21 Most Useful Websites Every College Student Needs To Know

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Studying Abroad: Best Countries, Best Cities. Cheapest Countries , Best universities,

Studying  Abroad: Cheapest Countries , Best Countries, Best universities, Best Cities.

 

- Best Countries:

1. United Kingdom    2. Canada            3. Australia     4. Netherlands     5. Singapore
6. Italy                       7. New Zealand    8. France          9. USA                 10. Germany

 

- Best Cities:

 1. Manchester    2-Berlin         3. Zurich     4. Amsterdam     5. Rome
 6. Barcelona      7. Budapest    8. Munich    9. Madrid           10. Montreal

 

- Cheapest Countries 

 

1: Canada -

For students who need a regular fix of film and caffeine, Canada is the place to study. Cinema followed by a cup of coffee costsless than £10 ( £5.77 and £1.30 respectively), which slightly makes up for the cost of the £11,000 per year Canadian tution fees.

 

2: Germany

 Germany offers one of the largest university systems in Europe, with more than 300 higher education institutions throughout the country. Tuition fees are capped at approximately £1,250, while a cup of coffee will set students back an average of £1.60.German beer is not only strong and served in litre capacity steiners, it is also cheap by UK standards, costing approximately £2.18 a serving.A trip to the cinema costs £7.30 and a bratwurst on the way home, £1.75.

 

3: Australia 

Coffee down under costs an average of £1.62 a cup, as does a bottle of water. For students looking for something slightly stronger, a beer costs approximately £2. It has traditionally been one of the world's most popular study destinations, thanks to the combination of sun, sand and strong universities, however, in recent times its popularity has waned due to tougher visa and migration rules and a strong Australian dollar which means tuition fees cost UK students in the region of £16,000 per annul.

 

4: Italy

Acappuccino in Italy will set students back £1.65, and a macchiato even less. Tuition fees cost no more than £1,250, although cinema tickets are some of the most expensive in Europe, costing £10.50 - nearly the same price as a basic ticket to a Serie A football game which costs £13. This year, Italy's best university, the University of Bolgna came 183rd in global rankings.

 

5: DenmarkDanish 

 universities are extremely international, as well as highly regarded, and free to EU students. Brits are known to adapt easily to life in Denmark, thanks to the fact that most Danes speak such good English. A cup of coffee costs approximately £1.80, a trip to the movies approximately £10, and a beer £1.20. Finding student acommodation is known to be tricky, so students are advised to start looking as early as possible
 

6: US

Home to the highest number of universities in the world, six of which are in the top ten of global rankings, the US offers a multitude of options and variations for those choosing to study abroad. Living costs are somewhat cheaper than the UK, with coffee costing just under £2, cinema tickets approximately £5 and a small beer approximatley £1. Drawbacks, however, include student fees that rise to £26,000, high competition for places on popular courses and tough student visa requirements
 

7: Hong Kong 

The small island nation offers some of Asia's best universities and offers courses on a semester basis as well as degree basis. While accommodation is notoriously expensive due to a shortage of space, coffee is cheaper than the UK, costing approximately £2, and cinema tickets cost roughly £7. Students fees, per year, are approximately £9,000
 

8: Finland 

Despite having a reputation for being expensive, Finland does not charge EU students tuition fees and charges less than the UK for coffee, cinema tickets and a litre of milk. Nights out can get pricey at approximately £4.50 a beer, but that's a small price to pay for studying in a country renowned for its high quality of life, with one of the best education systems in the world.
 

9: UKAlthough 

tuition fees are set to jump to £9,000 a year, students who study in the UK can take comfort in the fact that its universities are some of the most highly regarded in the world, with four of them making this year's top ten. Students pay on average £3.40 a pint, £2.50 a cup of coffee, £9 for a cinema ticket and 32p for a bottle of water - the lowest priced water in this top ten gallery.
 

10: Norway

Norway is consistently rated as having one of the highest standards of living in the world and accordingly offers free healthcare to students staying longer than three months. Like Denmark it offers a wide range of English-language degrees free of charge to EU students, but is also notoriously expensive. A coffee costs and average of £3.20 and a beer £6. 

 

- Best Universities:

Let us see top 10 universities across the globe based on QS Table:

Cambridge University UK: Cambridge is the second oldest university in England after Oxford. University of Cambridge is a public research university located in the city of Cambridge, England, UK. It has a great list of alumni including Sir Isaac Newton and Francis Bacon. Cambridge is also famous for Noble Prizes; researchers from University of Cambridge have won more Nobel Prizes than those of any other institution. It becomes a dream destination for students who want to study in UK.

Harvard University USA: This prestigious American university is located in Massachusetts. Harvard, established in 1636 is the oldest institution of higher learning in USA. It was the number one university for last seven years, currently is on second position across the globe. Eight US presidents, Martin Van Buren have graduated from Harvard University. It has largest academic library in the United States. Harvard has been dream destination for years for students across the World, willing to study in USA.

