News from Glasgow by Amélie

Currently in Scotland, in Glasgow since September 2011, I can only recommend it.

I'm living in Glasgow but the university is located in Paisley, it’s at 10 minutes by train from Glasgow.

Basically I wanted to find a flat to share in Glasgow, because you need to know that Paisley's it’s not have much to do, it's a very small town. I searched in Internet long time before i came, on Gumtree or on websites that relate to students.

I found a lot of things but i wasn’t there, so the landlord and / or students prefer choose people who were there.

So I arrived early in Glasgow, and I walk around the estate agency and listings of collocation.

On the second day an agency showed me a flat with a bedroom, in the city centre, I didn’t have anything more interesting so I decided to take it.

The integration was easy, people are really friendly and you have to go to the university’s parties to meet people.

In addition, there is a lot of sports at the university and it’s cheap. Personally I joined the cheerleaders, but there are also football, American football ... and a gym area available for £ 1 with latest equipment.

There are so many things to see, the city of Glasgow is very big and really beautiful. Also, there is the lake of Loch Ness, the Highlands with beautiful scenery and the pub in Edinbourgh :  The Elephant House and Edinbourgh’s castle that inspired JK Rolling for writing Harry Potter.

Not to mention that Scotland is the land of whiskey and there are many distilleries to visit. And there is a « pub culture » here, so from 17h everyone joined in the pub after work or classes. Also, be aware that Glasgow is a student’s town and it's great to get out. The clubs are open 7 / 7, it’s student parties during all week: it’s really crazy.

Amélie Recher

3rd year in Paisley, at University of the West of Scotland