MK - at First Sight:
I have watched the video. Nice view.
MK is a very “specciall” place (is not completely a city, is not completely a town…) you don’t found anything that you could wait for, in a normal city. Is another concept.
Nevertheless, the best thing to be there in MK is to meet nice people from everywhere in the middle of anywhere.
I can imagine the effort you did to put this together! Well done! The film clearly represents a part of milton keynes from the perspective of OU research students/staffs. It is very interesting to hear the differences in opinion between the British and non-British people in the film. I am not sure whether the film represents the view of wide range of students of different backgrounds (e.g. those who have their family). Having said that, I still like the fact that this film is presenting a side of Milton Keynes that others might not find in printed publicities about MK. I agree that this film may help some students to prepare with what awaits them in MK. Hey Vlad, you might want to put a disclaimer;-) Something to the sort of this film does nto represent the view of… Bravo!
Thanks for the great comment Jonathan! I didn’t try to insist on the fact that most of the participants were OU students staff; the fact is that around 13 persons are moving to MK every day (source) and I found the comments generic enough to represent them as well. So not about students but about people. There is no ambition of universality whatsoever, just a few points of views. Also the difference between UK nationals and others didn’t strike me from the film; MK is also unique in the UK as most point out. If it helps some people to prepare to MK that’s great, but it was not the main intention Thanks again!
MK - at First Sight:
I have watched the video. Nice view.
MK is a very “specciall” place (is not completely a city, is not completely a town…) you don’t found anything that you could wait for, in a normal city. Is another concept.
Nevertheless, the best thing to be there in MK is to meet nice people from everywhere in the middle of anywhere.
Thanks Linda, “meeting people from everywhere in the middle of nowhere”, I like that! Here is a link to the video until I blog about it.
I can imagine the effort you did to put this together! Well done! The film clearly represents a part of milton keynes from the perspective of OU research students/staffs. It is very interesting to hear the differences in opinion between the British and non-British people in the film. I am not sure whether the film represents the view of wide range of students of different backgrounds (e.g. those who have their family). Having said that, I still like the fact that this film is presenting a side of Milton Keynes that others might not find in printed publicities about MK. I agree that this film may help some students to prepare with what awaits them in MK. Hey Vlad, you might want to put a disclaimer;-) Something to the sort of this film does nto represent the view of… Bravo!
Thanks for the great comment Jonathan! I didn’t try to insist on the fact that most of the participants were OU students staff; the fact is that around 13 persons are moving to MK every day (source) and I found the comments generic enough to represent them as well. So not about students but about people. There is no ambition of universality whatsoever, just a few points of views. Also the difference between UK nationals and others didn’t strike me from the film; MK is also unique in the UK as most point out. If it helps some people to prepare to MK that’s great, but it was not the main intention
Thanks again!
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