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Forum: General Chat 20 Oct 19, 06:55 AM
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My dd lept into a new house for year two very...

My dd lept into a new house for year two very quickly and then regretted it. She had to spend her second year living with people she didn’t like which was hard on all sides.

I would hold off...
Forum: General Chat 28 Sep 19, 11:50 AM
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Views: 435,812
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Mobile I hope all the new students find their feet in...

I hope all the new students find their feet in the next few weeks. It is a daunting task to find your place in a new community. I always tell by daughter you have to find ‘your people’. That...
Forum: General Chat 24 Sep 19, 10:59 PM
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Posted By BevS97
Mobile I’d go to the fair and see if there are any...

I’d go to the fair and see if there are any societies she likes the look of and then come home.
Nothing worse than sitting in your room listening to drunk people.

I wouldn’t advocate coming...
Forum: General Chat 25 Jan 19, 09:07 PM
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Posted By BevS97
You can look at private halls too. DD is...

You can look at private halls too. DD is currently in a house but has to pay rent over the summer months. For next year she has signed a lease for a private hall which is about the same weekly cost...
Forum: General Chat 16 Sep 18, 11:35 AM
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Posted By BevS97
They do a sort of clearing for kids who got...

They do a sort of clearing for kids who got higher grades. I can’t remember the details but I saw it advertised when my dd was applying...
Forum: General Chat 9 Sep 18, 08:05 AM
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Posted By BevS97
Mobile Why was it not great? My dd is studying there...

Why was it not great? My dd is studying there and has been really happy in her first year. She was in city centre halls. Gill St North and was quite happy there. They would have preferred one with...
Forum: General Chat 26 Aug 18, 04:19 PM
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Posted By BevS97
Mobile My dd considered Aberystwyth but we discounted it...

My dd considered Aberystwyth but we discounted it as it was just too inaccessible.

She’s about 3 1/2 hours away at Nottingham and I think that’s a good distance. It’s far enough that she’s...
Forum: General Chat 23 Jun 18, 08:23 AM
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Posted By BevS97
Mobile Nottingham uni is outside the city so no need to...

Nottingham uni is outside the city so no need to drive in.

Nottingham Trent is on the tram line so we stayed outside the city and took the tram in.

So in neither case do you need to drive in...
Forum: General Chat 2 Jun 18, 05:33 PM
Replies: 5,252
Views: 435,812
Posted By BevS97
I went to uni on the side of a hill. We didn’t...

I went to uni on the side of a hill. We didn’t walk north or south. We walked up and down.

After the first few weeks we never gave it any thought and I must have been a lot fitter for it.
Forum: General Chat 31 May 18, 09:51 PM
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Posted By BevS97
Mobile The sort I am thinking of are very similar to uni...

The sort I am thinking of are very similar to uni accommodation just run by other company’s. Liberty living is one I’ve seen.

In second year I think it tends to be ‘real’ flats and houses as...
Forum: General Chat 31 May 18, 09:27 PM
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Posted By BevS97
Mobile Look at private student accommodation as well...

Look at private student accommodation as well. Often cheaper and better quality. And they are dedicated blocks just like university housing. A friend of mine markets them and I’m constantly amazed...
Forum: General Chat 26 May 18, 03:54 PM
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Posted By BevS97
Mobile My dd is at Nottingham Trent which is about 3...

My dd is at Nottingham Trent which is about 3 hours away although it always seems take longer.

We dropped her off and all other visits home have been via train. We have been to Nottingham twice...
Forum: General Chat 26 May 18, 09:13 AM
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Posted By BevS97
Mobile We did this 2 years ago. The first ones we went...

We did this 2 years ago. The first ones we went to lots of the talks about finance etc. But eventually we realised they were all very similiar. So we focused on the talks about the actual course...
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