All About Overseas Education
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The general rule if you are going London is, if the name of the area sounds dodgy than avoid that area. Eg Hack-ney.
Walking at night should be avoided unless you are in a group. -
Nasi Lemak\" post_id=\"2112263\" time=\"1688400377\" user_id=\"188813:[quote=\"Nasi Lemak\" post_id=2112263 time=1688400377 user_id=188813]
It's really not practical to eat out 3 meals a day for a prolonged period. To eat decent hot meals of the kind of variety and quality equivalent to hawker centres - that's just not available, at any cost. Any meal that requires a seat, service staff, etc brings up the cost. The cheapest meals would be a pre-packed sandwich from a supermarket, snack bar or 7-11 equivalent, which was about 4-5 pounds in 2019, and probably more now.
In London, what is the monthly cost for food? Assuming eat out for three meals.[/quote]
So students need to be prepared to eat hostel food where possible, or cook at least 1 meal a day if they live in self-catering accommodation, or some combination of hostel and self-cooked meals. If not, it can be quite miserable, foodwise, and probably not very nutritious. Buying ingredients from supermarkets is relatively cheap, certainly much cheaper than buying prepared meals. -
Is the inflation in UK quite bad now? How abt the safety now in general?
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MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2112276\" time=\"1688429013\" user_id=\"43981:
The inflation sounds bad, but I haven't been there recently.
Is the inflation in UK quite bad now? How abt the safety now in general?
The UK is a big place. Every city has its places where you should not venture alone at night, even Singapore. Rural areas have their own safety issues - getting lost, stranded without transport, etc. -
Nasi Lemak\" post_id=\"2112263\" time=\"1688400377\" user_id=\"188813:[quote=\"Nasi Lemak\" post_id=2112263 time=1688400377 user_id=188813]
Hi Nasi Lemak
In London, what is the monthly cost for food? Assuming eat out for three meals.[/quote]
I think a general reasonable guideline for allowance is the PSC/Statutory Board monthly allowance for their scholars. Scholars typically pay everything out of pocket (i.e. food, accommodation, transport) from the allowance and it represents a reasonable student budget. I do not know what the current rates are - would you happen to know? My guess would be in the 1500-1700 GBP range per month? It's enough to support a few regional short trips a year too.
I don't know of anyone who eats three meals out a day. A Tesco or Sainsbury meal deal (Sandwich/pasta, drink and snack) is now 5 pounds, which to me is not a bad deal. Sometimes you can get a hot latte/mocha in the meal deal too if the store has the Costa machine. The cheaper sandwiches (2 pounds or less) like egg and mayo or tuna mayo, make good breakfast items to me, and I do buy and toast them up in the morning. I also love the ready-to-eat meals that you buy and just heat up at home. M&S pastas are 3 boxes for 8 or 9 pounds - I find them all very good quality. The typical Chicken Tandoori or Tikka Masala or Korma meals are found in every supermarket.
International Hall is very central! You can walk to many London unis (not Imperial College though). Hackney is not the \"best\" area in London but it is increasingly gentrified and there are university students who live there. -
MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2112276\" time=\"1688429013\" user_id=\"43981:
Inflation is bad across most of the world now. If you speak to any Malaysian, they feel is terribly acutely. It's Singaporeans with our strong Sing dollar who finds Malaysia cheap - but for a Malaysian earning 3k RM monthly, the hawker food that now starts at 8 RM or so is very expensive to bear.
Is the inflation in UK quite bad now? How abt the safety now in general? -
Scholarship allowance was 900pound per month some 18 yrs ago... 😅 Est 500 for accommodation and 400 for food.
The general rule abt the dodgy area was shared to us by locals then.
The good thing abt staying in central london, their uni facilities are within walking distance, library, swimming pool, indoor heated type and sauna... British library is within reach, free access with registration. -
00skyblue00\" post_id=\"2112287\" time=\"1688431497\" user_id=\"143605:
Haha you must be a lot younger than I am. PSC London and Oxbridge allowance during my time was 7xx GBP a month. But exchange rate was 1 GBP = 3 SGD.
Scholarship allowance was 900pound per month some 18 yrs ago... 😅 Est 500 for accommodation and 400 for food.
The general rule abt the dodgy area was shared to us by locals then.
The good thing abt staying in central london, their uni facilities are within walking distance, library, swimming pool, indoor heated type and sauna... British library is within reach, free access with registration. -
doodbug\" post_id=\"2112285\" time=\"1688430643\" user_id=\"13281:
Yes must be terrible for some Msian students on budget there. And I just got to know 3.4x now SG-RM!
Inflation is bad across most of the world now. If you speak to any Malaysian, they feel is terribly acutely. It's Singaporeans with our strong Sing dollar who finds Malaysia cheap - but for a Malaysian earning 3k RM monthly, the hawker food that now starts at 8 RM or so is very expensive to bear. -
Wah…the exchange rate for GBP now is very good compared to then. 1.7x for GBP, 1.3x USD and around 0.9 AUD… our SGD not bad hor.
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