Azery student
Elsevar Muradli has been sampling the best of British Education after winning a
two-week taster experience at John Leggott College.
Following an
initial visit to Azerbaijan by the College’s international team in October,
interest in studying in Scunthorpe has already been strong.
Elsevar has been
given the opportunity to participate in lessons at the College, improve his
English language skills and visit local tourist attractions during the trip,
which he won over hundreds of other young people in a competition run by Araz
FM.
“The college is
wonderful - a lot of blocks, student union, library, computer room, gym, and so
on. It is simply an amazing place to stay and study,” Elsevar said.
“At JLC I
studied English, media studies, business studies, German and travel and
tourism. My favourite subjects are travel and tourism and German. Travel as I
am studying tourism and hotel management in Baku, and I like everything close
to tourism, travelling and hotels. But German has been an added bonus to
improve my language skills - I just like it.
“Scunthorpe is a
little, quite lovely town where you can concentrate on your studies. I like
this place.”
Elsevar was
integrated into classes full of local John Leggott College students and was
also able to make new friends and spend time socialising. He stayed with a
teacher and even spent time at Lincoln Christmas Market.
“Last weekend my
host family and I went to the Lincoln for the Christmas Market. I’ve never been
to Christmas markets, and I liked it very much. We had a lot of fun,” added
Elsevar.
“I think the two
week life in JLC and Christmas market are the best memories for me to take
home.”
Back in Azerbaijan,
Elsevar is about to begin a hotel management internship.
John Leggott
College Director of Liaison and Marketing Dana Walden said: “Moving to the UK
for two years of college study is a big commitment and so our two-week taster
course enables young people abroad to sample UK education before enrolling onto
a full college programme.
“It is the first
time we have run such a competition and we believe that diversifying the
international learning experiences John Leggott College has to offer will enable
us to generate more interest from prospective international students.
“It has been a
pleasure to have Elsevar with us for two weeks and we are confident that he
will go home and tell others about his experience so that we can continue to
spread the word about John Leggott College’s excellence in international
education.”
John Leggott
College currently has 120 international students, from approximately eight
different countries, who live with local host families.
After my taster course, I will go to London. When I back to
China, I will share my experience in UK included the time in John Leggott
College to my family and friends. Frankly speaking, I enjoyed the time in JLC.
I like the environment and the people here. I hope I can back here in September
and meet you again. 
