How far would/did you commute to University

[wendy7654]

Hi
Sorry another Uni question, DD17 has completed UCAS form and now just needs school to do there bit and send off.
She has now put Chester Uni as well as Manchester Met but she wants to commute! Now Manchester is about half hour on public transport and Chester will be over an hour via tram and train.

What was your commute or what is your commute to Uni, she doesn’t want to drive there as wants to learn to drive when she’s a bit older. Tried a course of lessons but not for her yet.

Thanks, we are doing a campus tour at Chester in December so will do the journey she will have to do if she gets in there.

Thanks for any advice

[Col&Ali]

Originally Posted by wendy7654

Hi
Sorry another Uni question, DD17 has completed UCAS form and now just needs school to do there bit and send off.
She has now put Chester Uni as well as Manchester Met but she wants to commute! Now Manchester is about half hour on public transport and Chester will be over an hour via tram and train.

What was your commute or what is your commute to Uni, she doesn’t want to drive there as wants to learn to drive when she’s a bit older. Tried a course of lessons but not for her yet.

Thanks, we are doing a campus tour at Chester in December so will do the journey she will have to do if she gets in there.

Thanks for any advice

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Hello, what course is she hoping to do? I only ask because Chester has 2 campuses - one is near the station and the other is a good walk to the other end of town (Nursing and Teaching from what I recall)

I work in a Uni and we have students commuting quite a distance - I would say at least an hour for some.

Also, dependant on the course and its timetable she may only need to attend 3 days a week - one day a week in some circumstances!

[wendy7654]

Originally Posted by Col&Ali

Hello, what course is she hoping to do? I only ask because Chester has 2 campuses - one is near the station and the other is a good walk to the other end of town (Nursing and Teaching from what I recall)

I work in a Uni and we have students commuting quite a distance - I would say at least an hour for some.

Also, dependant on the course and its timetable she may only need to attend 3 days a week - one day a week in some circumstances!

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Hi, she is looking to do Primary Education so it is the one furthest away from the station🙈, we are walking distance from a tram stop then the train station is on same site as tram stop. She does an hour on bus to school now and used to early starts. Will see how she goes on campus tour and then take it from there.
Thanks as always for the advice.

[Col&Ali]

Originally Posted by wendy7654

Hi, she is looking to do Primary Education so it is the one furthest away from the station🙈, we are walking distance from a tram stop then the train station is on same site as tram stop. She does an hour on bus to school now and used to early starts. Will see how she goes on campus tour and then take it from there.
Thanks as always for the advice.

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Not sure where you live but is Edgehill Uni on your radar? DD has just graduated from there and started her first job as a Primary Teacher in September

Placements can be secured in the Manchester area so could be an option?

[Pjamas]

I chose a long commute for uni so I could stay at home and save some cash. I actually really liked the commute and having that independence and in hindsight it was a brilliant decision as I couldn’t waste a lot of money on going out out as I always had the car and I made so many friends as I was usually on campus all day as I couldn’t go home in breaks between lectures so I ended up spending a lot of time in the library so never really studied at home as I could have four trapped hours easily most days and knew so many people who were also around it was fab! Definitely didn’t limit me socially.

[klr15]

It used to take me between 2-4 hours depending on traffic. It was 3 buses in total, one to the bus station, one to Manchester and one to Manchester Met.

Some days I didn’t like it, others I didn’t mind, it was a lot cheaper than living in which I couldn’t have afforded even if I’d wanted to.

[Chilli-pepper]

My daughter stayed at home and commuted to Uni, (driving)probably about 40/45 mins in clear traffic

[megaflyer]

I could have commuted to Nottingham (around 27 miles ) but didn’t - it was time for me to grow up and stand on my own two feet and not come home until the first break (Christmas) and my parents were right - made me fiercely independent and value my parents and time with them all the more as I grew older .

PS no internet or mobile phones in the 80’s so one phone call a week home from a pay phone ! It’s what we all did back then and letters (have kept some of them ) - no weekend visits as I was studying and exploring Nottingham with my new friends

[Posiesmum]

Originally Posted by megaflyer

I could have commuted to Nottingham (around 27 miles ) but didn’t - it was time for me to grow up and stand on my own two feet and not come home until the first break (Christmas) and my parents were right - made me fiercely independent and value my parents and time with them all the more as I grew older .

PS no internet or mobile phones in the 80’s so one phone call a week home from a pay phone ! It’s what we all did back then and letters (have kept some of them ) - no weekend visits as I was studying and exploring Nottingham with my new friends

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I could have commuted to Oxford 28 miles, (first degree) but we had to live in College. I’m glad I did as I would have missed out on a lot of social life!
I did commute to Reading, 45 miles, (LLM and PhD) but contact hours were fewer and I drove by then.

[Guest]

I went back to university for a masters last year at age 48 and commuted about 90 minutes each way and generally three days a week. I don’t think that is a big commute, my travel to work has been as long as that for a lot of my working life.

For my first degree however, when I was the usual age, I lived on campus and then in a student house. I think I would have missed out if I had commuted. However it is a different time and I can understand why it would make sense for some these days.