International Study at
Liverpool John Moores University vs. La Trobe University

A SHORT PAPER

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE OF
OVERSEAS STUDY WRITING PREPARATION COURSE
Kumamoto Gakuen University


SUPERVISOR: Judy Yoneoka
Kumamoto Gakuen University
Oe 2-5-1 Kumamoto
Japan
Jan 2011

This paper consists of　1000-1200 words

1. Introduction
Liverpool John Moores University is located in the city of Liverpool England. The Universities established in 1924. There are 240000 students and 3000 international students. On
2. University
A) On-campus facilities
① Academic facilities (library, LL, etc.)
In Liverpool John Moores University, there are three Learning Resource Centers. They called the library LRCs. The two largest and most modern LRC facilities are based on the City Campus and used mainly by students studying on the city campus. “There are more than 68,500 books in the LRCs' collections.” (Liverpool John Moores University web site, 2011, online) LRC’s open 24 hours a day for students. On the other hands, La Trobe university’s library has more than 1.6 million books and more than 20,000 electoric books. Morever 20 laptop computers are available at the Melbourne campus library. The laptops connect to the University's wireless network
② Dining facilities
There is no dining facility in LJMU so students should eat out of the school building. There are many cafeterias around the university. Genevieve Waite, an international student from this university, recommends the cafeterias are “SCREAM” and “Quick Chef”. Most people have lunch with beer at lunch time. On the other hand, ｔhere is a large range of dining options at a La Trobe university.　The Agora at Melbourne is very convenient place. For example, there are coffee shop, juice bars and food outlets. The Agora at Melbourne is a central meeting area. There are coffee shops, juice bars and food outlets. These include vegetarian and halal food options. Bendigo campus has Sweeney’s Café which is very cheap shop. Shepparton campus is located in town. There are restaurants and food outlets. Mildura has two dining options. A canteen and, called “Reflections by the Lake”.
③ Dormitories / living facilities
There are 15 dormitories for students. Students should find and decide to the dorm by themselves. Waite Genevieve (Oct,18,2010,pers,comns) recommends the dorm that is called Lennon Studios. The Lennon studio is very near the university campus. It takes about 2 minutes. “The Lennon Studios form part of the Student Village complex and are organized into flats containing between 5 and 8 study bed rooms each.” (LJMU Accommodation,2010.) In the academic year 2011/12, bedrooms at Lennon Studios will cost either ￡105.00 or ￡114.00 per week depending on size and are let on size and are let on a standard 42 week. To request a room at Lennon Studios, student need to complete the accommodation request form on web site. The first date that requests can be submitted for academic year 2011/12 is Tuesday, 1 March 2011.
On the contrary, La Trobe University has three colleges for international student: Chisholm College, Menzies College and Glenn College. In Australia, dormitories are called colleges. Student must find and decide to the international college on the Internet. All of them are very near the university campus. Chisholm College is the cheapest one. This college can accommodate 394 people but students have to cook by ourselves everyday. Glenn College is the most expensive college but it has two meals in day so students don’t have to cook.

④ Other facilities (banking, shopping, post office, etc.)
The LJMU campus is next to the international center and there are ATMs and a post office there. The post office, bank, and shopping mall are near by the university. On the other hand, Australian banks have much better interest rates than bank deposits in Japan. There are banks, travel agent, hairdresser, bookshop and a post office in La Trobe University! Students never need to go to the downtown.Also There are shopping mall near the university and many kind of restaurants: Chinese Italian Japanese etc.


B) Academics
① ESL center / classes
Liverpool John Moores University has no ESL. Because of that, students who want to study English have better to go to a language school before the classes starts. (Natsumi Ogawa. an exchange student in JU in 2010.) On the other hands, In La Trobe, this section will introduce about ESL at LTU. There are 1A~5B classes and 3 courses.　ftFirstly, General English has stage 1~5. This course is to learn a wide range of common communication resources in English. It takes 50 weeks to graduate this course. Secondly, English for further studies has stage 4 and 5. If students can graduate stage 4, they can go on to stage 5. After Stage 5, they can enroll in regular courses. Finally, English for Business is a class to learn to use English at work or enroll in Business College. It takes from 10 weeks to 20 weeks to graduate this course.(Personal Interview 2010, “aswho ryugaku” online 2010 )

② Regular courses
Liverpool Business School is one of the leading parts of Liverpool John Moores University and based on the Faculty of Business & Law. “Situated at Mount Pleasant Campus, Liverpool Business School boasts a thriving community of over 5,000 students.” (LJMU homepage, 2010.)

