u/Spathy0

University help + cost of living inquiry

Since it’s a bit of a read for some, here’s are the main inquiries:

How is the cost of living in Lisbon and surrounding areas for a student?
Are there any bachelor degrees for computer science and engineering taught in English with a reduced fee for EU citizens (Lisbon and surrounding areas)?

I currently live in Australia, however am a dual citizenship with the EU and Australia. My girlfriend is an EU citizen. She’s fluent in English and German and I’m fluent in English and can speak and understand German to a proficient level. With the current cost of a partners visa in Australia it’s becoming increasingly clear for us what we will be unable to study and live in Australia together. We’ve been together for 2 and a half years and both want to study.

I am an avid surfer and am unsure if I’m able to let surfing go, by moving to Germany for example. Hence why I’m curious on how life is like in Lisbon. I want to study cyber security and my original plan was to do a bachelor of cybersecurity in Australia. Currently there are no almost no bachelors for cyber security in the EU.

As an alternative I thought studying bachelor of computer science and engineering, then doing a masters in cyber security. I was interested in university NOVA in Lisbon, however the cost for a non Portuguese person is far too much for me. Are there any degrees in Lisbon and surrounding area (preferably near the coast) that offer a similar degree, taught in English, with a reduced fee for EU citizens?

As for my girlfriend, she’s unsure of what to study however definitely wants to study something. We both want to start out life is with as minimal debt as possible but are of course accustomed with the current cost of living, so adjustments can be made.

University help + cost of living inquiry

Since it’s a bit of a read for some, here’s are the main inquiries:

How is the cost of living in Lisbon and surrounding areas for a student?
Are there any bachelor degrees for computer science and engineering taught in English with a reduced fee for EU citizens (Lisbon and surrounding areas)?

I currently live in Australia, however am a dual citizenship with the EU and Australia. My girlfriend is an EU citizen. She’s fluent in English and German and I’m fluent in English and can speak and understand German to a proficient level. With the current cost of a partners visa in Australia it’s becoming increasingly clear for us what we will be unable to study and live in Australia together. We’ve been together for 2 and a half years and both want to study.

I am an avid surfer and am unsure if I’m able to let surfing go, by moving to Germany for example. Hence why I’m curious on how life is like in Lisbon. I want to study cyber security and my original plan was to do a bachelor of cybersecurity in Australia. Currently there are no almost no bachelors for cyber security in the EU.

As an alternative I thought studying bachelor of computer science and engineering, then doing a masters in cyber security. I was interested in university NOVA in Lisbon, however the cost for a non Portuguese person is far too much for me. Are there any degrees in Lisbon and surrounding area (preferably near the coast) that offer a similar degree, taught in English, with a reduced fee for EU citizens?

As for my girlfriend, she’s unsure of what to study however definitely wants to study something. We both want to start out life is with as minimal debt as possible but are of course accustomed with the current cost of living, so adjustments can be made.

Okay so I work part time at a small startup, two days a week. The "marketing team" is basically just me and the Head of Marketing. I originally applied to the position which was listed as "content creator" but somehow I was never asked to create content but instead I do social media, posting, community management, influencer outreach, PR emails, award submissions, video scripts, product photography... basically everything social media related.

The Head of Marketing runs paid Meta ads and has a budget for that side of things. But for organic social growth - which is literally my whole job - there's zero budget. No money for content, no money for boosting, nothing. And yet growth is still expected, like it's just supposed to happen because I'm trying hard enough or being creative enough.

For example we ran a giveaway once and boosted the post with a bit of paid spend (people had to follow to enter). It worked really well, got a solid amount of new followers. Leadership was happy with it. Then a while later they wanted to do it again but with zero spend this time, and separately they also asked me if there were any ways we could grow more organically in general. Did the same giveaway format again with no boost behind it and obviously the results were nowhere near the same - barely any entries, basically no new followers. Which like... of course? That's just how reach works without paid support. But it still feels like the response to that is more "let's brainstorm organic ideas" rather than acknowledging that the first one worked because of the $ behind it.

For content I'm mostly working with a pretty limited library of existing videos from a UGC creator we used to work with that I just keep cycling through and reposting. For product photos we had a handful of really basic ones so I ended up taking a bunch myself with a proper professional setup to make things look better, no extra cost to them.

I guess what's getting to me is just the overall vibe that organic growth should be this constant steady thing that happens through effort and creativity alone, when really so much of it depends on stuff I have zero control over - budget, content volume, the algorithm, all of it. Is this just normal for small companies or is something off here?