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People personality or identity is one of the most essential part in their life. In addition, it is becoming increasingly vital to student who studying abroad, as they are more likely to face many social and academic challenges over there; in other word this mean that a greater self- awareness might help those students overcome the challenges. The aim of this Report is to provide an overview and analysis some of international student identity boxes, resulting in some findings. The experiment has been conducted in order to study three student identities who are studying in the University of Glasgow. They were two males and one female from Middle East. The report also considers some different findings based on gender and culture.
 * GROUP 1 - ANALYSIS OF IDENTITY BOXES ** ** by Rayan, Mishary and Khalid **

Individuals might struggle to produce verbal responses to some questions which relate to their personality (Awan, 2008). Therefore, by using some visual and creative production which were created by the participants, it would be easier to explore more about persons from their visuals (Gauntlett, 2007).

media type="custom" key="25354154" There were three findings of this study which are, firstly it seems that female students have more emotional feeling than male students. That was clear in their identity boxes that families were the first thing in their life. For example, most of the pictures they were used were about life, family, house, bird, love, childhood, brother and sister (Gauntlett, 2007). On the other hand, men were more focusing on life challenges and work place. However, they might have less degree of this sense of emotion, but they try not to show it in front of the people (Awan, 2008). This what has been inferred from some male pictures which revealed this hidden type of emotion. Secondly, Male students presented their life and studies as full of challenges and difficulties. This were implied by different pictures which have been used in their identity box, for instance, desert, horse, river crossing through rocks. Nevertheless, they were highly motivated and they believe they have to face these challenges and solve all the problems they are going to meet by hard working and good plans. Pictures such as pen, sea, and eagle have been used to explain this. On the other hand, females seem that they did not have that notion of hard life or maybe not aware, but if they might have, they are more likely they would use their own memories and emotions to guide them to the right way and better future (More emotional). Therefore, Females prefer calm environmental workplace. Finally, Most of the students are affected by their major and field of study positively. It can push them forward. Moreover, it changes their idea and some concept in their life too (University of Glasgow, Graduate Attributes).

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In conclusion, the identity plays a crucial role in international student life. The emotional identity for female, the challenging and motivated character for male and the reflection of cultural and educational background for both genders are valuable findings. This could be used by universities or any educational institutions in order to improve their courses in the future.

**__ References __**
 * 1) Awan 2008, This text is an ‘extra section’ from the full PhD thesis available at: []
 * 2) Gauntlett, 2007, Representing Identities (Part 2: Findings) available at: []
 * 3) University of Glasgow, Graduate Attributes) available at: __http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_295995_en.pdf __