A new way of learning

As an international student there will be many factors that shape how you learn, some of which could be:

• Your culture
• Your expectations and those of others like your parents and teachers
• Your friendships and peer groups
• Your language
• Your sense of who you are in your classes and when working with others
• Your ease or discomfort of working with others
• Your experiences of studying before

By becoming aware of these factors, you will be able to better address them and work with your tutors to further develop how you engage with your studies.

These factors can shape how open you are in your studies; they can shape your values (how you see the world and what you think is important) and there may be differences between your values and your new learning environment.

Joining a new learning environment can make the differences between how you see the world and how others in the class see the world, very clear. This can be distressing when you realise some people do not share your deeply held values. Try to not make a judgement on this until you have more experience of the University of Lincoln (or Lincoln Medical School) and the staff and students.