Pratiksha, from Kathmandu to Vantaa

The course was in English. The job wasn't. To register and work as a nurse in Finland you need Finnish, and clinical placements in years 2 and 3 go much better with it.

We told her that on the first call, with the alternatives: Australia at a higher cost, or Finland with a Finnish plan. She chose Finland and started an online Finnish course in Kathmandu while she waited for the January application.

Pratiksha passed her first-year courses and Finnish A2. She works as a care assistant at weekends, which gives her Finnish practice and pays her rent.