C) Clubs and activities
Liverpool John Moores University has many clubs and societies. This university is famous for sports science, and having many sports team and clubs. There are clubs which do sports that are not familiar in Japan like cricket and lacrosse. There are also clubs and societies that do not concern sports, like Architecture Society and math society. The university also has international societies like Chinese Society, Japanese Society, Jewish Society, and Islamic Society. These societies consist of the students from different countries and ethnicities and it seems that the students from each country have to join their own society. These societies are run by students

3. Environment
A) Surrounding City / town
Liverpool is a central city of Merseyside of England. Liverpool was called “dirty pool” about 900 years old. It was prosperous in 18 and 19 century because of commerce between many countries. It is also famous for The Beatles’ birth place.

B) Climate
The climate in Liverpool is calm because of the ocean currency. The average temperature in Liverpool is 2℃in winter,5-15℃ in spring, 20℃ in summer, and 10℃ in Autumn.
The weather in Liverpool and Melbourne are opposite. Melbourne has not rainy　season and mild climate though the year but weather is always change.Average temperate in Melbourne is 6-13℃ in winter, 13-23℃ in spring, 12-25℃ in summer, 7-21℃ in autumn. Mornings and nights are very cold so students should bring some jackets.
C) People
Many people from other countries are living in Liverpool as immigrants. There is one of the largest China town is in Liverpool. Liverpool John Moores University also has a lot of international student from many countries.
On the other hand,There are 4 million people in Melbourne(2011). There are many immigrants from other countries. For example, British, Italian, Vietnamese and Chinese. Melbourne has the largest Jewish population in Australia. There are very historical people in Australia which is called “Aborigine”. Aborigine has very long history.
D) Transportation
Liverpool is accessible and has many methods of transportation. There are many local buses running in Liverpool and long distance buses also running through Liverpool. It is easy to go other cities from Liverpool. It takes about 5 hours from Liverpool to London. Liverpool has John Lennon Airport, which was named for John Lennon. There is also a station called Lime Street Station. It takes 2 hours and a half to go to London.
Similarly, Melbourne has three main kinds of transportation, tram, train and bus. First of all, Melbourne’s famous transportation is tram. Tourists can get on it free so it’s very good for them. Next, the train is called Metro in Melbourne. It’s convenient for local people. If you go to the Melbourne airport, you should use the buses because it’s cheap and there is a Met Card so you can change the line everywhere.
4. Support
A) Health care / insurance / counseling
In the United Kingdom, we don’t have to pay money to get the medical services because they have “National Health Service (MHS)”. First, to use this, we need to register our name with a General Practitioner of Primary Health Care. That is a doctor in the local area. If a person feels sick or has something wrong, they can ask the general practitioner and receive medical services.

B) International center
There is no ESL in this university, but The International Study Centre has many services for international students. It also helps international student not only teach them English, but also help these student to be able to gain grades.
C) Academic advice
There is no ESL in this university, but The International Study Centre has many services for international students. It also helps international student not only teach them English, but also help these student to be able to gain grades.

5. Conclusion
As you can see, the largest difference point is season between United Kingdom and Australia. It is affect climate, people, and transportation. Japanese students go to study abroad in Australia from February to December. On the contrary, Japanese students also go to United kingdom from August to May. There is other difference from structure for international students. In LJMU, students can have department class at first, but international student in LTU have to get score that school decides score. If students cannot get score, they have to ESL. Two countries have similar point. The point is streetscape because Melbourne looks like Europe.
6. References
LJMU
Genevieve Waite. Student of Liverpool John Moore University. Personal interview, 2010. Oct. 18

International center in KGU, formation

LJMU Accommodation,2010. http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/accommodation/

LJMU homepage, 2010. http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/

LJMU Library and student support,2011 http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lea/index.htm

Lennon studioswebsite.2010.
http://www.unite-students.com/student-accommodation/liverpool/lennon-studios.

Natsumi Ogawa. Student of Kumamoto Gakuen University. 2010. Oct.18

LTU
“La Trobe University“ web site. Library collections(2010) Jan.24 2011　http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/about/collections.php
“La Trobe University web site” Life at La Trobe(2010) http://www.latrobe.edu.au/life/servic
“La Trobe University web site” (n.d) Chisolm College. Retrieved Jan 27, 2011 from http://www.latrobe.edu.au/chisholm/
“Wikipedia website(2010)“La Trobe University. Retrievwed Dec 3, 2010.from http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6
“Wikipedia”(2010) People in Melbourne. Jan.27, 2011 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne“TALK TALK” (n.d) Australian Aborigine. Retrieved Jan.27, 2011 from)http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0023779.htm

“Yahoo chiebukuro”(2011 Jan.14) Retrieved Jan. 19, 2011 from http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1235295607
“Wikipedia website” Melbourne people(2011). Jan 24 2011http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B3