Benefits of Studying in the UK: Quality Education, Cultural Exposure, and Work Opportunities

This essay discusses the benefits of studying in the UK, including quality education, cultural exposure, and work opportunities. It also includes personal experiences and references to support the claims.

SSHE PROJECT 1 ESSAY

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Studying abroad is a dream for each and every student because it provides with much better
opportunities and better standard of living as per the students studying. Talking of studying
abroad, one of the best countries to study in is UK which provides varied fields of education to
pursue. UK has a legacy for scientific research hub and thus attracts one of the brightest minds in
the world. The following essay will be talking about the benefits of studying in the UK along
with any personal experience evidencing the same.
MAIN BODY
UK is a great place to study with an access to a large student community. This can be proven
by the fact that almost 14% of the UK’s population is born abroad i.e., almost 9.5 million of total
people. This shows that UK is a mixture of various cultures and ethics and to live in such an
environment can be a life changing experiencing for anybody. London’s 35% population was
born outside of UK (Ogura, 2020).
Although a person can have a fantastic exposure to the different cultures the UK has to offer
but it also has the facilities like community meetings and events of all the beliefs and even
restaurants and food joints serving delicacies from home to help the person with homesickness
and cultural shock if he experiences it. It can also be said that exposure to such wide variety of
cultures globally and meeting fellow international students will help the students with developing
of social skills which are very important to survive and thrive in the international markets in the
future (King and Sondhi, 2018).
There is a special emphasis on the quality of education imparted among the students in all
the universities and colleges in the UK. For such a tedious task, Quality Assurance Agency
(QAA), which is an independent body is being formulated to assess and supervise the quality of
standards of education of those universities and colleges. Such a quality can be ensured by the
fact that out of top 50 global universities, 8 universities are of UK itself like University of
Oxford, University of Manchester, King’s College London, Imperial College London, etc. (Yates
and Plagnol, 2022).
Varied areas of education consists of fields like, art and design, engineering, science,
business and management, law and finance, etc. offering courses from English language course
to PHDs. Also, QAA takes various measures to maintain the quality like audits, subject reviews,
devising best educational practices. The special consideration is laid on the assurance that all the

students will have access to the top tier quality of research, learning and teaching (Xie and et.al.,
2021).
One of the most important aspects a student consider nowadays is earning while studying.
Being independent is a trend and infuses a sense of confidence in the student for his future jobs
and works as he will already be experienced while studying. Keeping this in mind, UK’s system
of education allows to work part-time for up to 20 hours weekly during the ongoing terms. And
during the semester breaks, he can even work full-time. And such work experience will be added
to his CV. This allows the student to keep up with his day to day living expenses and even costs
of loans taken for studying thereby having a sense of responsibility within him (Huang and
Turner, 2018).
Such an experience in his own respective field will help him attain good jobs in the future
based on his experience. Also there is a new announcement regarding working for extra 2 years
in the UK after graduation due to which the student will not be forced to shift to other countries
and continue to be live and work in the UK.
The student here will be able to grasp such crucial skill to succeed later in his life in the
future with his job or even his own business. One of those skill is command on English language
which has a global recognition and is spoken globally. Also with students coming in the UK
from around the world the student will have an access to different accents like English, Irish,
Scottish, Welsh and British of course.
And being a place where the English language originated, there can’t be a better place to
learn the language along with having real life listening experience of different accent that a
student might not be able to access at other place. Also, command on the English language will
help the students with accessing the global recognition and also increasing the chances of global
employment opportunities which is desired by all (Wilkins and Juusola, 2018).
As it can be observed and understood from the above benefits, in my opinion, decision to
study in the UK is a wise decision as first and foremost, the quality of education is top notch with
various bodies governing the quality. Then, to be able to work while studying is a great option
because living in the UK is not cheap and thus earning while studying will be of great assistance
financially as well as career wise for the future jobs and works. Also, meeting a large community
of students with varied cultures is once in a life time opportunity and not everybody has access to
such an opportunity and to be able to gain expertise in English language is an icing on the cake

as this will grant me with global employment opportunities and access to better job opportunities
either independently or even through placements. Thus, keeping such factors in mind I decided
to study in the UK (Why study in the United Kingdom? 2022).
CONCLUSION
UK is one of the best places to study for overseas students and gain global recognition. To
support such a comment, the essay above discusses various benefits of studying in the UK like
best quality of education in one of the top universities and colleges of the world, having been
able to meet varied cultured and large community of students, to be able to work and earn while
studying and to gain expertise in English language skills. Therefore, it can be a wise decision to
study in the UK for any student.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Huang, R. and Turner, R., 2018. International experience, universities support and graduate
employability–perceptions of Chinese international students studying in UK
universities. Journal of Education and Work. 31(2). pp.175-189.
King, R. and Sondhi, G., 2018. International student migration: A comparison of UK and Indian
students’ motivations for studying abroad. Globalisation, Societies and Education. 16(2).
pp.176-191.
Ogura, Y., 2020. Consideration of Occupational Diversity via Academia through Studying
Abroad in the UK. Yakugaku Zasshi: Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of
Japan. 140(1). pp.37-41.
Wilkins, S. and Juusola, K., 2018. The benefits and drawbacks of transnational higher education:
Myths and realities. Australian Universities' Review, The. 60(2). pp.68-76.
Xie, Y. and et.al., 2021. A qualitative investigation of stress related to studying architecture at
degree level in the UK. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education. 20(1). pp.3-20.
Yates, J. and Plagnol, A. C., 2022. Female computer science students: A qualitative exploration
of women’s experiences studying computer science at university in the UK. Education
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