Yale University USA: Yale is one of the most prestigious universities in the world and third oldest institution of higher education in USA. Yale University is established in 1701 and situated in New Haven, Connecticut. Yale is the first US school to award the Ph.D. in 1861.

University College London UK: UCL, the first university in London was established in 1826. It was the first secular institute founded in England. University College London stands for ideas that are radical, bold and amicable to the needs of the world.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA: One of the best technical institutes in the World, MIT is a private research institute located in Massachusetts, USA. With five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, it is best known for a strong emphasis on technological and scientific research.

University of Oxford UK: Oxford is the second oldest surviving university in the world and oldest in English speaking world. It is also known as the pride of United Kingdom. According to National Student Survey 2010, Oxford had an on the whole satisfaction rating of 93 per cent.

Imperial College London UK: Currently ranked on 7th in the world this university is located in London, UK. It is a science based university known for excellence in research and teaching. Imperial College attracts students across the globe who wants to study in UK. It is also known as largest medical school in Europe and has 14 Noble prize winners till now.

University of Chicago USA: UC is a private research university located in Chicago, USA. It is famous for scientific research and has 85 Noble prize laureates. Currently resides on 8th position in ranking this University enrolls around 5,000 students in the College and about 15,000 students overall.

California Institute of Technology USA: Private research University California Institute of Technology, commonly known as Caltech is located in Pasadena, California. Caltech has six academic divisions known for excellence in science and engineering.

Princeton University USA: It is a private research University located in Princeton, USA. Princeton provides undergraduate degrees in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. Main campus has 180 buildings on 500 acres. Princeton is known for academic excellence in undergraduate degree and attracts students across the world who wants to study in USA.

By Morhaf Barmo

Sources: Morhaf Barmo Blog + www.telegraph.co.uk,accessed 15 September 2011 + www.youniversitytv.com,news-general, 27 September 2014

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Best websites to Search for cheap Hotels, For education or Business purposes

Best websites to Search for cheap Hotels, For education or Business purposes.

Remember That when you want to search for buying something has a changed Price in any website, You have to do one of the three options:

 - open the website with a private secure page

- delete the Browser History 

- delete the Browser and Download it again 

 Because the cookies of the wanted website study your behavior, and give the price they thinks you will accept. so sometimes they show higher prices or lower, depends on your behavior. But for these website you have to delete the cookies to get better price.

- Agoda            - Trivago            - Hipmunk       - Travelocity       - Matrix Airfare Search
- Priceline        - Backbid           - Hotwair           - Kayak              - Booking      - Room 77  
- Expedia         - Dealbase         - Hotel Sweep    - Room Key       - Momondo       

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The Social Science Research Network SSRN which Hits More than 50 Million Downloads.

SSRN was ranked the top open-access repository in the world by Ranking Web of Repositories (an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Spanish National Research Council) in January 2013.
Academic papers in PDF can be uploaded directly to the site by authors and are then available for worldwide free downloading. Publishers and institutions can upload papers and charge a fee for readers to download them. Users can also subscribe to abstracting email journals covering a broad range of subject matters. These e-journals then periodically distribute emails containing abstracts (with links to the full text where applicable) of papers recently submitted to SSRN in the respective field.

The Social Science Research Network links:  Website   Blog  Twitter

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Best websites to get free eBooks.

Best websites to get free eBooks.

1. FreeBookSpot

   FreeBookSpot is an online source of free ebooks download with 4485 FREE E-BOOKS in 96 categories which up to 71,97 GB.
   You can search and download free books in categories like scientific, engineering, programming, fiction and many other books. No registration is required to download free e-books.
   
   

2. 4eBooks

   4eBooks has a huge collection of computer programming ebooks. Each downloadable ebook has a short review with a description. You can find over thousand of free ebooks in every computer programming field like .Net, Actionscript, Ajax, Apache and etc.
   
   

3. Free-eBooks

   Free-eBooks is an online source for free ebook downloads, ebook resources and ebook authors. Besides free ebooks, you also download free magazines or submit your own ebook.
   You need to become a Free-EBooks.Net member to access their library. Registration is free.
   
   

4. ManyBooks

   ManyBooks provides free ebooks for your PDA, iPod or eBook Reader. You can randomly browse for a ebook through the most popular titles, recommendations or recent reviews for visitors. There are 21,282 eBooks available here and they’re all free!
   
   

5. GetFreeEBooks

   GetFreeEBooks is a free ebooks site where you can download free books totally free. All the ebooks within the site are legal downloadable free ebooks.
   
   

6. FreeComputerBooks

   FreeComputerBooks consists of a huge collection of free online Computer, Programming, Mathematics, Technical Books, Lecture Notes and Tutorials. It is very well categorized by topics, with 12 top level categories, and over 150 sub-categories.
   
   

7. FreeTechBooks

   FreeTechBooks lists free online computer science, engineering and programming books, textbooks and lecture notes, all of which are legally and freely available over the Internet. Throughout FreeTechBooks, other terms are used to refer to a book, such as ebook, text, document, monogram or notes.
   
