The 'Ask a current student' thread! (University of Birmingham)

Do you see Travel and Tourism as a weak subject and could it put me at a disadvantage when considering my application?

What course are you applying to?

Is it A level or BTEC? Most Russel Groups tend to require A Levels.

I'm hoping to apply for Modern Languages - Translation Studies Pathway and it will be A-level

As long as you have the necessary requirement subjects, I don't see why it should be a problem- although it couldn't hurt to email the department and ask them

Hi I was considering doing my elective at QEH and have to approach a consultant to supervise me for the placement. I was wondering if anyone could give me any names of consultants that are excellent teachers and like getting medical students involved?

Thanks a lot

Hi! Don't know if people are still using this- but I'd love to get a reply from a med student/someone who has lectures near the med school?

I'll be at Birmingham studying med next year and am torn between applying for accommodation at Jarratt Hall or the Vale as my top choice! After fresher's passes, is being closer to the medical school better than being close to the Vale?

Hi guys,

I'm currently a student from Melbourne University going on exchange to Birmingham next semester. I noticed how short your semesters are compared to ours, just wondering if there is a such thing as a mid-semester break of some kind? Thanks !

How is the medical course at Birmingham? and why did you choose it over any other university?
Also, what is the track team like?

What speciality you looking at? I can ask some of the guys who've been placed there for clinical placements, I've not had QEH yet, but it's meant to be mental since its tertiary/quaternary care for somethings and it's so vast there's a ridiculous array of patients with conditions you wouldn't see elsewhere!

I've just been given a place at Birmingham Uni but I've been given accommodation that i had never asked for and it's not owned by Birmingham Uni, it's called Liberty gardens, my question is how would i go about changing this to something more suitable like maple bank or tennis courts? i feel like liberty gardens is too far away from campus, and i want to be on the vale.

Also been put here. Going to call up tomorrow (not sure who though...) and see if there is any way I can change. Please let me know if you find anything out and i will do the same

I've just been given a place at Birmingham Uni but I've been given accommodation that i had never asked for and it's not owned by Birmingham Uni, it's called Liberty gardens, my question is how would i go about changing this to something more suitable like maple bank or tennis courts? i feel like liberty gardens is too far away from campus, and i want to be on the vale.

Same here. I've phoned up and the best they can do is check again if I keep phoning. After some research, I thought it wasn't worth the hassle and I'll just book it.

I also wanted to be on the Vale, all of my friends going this year got the Vale, so being distant from there seems annoying. It seems like there are buses from almost right outside Liberty Gardens that go to the Uni, past the Vale. I think they come every 5-10min and only take about 15min to get to the Uni. I'm pretty sure there's travelcards you can get but I'm waiting to see if the Uni offers anything specific.

Funnily enough, I think even with a yearly travelcard, the cost of Liberty Gardens for a year is at least £1,000-£2,000 cheaper than someone staying at Mason, for example. (That was my first choice and where one of my mates will be going).

There's also a station very close, so hopefully the quickest way to get to Uni is by train (1 stop). It's also much closer to the city centre than the Vale, so anyone going to there will likely have to pass there.

It's also a gated site, so security looks to be much better than the Vale.

Hopefully this has saved time for you guys doing research. I remember waiting for the email yesterday and having my heart sink to see I wasn't even placed in University accommodation. I guess it's just the luck/unluck of the system though. You can still keep phoning and looking for a better placement if one opens up, but that's just going to be more stressful. Only worries I have are that it's a shared bathroom, either between 2 or 6 (I don't know yet, and I didn't want to share at all) and that it's quite far away (so you can't just pop to the Melt, for example, or quickly meet up with people. I hope it's not excluded from community activities too, that bothers me).