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

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