All aspiring international students will have to keep in mind how they will fund their studies, as we all know that studying internationally is quite the investment.

There are many scholarships or partial scholarships available to international students, but trying to find the right one for you can be difficult when faced with so much choice.

My journey to studying abroad in the UK as an international student from Nigeria, a business owner and mum of four nearly didn’t happen. During the process of applying, I came up against barriers because I was an unconventional international student with a child and years of work experience.

But my passion to study overseas motivated me to push past these challenges and persist with my education.

Finding a place to live as an international student is quite the challenge.

If you plan to study in the UK, you usually will have the choice between university halls of accommodation or privately renting a flat or a house. Once you have decided which of these to go for, there will be other factors to consider when choosing accommodation.

Here are five tips for finding accommodation in the UK.

Fees, visas, accommodation, qualification equivalencies, travel – about as much work can go into planning international study as it can to the course itself.

Among many factors, students want to be reassured that the college or university is of a high standard and that their new qualification will be valuable enough to find a job that justifies the investment.

However, sometimes students can forget to check whether the institution really does have the power to award them their degree in the first place.

In October 2020, I decided to begin a PhD in law. After my LLB and LLM this would be my third venture into higher education, and I chose to continue at De Montfort University in the UK.

When it comes to studying abroad, there are many things to consider – and one of the biggest things to organise is how to fund it.

Scholarships are a great way to gain some extra help towards tuition fees and living costs, and there are probably more scholarships available than you might think. Scholarships are available for students for a range of reasons including academic achievement, financial status and home country.