De Montfort vs Nottingham Trent

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Nottingham Trent or De Montfort

Nottingham Trent 86%

De Montfort14%

Total votes: 7

Hi guys I need some advice. I got my conditional offers and I'm undecided between Nottingham Trent ( decorative arts) or De Montfort (design crafts)Wich Uni do you think has the best campus and art studios and has the best social and nightlife???

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 1

jennyabrew

hi , im struggling to choose between nottingham trent ( for decorative arts) or manchester met ( for 3D design) aswell! need to decide before monday and dont know what to do ! so any advice would be helpful!

Reply 2

puffythedragon

Right guys. Firstly Congratulations on getting an offer an Nottingham Trent and De Montford! Just to let you know this perspective is coming from a Nottingham Trent Univerisity student currently studying 1st year.

I had a look at the De Montford website. (I actually had no idea they existed and did design crafts) And looked at the video of what they have to offer. I'll give you my perspective from what I can see from the other university website.
I found that the De Montford website doesn't really concentrate on the contemporary side to design (contemporary meaning modern up to date, or the future) The facilities they showed in the video looked great but found they only concentrated really on ceramics and glass-blowing in the video (probably to make it more impressive)

As a Nottingham Trent student I feel that the facilities at the university are just as good as De Montford and we concentrate on all the materials listed on the De Montford website such as ceramics, metalwork, textiles, glass, wood. The extra materials we provide but De Montford doesn't is print and paper (yes you can create some amazing work from paper!)

Also the fee's are cheaper at Trent being £8,500 compared to De Montford £9,000. Most students here also get a scholarship (depending on your parents income) and get the fee's for £7,100. Which is a great bonus.

Also one of you guys was wondering what the nightlife is like in Nottingham. I can tell you it's amazing! Freshers week you really get a taste of the nightlife and meet some amazing people that might even be your friends for life! They're also socials on Wedneday where everyone dresses up in a different theme (Smurfs and life guards are hilarious) and is real great fun.
Also halls at Nottingham are really close by the the campus (Bonington campus being the place where you do decorative arts!) there are several halls literally next door which is great for walking into the city centre and only a 5 minute walk to your lectures (after that night out you'll be thankful it's so close by!) They're Sandby Halls, Gill street, Hampden Halls and currently there are new halls being built so even more access and availability!

Back to the Decorative Arts degree you also visit Johnson-tiles in first year and get a taste of what the industry is like and also get a project from them. This year we worked in a group to create two contemporary tiles that would work in a bathroom. Hard to say but the group we were in came first and we got £50 each to spend in the universities art shop! Yippee!
After that connection is made with the industry we've had people done work experience their over the summer.
People who also want to specialise in glass can also go to Sweden and take a year out and get a taste of the different culture and learn new skills and make new friends!
Around Nottingham itself has plenty of companies that work in contemporary design and craft and there's plenty of opportunities for work experience.

Apart from the degree there is plenty to get involved with in the university such as societies and clubs you can join.

I hope I haven't gone on too much but I hope this helps.
Again at the end of the day it's personal preference where you go and where-ever you pick you'll know it's the right place and for you.

Good luck!

Becky

Reply 3

puffythedragon

Also here's a few of graduates, 2nd and 1st years blogs that people have created showing there work they do at university and beyond:

(this one's mine, only got it a couple of weeks ago!) http://rebecadicks.blogspot.co.uk/

http://alison-rowena-joy.blogspot.co.uk/

http://lauren-rebekah.blogspot.co.uk/

http://aimeebollu.wordpress.com

http://www.honoredgcombe.blogspot.co.uk/

http://joshuafarnon.blogspot.co.uk/

Reply 4

Mmmango

hi,

I am also from Nottingham Trent, doing decorative arts. I completely agree with Becky. I looked at De Montfort but when i went for my interview i just did not click with it yes i agree the facilities where good but i found nottingham better, and personally found the frist year at De Montfort to much like my foundation.

the social life here is brilliant, freshers week was brill but did get freshers flu. the next part i am really copying what Becky said. But i will promte her a little bit as she runs the creative night at spanky's where if you win you get a bar tab of £10 i think, that is a good night.

If she reads this I might be .... wel dunno what she will think haaahaa.

anyway if you have any more questions just say

hope for the best in where you decide where to go

Gemma

Reply 5

jennyabrew

Thanks for your help - I've chosen nottingham trent :smile:

Reply 6

MoonWitch

After reading all the replies and visiting Nottingham and the Uni. I decided for Nottingham trent :smile:

I m very excited for next September . Thank you guys

Reply 7

MoonWitch

Now I just need to sort my student loan and find an apartment :smile:

Reply 8

jennyabrew

Original post by MoonWitch

Now I just need to sort my student loan and find an apartment :smile:

Same ! Which halls are you looking at ? I don't even know where to start with student finance !

Reply 9

MoonWitch

Original post by jennyabrew

Same ! Which halls are you looking at ? I don't even know where to start with student finance !

Well , I m a little older for student accommodation. I had a lot of sharing in the past! now I need my own space so I ll probably gonna rent an apartment. I m just waiting for my student finance. Any one knows a good agency???

Reply 10

MoonWitch

Original post by puffythedragon

Thank you for talking about your experience. I m quite certain that I m going to choose NTU but at the same time I am very concerned about my choice .

I got my conditional offer without going to the interview our having the tour and I didn't see the studios.
I call them and send them emails asking if it was possible to see the facilities and they never answered back. I even went on my on to visit the campus and asked on the reception desk if it was possible for me to look around. I don't recall the lady s name but she was so nice and gave me a quick tour, unfortunately I didn't seen much and didn't ask the questions that were important to me, so I still have a lot of doubts

Reply 11

puffythedragon

The tutors are really busy at the moment due to the degree show with third years, they haven't even replied to my emails! If you have a lot of doubts don't talk yourself into going to ntu because of what I said. It should be a gut feeling at the end of the day. The studio space is very good you get your own desk/wall and a couple of shelfs depending where you sit. I can take a photograph of the 1st year studio space if you'd like. I hope this helps

B