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Auslandserfahrung
Auslandserfahrung
Our trip to Aston University, England
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On February 23rd, I went to visit my old university
together with a group of FAIII students. As is commonly
known, it's a popular option to do a Masters
right after successfully completing the Staatsexamen
here in Wuerzburg at our school. Many of the
universities our students have chosen in the past
regularly send over representatives to give talks
about the programmes they offer. Aston has done
so as well. Until this year. This year, we decided to
take a closer glimpse at what university life in the
UK is like and attend some modules while we're
there.
We left Thursday morning at around 8 o'clock to
catch the train to Frankfurt. Our plane took off
around noon, and before Michael could say 'I've
never been on a plane before, I don't quite know
what to expect', we touched ground again in Birmingham,
England. There are other ways of getting
to England these days – one could take the train
through the Euro tunnel or drive by car and cross
with the ferry – but flying still seems like the most
relaxed of options, and the cheapest.
We stayed at one of the bigger B&Bs on Broad
Street, the going-out centre of Birmingham. On our
25-minute walk to the university, the students got
a nice overview of the city; we passed symphony
hall, lots of pubs and bars, but also city hall, Victoria
Square and many museums (which are all free of
charge in England!).
The modules we attended were Theoretical Concepts
of Translation and Interpreting, Research Methods
as well as a practical translation course with