21/04/2026
The students who have the smoothest first week in the UK are almost never the ones who packed the most, they are the ones who sorted the right things before they even got on the plane.
Matilda is a Nigerian student currently studying in Manchester and she breaks down exactly what she got done before she flew so that landing in a new country felt a lot less like starting from scratch and a lot more like continuing a plan she had already started.
If you are moving to the UK from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya or anywhere across Africa this year, this video is definitely for you.