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6 Oct 18, 10:29 PM |
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Might see you there! Been to have a look once already as DS not sure if he def wants to go to uni but is sure he doesn’t want to move away. He’s deciding between business or history but has only sat in on the business talk. We’ve got all the leaflets to read before 20th to see if he wants to go back and listen to the history talks
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7 Oct 18, 07:45 AM |
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We are also at Kent on 20th. We have Hertfordshire next weekend.
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7 Oct 18, 07:50 AM |
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Should have been a Portsmouth yesterday but have been in bed ill for 4 days now. We are in the North West of England so couldn't call a friend. She has rearranged the day so we will get there. Just cutting it fine
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7 Oct 18, 10:33 AM |
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7 Oct 18, 02:04 PM |
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We have finished our tour of Universities. Personally I have really enjoyed it all and found it a very interesting experience.
University life has certainly changed since I went. With the introduction of student loans, it all feels increasingly like we are entering a business deal but the consumer (the student) is frequently getting a rough deal at the moment. Stories of kids paying £9,000 a year and then receiving 4 hours teaching a week is unacceptable and Universities need to raise their game. I did smile at the expectations now around accommodation: ensuites, WiFi, games rooms, colour co-ordinated kitchen appliances. In my day, all unheard of and we lived to tell the tale! (I know - I sound old). I found the Universities shouting about how high they were in rankings a bit spurious in the end. Depending on which publication you read, the rankings varied very wildly. The Times, The Guardian all had different results. Instead I decided to put together my own rankings entitled ‘The smother mothers’ league tables and it would have criteria including: 1. The University that I would most likely attend Parents’ Evening(if they ran) York University easily wins this with the rather dashing, bronzed Australian head of department. 2. The best fluffy towels: Newcastle University topped this with not only fluffy towels but also colour co-ordinated kitchen appliances 3. Best party atmosphere: Sussex University won hands down. Street food trucks, bbq food and gorgeous sunshine all made for a great day out. Loads of families were filling the bars’ outdoor patios and chilling in the sun. To top it all, there was a music festival going on next door. 4. Most entertaining course talk: Well the York University bronzed Aussie set the bar high. I don’t recall much of what he actually said... 5. Best located Starbucks Coventry University topped this category. Having a Starbucks located next to the Maths lecture theatre was a stroke of genius by the architect who must have also loathed maths. I walked into the Maths lecture theatre, asked if we were going to do any maths and then promptly abandoned my family saying I’m off for a Starbucks, you’ll find me there when you are finished. 6. Most interesting halls of residence location: Nottingham Trent and Coventry are joint winners. Coventry for having some halls located behind a funeral parlour (that has to be a party pooper) and Nottingham Trent for having some halls located behind a gun shop that had a splendid window display of shotguns and handguns (I am not joking). 7. Best freebies - I was the self appointed head of collecting freebies. These ranged from bags to security gadgets. Led and York did pretty good on this score. Sussex were particularly poor on this. 8. Best free snacks The Leeds nursing team did themselves proud with a very welcome cup of tea (DD was a hard taskmaster and was reluctant to let us have coffee breaks) and Sussex Maths department had some delicious looking pastries (I was allowed to look but the diet stopped me partaking). Does anyone have anything they would like to ad to the list? 😉😉 |
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7 Oct 18, 02:14 PM |
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7 Oct 18, 02:21 PM |
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Best food offering goes to Aberystwyth for us. We had regular free coffees including a snack/coffee at Starbucks and free fish and chips lunch.
Aberystwyth also gets most interesting freebie as we could have had free tickets to watch Aberystwyth Town play football that evening (sadly for DH we had to decline as we needed to set off home) Aberystwyth also wins most interesting course talk as it involved a tour of the university’s aquarium while the lecturer gave a fascinating talk on marine Biology. Best party atmosphere was Bristol who had lots of food trucks set around the garden areas, the gorgeous sunshine helped here too. Not surprising that these 2 universities are DD’s favourites we have visited too😀 |
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7 Oct 18, 02:48 PM |
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Brilliant post!
I agree about the league tables and publications - they just chose the best ranking to show them in the best light of course. It all gets very confusing. Has anyone been to Royal Holloway or Surrey yet? Both are next Saturday, but the accommodation is not open to look at Surrey. Yesterday at Coventry and Warwick we were able to look at rooms while the students were in them. I loved the young lad at Coventry who opened the door in his dressing gown and had his Playstation set up playing Fortnite and did a fantastic job showing 8 of us around his room. He made sure we were all able to look in his wardrobe moving us around so that we could get a good view. Then the lad who was chuffed when I said his room smelt nice and the Uni Ambassador on the tour said he should put that on his CV! |
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7 Oct 18, 03:25 PM |
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Love this.
Loughborough annoyed me banging on about their rankings in the psychology talk, you may be number one for sport but you don’t even have a department for Dds chosen subject. Although they did win for best party atmosphere and student union talk. Best free snacks went to Colchester, pick n mix, popcorn, smoothies plus 15% off meals. UEA was runner up with Millie’s type cookies. Best photo booth goes to Reading, had a great time getting dressed up and getting the photo for free. Best restaurant goes to Nottingham Trent, Kitty Cafe in the city. Drinks with real rescue cats pouncing around, this is going to end up costing us £9 a month for a membership for Dd. |
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7 Oct 18, 10:07 PM |
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Great post! That cracked me up
We have been to both Royal Holloway and Surrey. Both had ok accommodation, not the best we have seen but not the worst. But we were impressed with all other aspects at both Unis. The grounds at Royal Holloway are stunning, you will feel like you are at Hogwarts.
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