Meet the global student
Students from around the world open up about what it's like to study in the UK
'Chinese students think British boys are gentlemen, but when they get drunk they go crazy'
Meet Xiaoyu, a student from China, home to around 19.8% of all international students at UK universities
'Staff in the UK are friendly. In India, teachers are feared and can’t be your friends'
'People sit around drinking tea, which isn't common in Nigeria. I love British tea'
'As an American, it took me four months to catch on to British sarcasm'
'I miss how, in Malaysia, everything revolves around food'
'I brought a meat hammer from Germany so I can make schnitzel'
'I surprisingly miss the heat, humidity and crowdedness of Hong Kong'
'I'm always subjected to atrocious Irish accents and jokes about drinking'
'I miss the patisserie, boulangerie and steak - but France isn't that far…'
'UK lad culture was a surprise – and in Greece we don't have pre-drinking'
International students in the UK: who are they really?
