International conference: Students Speak
This is a translation of an article appeared on "NZZ Campus" (Die wöchentliche Seite für Studium und Karriere, May 14th/15th, 2011) written by Claudia Salzmann and Jennifer Zimmermann. The orignal article in German can be downloaded from here or it can be read on-line at NZZ Campus's website. For further information on the conference browse the preliminary rationale of the conference and/or read the report written by Aurora Domeniconi.
Stumbling Blocks in Semester Abroad
A "collective brainstorming" in Forlì over the struggles of international students
European universities are certainly making an effort on behalf of their international students. But are these students actually content at their host schools? The university of Bologna in Forlì wanted to get find out the answer directly from those affected.
"Forlì has three main streets" said a student with an East-European accent sarcastically. Not particularly incentivizing for spending your semester abroad here, yet that is exactly what he is doing. He is spending an Erasmus semester in the northern Italian city, 70 kilometers south-east of Bologna; Forlì is home to one of the five...