My name is Splendour and I
am from Nigeria and I am studying Law and IFP programme.
Here you do a lot of independent research than
I do in my country
and the teaching style
is like more or less like independent research
Then you come to class and you're like, oh, and you explain
what you have read,
and then the teachers can like elaborate on that
and you can ask questions,
but don't really have that in
our country. It's like you just copy notes practically back.
I am not used to doing independent research,
so that's something I had to pick up really quickly.
But like, yes,
I've been able to overcome that,
like asking my teacher, oh, what sources should I use,
What can be considered academic
and what could
be considered non-academic,
what can I consider as credible sources for my essay.
And then I also have like troubles
like, I'd say, like writing my essay
like structurally
in the way that will be considered
like great and grounded
and I've been able to overcome that.
I interact with lots of people from different backgrounds.
I ask them questions about their culture.
I ask them questions about like,
how is the study in their home country?
And we get along really well,
and you also get learn
a lot of things from my country, Nigeria.
I live in private townhouse.
It's very homely because my flatmates are really nice
and it's spacious, like I have my own space.
I don't get disturbed, my
flatmates are not noisy, so it's perfect for me,
yeah.
So the advice I would give to
anyone that is trying to apply to the IFP
is that you should definitely go for it,
it's a great experience.
You meet lots of new people
on the course, you meet, you have great friends.
The teaching experience is beautiful. Like,
like the experience I have, like talking to my teachers,
an asking them questions
and sometimes I'm like, oh,
is this the right question to ask?
And you're like, no, you can ask me anything,
no question is stupid.
So like,
practically it's a great experience
for anyone who wants to try it.