STUDENT SUPPORT
Full Support system
Our expert lawyers, UK graduates and support team members will assist you from at every stage. Our expertise does not only consist in terms of the law but also provide you an insight of the environment and living accommodation of your chosen country.
Education Enrolment and Support Advisors
If you have any general queries, our legal advisors and counsellors are here to answer them for you. They will supply you with the essential information about studying abroad and how you can broaden your capability in your chosen subject.
Our Student Services team
The GCLC centre will furnish you with a broad range of categories such as social interacting, communication skills and financial stability during your studies. Contact us now to enquire about accommodation and visas.
We are your Educator
Our syllabus will provide materials on the educational system and give you the support to organise for university life. Our educators are skillful and you will receive the guidance and support for your success.
Advancement and our Placement Officers
At GCLC our goal is to priorities you in your university application. Our placement officers will work with you to find the university and degree program that will fit with your ambitions at rates you can afford. You will receive guidance in the workshops the universities hold, counseling sessions and any trips to the institution. At GCLC our endorsement is to support you academically, mentally and providing practical solutions.
Invested to your success
Receiving our guidance will be rewarding for you in becoming successful careerists and giving you a foundation for your future.
13 Reasons Why You Should Study Abroad
1. Discovering new places
2. Making friends from all over the world
3. Learning a new language
4. Learning to be independent
5. Organising your life
6. It’s liberating
7. Learning about yourself/a new culture
8. Learning to be tolerant
9. Opens new doors
10. New perspective
11. Taste of a new culture
12. Getting over fears/personal barriers
13. Once in a lifetime
Whether it’s enjoying the neighbourhood just next door or exploring a new country, travelling whilst on Erasmus is one of the highlights. One of the best things I did was was go to Portugal for a spontaneous trip away, despite the lack of sleep! In most cities there are organisations who will help you to settle in, and they also organise trips most weekends. Some people I know travel every single weekend, some prefer to make the most of the city where they’re living…but discovering new places is eye-opening in any form.
From Germany to Wisconsin and Switzerland to Spain, I met people from all over the world during Erasmus. I have loved learning new things from each of them- I have made a friend who lives in the mountains, one who lives by the beach, one who lives in New York City. I find it amazing that such different lives are all connected through Erasmus.
Although I spoke a bit of Spanish before I came to Spain, I can honestly say that there is no better practice than living in the country where the language is spoken. It just isn’t the same as speaking it in class (usually with a teacher who isn’t native to the country either)…but living in the country and speaking the language every day (even if it’s just asking for directions or asking someone how their day was), is the best practice you can get. Also, making friends who speak the language you want to learn is a massive one. Learning grammar is useful, of course, but learning to speak like a native Spaniard is much more helpful in my opinion. For example I didn’t know before I came to Spain that Spanish people say ‘a ver’ (let’s see) ALL the time, just as English people say ‘like’ mid-sentence.
If moving to a different country with nowhere to live when you get there doesn’t make you independent, I don’t know what will. Of course, there is the option to find somewhere to live before you arrive, but this can be difficult and it is hard to know who to trust- especially when you’re communicating with people who speak a different language! I would personally recommend booking somewhere before you arrive to avoid the total panic/stress when you get to your destination. You just need to be absolutely doubly sure that it is legit (which is difficult of course). Some people I know visited the country before they started studying, with a parent or friend, to book a room, (obviously this isn’t possible for everyone) but whichever option you decide to go for, it will teach you a good few life lessons along the way.
Erasmus forced me to become organised. From packing to paperwork and phone contracts, there are so many little things which you don’t think about. There is so much to do before you arrive that you have to be totally on top of it all in order to avoid unnecessary stress. Ask anyone who knows me and they will assure you that I am not exactly an organised person…but Erasmus has certainly changed that.
At first, I found it quite daunting that I didn’t know anyone in Madrid except from the 3 girls I went with. But after a few weeks it becomes exciting, and even liberating. Walking around the streets of Moncloa, where I lived, and knowing that I wouldn’t see anyone from home was quite refreshing.
I feel like I have learnt a lot about myself on Erasmus, as weird as that sounds. When I asked my friend and housemate Rachel what she had learnt, she said “I have learnt that I can only take so much tomato pesto”…not quite what I was expecting, but very true nonetheless. Other things I have learnt: I can’t cope with heat over 35 degrees, I shouldn’t drink wine from Aldi, waking up early and thinking “it’s fine, I can have a siesta later” is a great comfort, Aldi’s waffles in Spain are the best thing to ever exist, Spanish people don’t like it when you stroke their dogs, Madrid is full of green birds, paying by card is an urban myth and McDonald’s is way better in Spain (go for the McPollo burger, you won’t regret it.)