Keele applicants 2014

Hi there - I'm a current Keele student so I'll try and answer these best for you.

1 - I live in Hawthorns currently, which isn't en-suite, but the en-suite rooms themselves are quite nice. They tend to be smaller than the older halls (Hawthorns) and you also tend to share kitchen space/toilets with less people.

2 - The SU is amazing. There is almost always something going on which is super! I haven't gone out off-campus in Newcastle or Stoke, but there is a range of clubs you can go to which some students find suit them better.

3 - I study BioMed so I can't really answer this one.

4 - As 2 really, I absolutely love the SU. It is currently ranked the 5th best SU in the UK. The nights are pretty varied, you can go out to Lockdown or Fl!rt depending on your taste and if the nights themselves aren't to your liking then there are societies (such as KRAP) which always put on events and activities in the evenings.

You're physiotherapy right? Me too! And I'm firming as well


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Im from South Devon. How about you?

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Ooh Devon is really nice, quite far from Keele though! I live in South London where else did you apply?

Yeah, I'm thinking standard too The ones at Lindsay were nice and not too expensive - and I think it'll be important to be nearish the union after a night out! I guess I'll have more idea after Saturday

Do either of you (or anyone else!) happen to know if we still apply for Keele accommodation if it's our insurance? It seems to vary uni to uni!


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I have an offer for pharmacy which I'm most likely to firm, had a few questions though:

1) What's accomodation like? I'm looking for an en-suite room?

2) Any view on nightlife? Heard it was pretty boring which is a bit deterring?

3) Anyone doing pharmacy know what the placements are like? Paid?

4) Is the SU any good? I heard it was ranked high, but how are their nights that they host?

Thanks

Hi

I'm a first year pharmacy student at Keele so I'll try and answer your questions as best I can

1) Accommodation varies from block to block quite a lot so there isn't a perfect answer to this. When you apply you will only be able to pick room type not the hall. So if you want en suite you will select 'premier en suite' on the application and you will probably end up in lindsay court, holly cross or the oaks which all have en suite rooms. However en suite accommodation is in VERY high demand so you might not get one. I would recommend putting washbasin band A as one of your choices as those room are generally very nice (like mine in Lindsay T block)

Hope this helped

Hi

You don't get to choose the hall you want to live in only the room type but if you want to live in Lindsay there are ways to increase your chances for example putting 'washbasin band A' as your first choice as most of the lindsay room are band A.

Hope this helped

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How many people do you share a bathroom/kitchen with? Thanks

Hiya,

Thank you! I've actually done my accommodation form now and it was much less daunting than I was expecting. Hopefully it'll be "washbasin band A" for me come September!

If you search for floor plans on the keele university website you should be able to find maps of each building (except lindsay court i'm not sure why?) for example here are all the lindsay blocks

http://www.keele.ac.uk/peeps/accommodationfloorplans/lindsayhallfloorplans/

Im in Lindsay T block on the top floor so theres 13 people to each kitchen and 12 to each bathroom (6 kitchens and 6 bathrooms in the entire block and i think 6 rooms are standard en suite) which isn't too bad so long as they all keep the area clean.

My friend is in Lindsay E block for her its 24 to a kitchen but the kitchen is double the size of my one and 8 to a bathroom. (2 kitchens in the whole block and 6 bathrooms)

In holly cross, oaks and Lindsay court(my room next year is in lindsay court) its 8 to a kitchen which is smaller than our one and everyone has their own bathroom.

I haven't been to any other block so i'm not sure about the rest. As I've said before theres no perfect answer all the block are different sizes, shapes, have different numbers of rooms, etc

I would still recommend a band A room because they've been refurbished recently and are in the nicest blocks. Hopefully you'll get the en suite that you want but its very unlikely you can still try and put it as your first choice though.

Hope this helped any more questions don't hesitate to ask

I can't view the floor plans for some reason I'm not going for en suite, so I'm trying to decide between putting your type of room or the shared flat as my first choice. I'm trying to weigh up less people per kitchen vs. living with/meeting more people.

Do you just have one fridge between 13 of you or a couple? I have a friend who goes to York and shares with 14 people, but there's two of everything in the kitchen so it's more like 7 which is okay.

Also are the shower and toilet in the same room? Do you ever have to wait to use them? Thanks!

Sorry about the link. if you go to the keele website and write 'lindsay hall floor plans' in the search box it should come up.

In our kitchen theres two fridge/freezers (so everyone gets half a shelf), two cookers, one sink and 13 cupboards. So everyone has their own space and honestly you don't have to worry about crowding while cooking people eat and cook at different times. and theres never more than 4 or 5 people in at a time.

same for the bathroom in our block theres an unwritten rule that if theres someone in the toilet the other people wait till they leave lol (you don't have to do this but for some reason everyone in my section does haha) and no theres no waiting for showers because people shower at different times some in the morning, some in the evening, some in the afternoon, some at 2am like me haha

and yh the showers and toilets are in the same room

if you're worried about mess you can put up post-it notes in the kitchen so everyone is reminded to clean up. one of my neighbours puts one up daily lol but our kitchen isn't that bad

overall crowding is not a real issue (at least not in my block but i don't think the others have much problem either) so i would recommend putting washbasin band A you can meet more people, the rooms are nicer and it'll be more fun!

Also some of the flats are in hawthorns! which will mean a 15 minute walk to campus every day

hope this helped!

Thanks so much, this has really helped!

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