Portsmouth Applicants 2012

Can somebody explain QEQMs layout for me? I'm so confused haha! Mine says BT but I've seen others with KER, DY and A & E? What do all these mean?! Thanks to anybody who understands what I mean haha


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QEQM (Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother) is the collective name for all the white buildings which make up QEQM. I think there was 6 buildings and you'd get about two blocks in each. They're individually named. BT is the tower, there's a few lettered blocks then KER House, White house and Dymond.

Oh that makes so much more sense now, thanks! So are the lettered blocks not in the tower?

Hopefully this map will make more sense. Barnard Tower is BT.

Oh okay, I get it now thanks ! I thought QEQM was just the tower itself lol
Do you happen to know how many you share with in BT? Like how many to a kitchen? Oh and I'm BT 09, I'm not sure if that's ground floor or not though

I'm not actually sure. I never went into BT. Only ever visited flats in West and White :P
I'd presume it'd may be between 4-8 in the tower. May be about 4. I'm just trying to remember from the times I drove past the back of it! It's not very wide, so I guess about 4 bedrooms to a floor? Are you self catered or catered? I thought QEQM was catered so you won't have a very big kitchen at all. Literally only a couple of cupboards each and maybe an oven and microwave.

Yeah it's part catered so its a tiny kitchen but yeah i heard we get two cupboards each lol, was yours self catering then?

Yeah, I self catered in West block, we had a massive kitchen/diner. Anyone who visited from the halls in the town centre and my coursemate who was in White were all amazed. There was 8 people in my flat, we all had a freezer drawer, fridge shelf, 2 cupboards each and even then there was still space. The part catered are only small cos they presume you'll be having your meals in the canteen and not cooking full dinners like I obviously did.

Oh right, yeah I would have liked an area to sit but I guess it's only for a year and im quite happy I got halls at all tbh lol, I can't cook to save my life anyway so I hope the canteen food is decent haha


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I had it a couple of times with my friend when she gave me free meal tickets. It's not gourmet, so don't expect the best, but it's not inedible. They also have machines which they make squash up in for you to drink, the pink one was oddly addictive, everyone loved the 'pink juice'.

Does anyone know what the shared rooms are like, so the room for 2 people so thy big or small ect..... ???

Is anyone here doing Biomedical Science?

Im in QEQM hall D 17, not really sure what this means tbh :/ Im studying law though

anyone got their e intro pack yet? after paying the advance rent?
and do you just bring the confirmation letter and the accomadation stuff on the day u move into the accomadation? because there arent many letters about the actual course and how u register into it on the first day

This is a whole new experience for me, so do tell if I said something wrong in what happens for the next few steps for going to university as those who have experienced it will know, and hopefully share their experiences so we know what to expect.