step.
Super excited, but a little concerned about all that remains to be done. Wishing others would move quicker so I could start pushing through some of my to-do lists: I cannot, for example, register with NHS until I have a visa, I cannot apply for the visa until the Uni issues a letter, the Uni cannot issue the letter until they ask for certain info (they won't till June), etc.
You are by no means the only person in this situation. The OU's research community has a lot of peer support available for new students from overseas, so I hope you can connect to something similar at Leeds.
All the best of luck with your new life & new city! Leeds May not be quite so beautiful as Barcelona but I’m sure you’ll be happy there. Doing a PhD can be hard though. Let me know how you’re getting along!
HI Jason,
Thanks for your kind words, and for encouraging me to write about the process. We have found a place in Manchester that we like and we are excited about this new step.
Congratulations, Christian
thank you! I am pumped about the move, the program, and the UK. I love my life here in Barcelona, but this new chapter is brimming with opportunities.
Congratulations!!
Super excited, but a little concerned about all that remains to be done. Wishing others would move quicker so I could start pushing through some of my to-do lists: I cannot, for example, register with NHS until I have a visa, I cannot apply for the visa until the Uni issues a letter, the Uni cannot issue the letter until they ask for certain info (they won't till June), etc.
thank you!
You are by no means the only person in this situation. The OU's research community has a lot of peer support available for new students from overseas, so I hope you can connect to something similar at Leeds.
Thank you! and across the UK. My program has very little in person requirements so I hope to cast a wide net of interactions with others in the UK.
Start with the Institute of Historical Research! They have a brilliant seminar programme, much of which is broadcast online.