dassy Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Has anybody ever done research in Oxford (or elsewhere in UK)?? I just got a summer research job and I'm looking for any tips about living there i.e., finding somewhere to live, living on a very limited budget (since rent is super expensive there), where to eat/food shop, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmer08 Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Has anybody ever done research in Oxford (or elsewhere in UK)?? I just got a summer research job and I'm looking for any tips about living there i.e., finding somewhere to live, living on a very limited budget (since rent is super expensive there), where to eat/food shop, etc damn thats exciting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axialpac Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Has anybody ever done research in Oxford (or elsewhere in UK)?? I just got a summer research job and I'm looking for any tips about living there i.e., finding somewhere to live, living on a very limited budget (since rent is super expensive there), where to eat/food shop, etc I don't think many of us have lived in England before. I've been there and stayed for about a week and it's really nice there. The accents are amazing, haha... Unfortunately I don't know anything about living there etc. But I just wanted to congratulate you on getting the position in such a beautiful country!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhgel Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 dassy, mind sharing how you managed to score that? congrats!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmer08 Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 I don't think many of us have lived in England before. I've been there and stayed for about a week and it's really nice there. The accents are amazing, haha... Unfortunately I don't know anything about living there etc. But I just wanted to congratulate you on getting the position in such a beautiful country!! Yep we love their accents and they love ours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andie Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 The colleges rent rooms for the summer, so contact them and ask. I stayed at Green College one summer, it was pretty nice there. Also check out daily info, it is their version of Craigslist that everyone uses. The second summer I was there I found a room for rent on there that was cheaper than the college, and closer to my lab. http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/ I also got a bike off daily info at the beginning of the summer, and then sold it at the end for the same price, so free transportation for the whole summer! The town is pretty small so most people just bike everywhere, its pretty awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medhopeful64 Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Has anybody ever done research in Oxford (or elsewhere in UK)?? I just got a summer research job and I'm looking for any tips about living there i.e., finding somewhere to live, living on a very limited budget (since rent is super expensive there), where to eat/food shop, etc Wow, congrats, that is exciting! What kind of research are you doing there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dassy Posted January 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Thanks guys My boyfriend is British, so I was really trying hard to find somewhere so we could spend the summer together. I basically emailed all the profs at Cambridge/Oxford that interested me and I heard back from a couple of them (went and interviewed during the break). I'm working at the Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics and I'm either working on induced pluripotent stem cells or creating a protocol for sequencing functional SNPs in neuronal brain tissue for different disease phenotypes. The colleges rent rooms for the summer, so contact them and ask. I stayed at Green College one summer, it was pretty nice there. Also check out daily info, it is their version of Craigslist that everyone uses. The second summer I was there I found a room for rent on there that was cheaper than the college, and closer to my lab. http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/ THANKS!!! Super helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lekarza Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Congratulations on scoring a position in Oxford! I just came back from exchange in England for the semester. I did not live in Oxford but I can give you some advice. If you have any questions feel free to pm me! Good luck and have fun!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Wellcome Trust do amazing things. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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