Going to uni is always an exciting, but rather daunting part of our lives. Being an international student, and thus an 'outsider' to the United Kingdom made this even more extreme. Fortunately, Bournemouth turned out to be a really friendly place, with good social integration for all sorts of people. The accommodation Being from abroad, I had no local 'home' as such; I chose to get uni accommodation. This turned out to be one of the best sources of social and cultural integra