   

8. Scribd

   Scribd, the online document sharing site which supports Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and other popular formats. You can download a document or embed it in your blog or web page.
   
   

9. Globusz

   Globusz is a unique ePublishing house, specializing in free eBook downloads. They also provide an excellent Star Rating Showcase for new and evolving authors.
   
   

10. KnowFree

    KnowFree is a web portal where users are able to exchange freely e-books, video training and other materials for educational purposes and self-practice.
    
    

11. OnlineFreeEBooks

    OnlineFreeEBooks provides links to various ebooks (mostly in pdf) spanning in 9 big categories which are: Automotive Ebooks, Business Ebooks, Engineering Ebooks, Gadget Ebooks, Hardware Ebooks, Health & Medical Ebooks, Hobbies Ebooks, Programming & Technology Ebooks, Sport & Martial Art Ebooks.
    
    

12. MemoWare

    MemoWare has a unique collection of thousands of documents (databases, literature, maps, technical references, lists, etc.) specially formatted to be easily added to your PalmOS device, Pocket PC, Windows CE, EPOC, Symbian or other handheld device.
    
    

13. BluePortal

    
    

14. OnlineComputerBooks

    OnlineComputerBooks contains details about free computer books, free ebooks, free online books and sample chapters related to Information Technology, Computer Science, Internet, Business, Marketing, Maths, Physics and Science which are provided by publishers or authors.
    
    

15. SnipFiles

    SnipFiles offers you free ebooks and software legally by brought or attained PLR, resale or master rights to all the products on their page.



16. BookYards

    BookYards is a web portal in which books, education materials, information, and content will be freely to anyone who has an internet connection. 

17. The Online Books Page

    The Online Books Page is a Listing over 30,000 free books on the Web.


18. AskSam Ebooks AskSam Ebooks has a collection of free e-books like Shakespeare, and assorted legal & governmental texts.

19. Baen Free Library

    Baen Free Library is an online library of downloadable science fiction novels.

20. eBookLobby

    Free ebooks in eBookLobby are divided into different categories. Categorys range from business, art, computing and education. Select the category appropriate to the e-book you’re looking for.
    

Other Free eBook Resources

1. PlanetPDF – A small collection of classic novels all in PDF format.
2. DailyLit – Read books online by daily email and RSS feed.
3. Wikibooks – Wikibooks is a Wikimedia community for creating a free library of educational textbooks that anyone can edit.
4. Dwalin – Free novels in text format.
5. Project Gutenberg – Free ebooks from producers.
6. Adobe Free eBooks – In Adobe’s Free eBooks area, you can download, unlock, and read electronic books on your personal computer or reading device.
7. Alive & Free – A page of links to some recent books from living authors available free online.
8. Franklin – Thousands of free titles in text and HTML file formats.
9. Read Easily – An ebook online library which has been designed to provide you an adaptive reading experience!
10. PDFbooks – This new site offers around 4,700 downloadable public domain e-books.
11. Witguides – An online source for a wide range of useful e-books that are completely free with no need to sign-up or buy anything.
12. Diesel eBooks -Offer free ebooks formatted for both Microsoft Reader and Mobipocket.
13. Free eBook Miners –
    Free eBooks for your education, research or amusement.
14. Planet eBook –
    Free classic literature to download and share.
15. e-Library – Plenty of free ebooks available for download.
16. BookBoon – Provides free ebooks for students and travelers in PDF format. No registration is required.  

Source:hongkiat

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SPSS - Basic Concepts

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The Best Websites to learn Languages.

The Best Websites to learn Languages.

- A Website to learn Spanish, German, Dutch, Irish, Danish, Italian, Portuguese and French
www.duolingo.com

- A Website to learn English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, Turkish, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Chinese, Portuguese and Russian.
www.busuu.com/enc

- A Website to learn English, French, Spanish, German, Arabic, Chinese, Irish and Sweden.
www.alison.com/subjects/27/Languages

- A Website to learn the German language
www.dw.de/learn-german/german-courses/s-2547

- A Website to learn Sweden.
www.sayitinswedish.com

- A Website to learn English, Spanish, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, Latin, Arabic, Italian, Dutch, Thai, Hungarian, ancient Greek, Korean, Vietnamese, Srebeo, Squid, Turkish and Jamaican.
www.udemy.com

- A Website to learn 28 Languages, but is not free.
www.livemocha.com 

- Websites to learn English.
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish
www.engvid.com
www.memrise.com
www.englishcentral.com
www.italki.com

  Other websites and YouTube Channels -
http://englishtips.org/
http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/
http://learnrealenglish.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/VideosLearnEnglish
https://www.youtube.com/user/bbclearningenglish

https://www.youtube.com/user/hellochannelenglish

By Morhaf Barmo

  

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A useful website that converts your speech to written Words

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requires the latest version of Google Chrome on your desktop.

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