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Is there much going on at this sort of time? Just wondering what I'll fill the couple days with.

Not that I've noticed, but as the week progresses more people will arrive so don't worry too much. I think the first fresher event is on Saturday.

Reply 10261

Kim-Jong-Illest

16

Anyone got freshers tickets/wristbands yet or are you waitin?

Reply 10262

username1224408

5

Original post by jc12693

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Hey, I'm pretty much settled at the rackay now (though getting a bit bored aha). If you are doing anything gimme a shout :tongue:

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Reply 10263

jc12693

Original post by NishalC

Hey, I'm pretty much settled at the rackay now (though getting a bit bored aha). If you are doing anything gimme a shout :tongue:

Sure dude, If you're going to the white t-shirt bar crawl tomorrow you're welcome to come predrink round mine. Your flatmates might have arrived by then though.

Reply 10264

username1224408

5

Original post by jc12693

Sure dude, If you're going to the white t-shirt bar crawl tomorrow you're welcome to come predrink round mine. Your flatmates might have arrived by then though.

I think a few are coming tomorrow afternoon. That bar crawl sounds good, I'll have to see if they are going. Do you need tickets in advance?

Reply 10265

jc12693

Original post by NishalC

I think a few are coming tomorrow afternoon. That bar crawl sounds good, I'll have to see if they are going. Do you need tickets in advance?

Well you can buy one in advance but I think the jcr people will come round all the flats tomorrow to drop people's off so i'm sure they will be selling them, if not I expect tickets on the door will be a thing.

Reply 10266

username1224408

5

Original post by jc12693

Well you can buy one in advance but I think the jcr people will come round all the flats tomorrow to drop people's off so i'm sure they will be selling them, if not I expect tickets on the door will be a thing.

Ahk thanks. So people will start arriving soon.. I have no idea what to do lol

Reply 10267

TheBBQ

21

Wtf is with the students union website. I can sign in easily on facebook but using my uni credentials, it won't let me. Saying my e-mail is already registered. I dont have an e-mail either for when i bought the £25 wristband :colonhash:

I had to create a guest account at the time and now i'm not sure what's going on..

Reply 10268

magicmushrooms

5

Hi all,

I went round Bristol Uni earlier this month, and I really liked the city, the uni and the department. However, quite unfortunately, what really let it down as a whole was the accommodation. I only managed to see Unite House and Culver House, and what I saw of them wasn't great. Rooms were small, facilities were limited (seven people sharing one shower, two toilets, and a kitchen I'd expect to see in somewhere that four people were sharing!) and it all seemed very cramped. While I didn't enjoy it at all, I'm determined to give Bristol a good shot at being one of my choices, and am therefore looking for opinions about the accommodation. Please don't bother with anything else, as I've seen it all and I'm sold on it. I'd like to know where you stayed, how you found living there, if you had any problems, things like that.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: can you also tell me how many people shared how many showers, toilets, cookers, microwaves, etc? Thanks!

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Reply 10269

Axevolution

4

Original post by magicmushrooms

Hi all,

I went round Bristol Uni earlier this month, and I really liked the city, the uni and the department. However, quite unfortunately, what really let it down as a whole was the accommodation. I only managed to see Unite House and Culver House, and what I saw of them wasn't great. Rooms were small, facilities were limited (seven people sharing one shower, two toilets, and a kitchen I'd expect to see in somewhere that four people were sharing!) and it all seemed very cramped. While I didn't enjoy it at all, I'm determined to give Bristol a good shot at being one of my choices, and am therefore looking for opinions about the accommodation. Please don't bother with anything else, as I've seen it all and I'm sold on it. I'd like to know where you stayed, how you found living there, if you had any problems, things like that.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: can you also tell me how many people shared how many showers, toilets, cookers, microwaves, etc? Thanks!

Hey there,

I'm actually staying in Unite House right now (Moved in last Sunday). It's my general impression that the City Centre Living accommodation isn't always seen as being 'as good' as most in Stoke Bishop; Unite House for instance doesn't even have a bar - however being so close to Park Street and Harbourside it makes little difference.

I've no experience of Culver (Other than walking past it, it's easy to miss isn't it?) however I have an ensuite at Unite - no issues with bathroom sharing there, and have no experience of the other types of rooms :frown:

So sorry for not being able to help there, but as for general sharing outside of that; there's currently 6 of us altogether in my flat (We're still waiting on one person to move in), there's two fridge-freezers, one microwave and (An admittedly slightly dodgy) oven - sharing isn't an issue, the kitchen is more than spacious enough and generally acts as the most social area of the flat.

As for the rooms being small - well yeah, I suppose they are? I came from a small flat in London myself (Still bigger than this place) but it's not as if the space is needed - there's enough desk-space and just aboout enough storage for any of your needs.

I'm pretty certain you'd have a different opinion if you visited other accommodation - Culver and Unite are hardly the cream of the crop. Other places (Such as Wills, I think) supposedly can have bigger rooms, but I have no actual experience of them. Personally I'm extremely happy at Unite - being so close to lectures (For my course, law, I'm never more than 20 minutes walk) and close to the city centre negates any negatives for me, but if you're looking for a more comprehensive CCL accommodation, I believe Colston (Just up from Unite, not sure why you didn't see it) has a cafe and stuff.

At the end of the day - it's university accommodation, it's not going to be comparable to a 5* hotel :biggrin:

Reply 10270

ChrisStefani

2

Hi,

I live in Favell House, and I was wondering if anyone would like to swap with me. It is in a great location- close to the centre, precinct and is right by the riverside and harbor.

Please reply or send me a message if interested :smile:

Reply 10271

Inazuma

20

City centre isn't the best accomodation to give you an impression.
Stoke Bishop halls are all fabulous and rooms tend to be v. big. (Especially at Wills for isntance)
Goldney is also very good.

The ratios of all of them completely depend so can't give you much more info than the website on those!

Reply 10272

Piggy123

Original post by ChrisStefani

Hi,

I live in Favell House, and I was wondering if anyone would like to swap with me. It is in a great location- close to the centre, precinct and is right by the riverside and harbor.

Please reply or send me a message if interested :smile:

Is it an en suite room?

Reply 10273

ChrisStefani

2

Original post by Piggy123

Is it an en suite room?

Sorry no- but the rooms are massive and there is a 4ft bed :smile:

Reply 10274

Jipvh

5

I'm guessing that you care about the distance. There are many factors that go into comparing accommodations, rating and picking them.

I would say that overall the inner-city accomodation halls leave much to be desired in terms of comfort and facilities but they are only a short walk away from shops, lectures and social areas. You have to decide which one you are going to compensate

There are a handful of halls in the Stoke Bishop area outside the city. I'm living here, in Durdham. The Stoke Bishop halls seem to be the most comfortable and beautiful. Durdham is spectacular, I would say probably one of the best halls if not the best. It has everything you could want - all the comforts of home and spacious with ensuites. We only have 5 of us sharing a large comfortable kitchen. But ofc it depends on what you value. Stoke Bishop is a good 40 minute walk away from the city centre, and a 10 minute bus ride (on the free student bus). I'm fine with distance. I don't mind getting the bus or walking. So really, I have no issues.

Will's (Stoke Bishop) is one of the oldest and most beautiful halls, very spacious rooms - but you might not like the food since it is not self-catered.

I think you just didn't get to see many examples. If you came for a tour of the Stoke Bishop halls, you would probably be much more impressed. The downside of Stoke Bishop is they tend to be more expensive; Durdham is about the 4th most expensive after Will's, Badock, Hiatt-Baker - these ranging from about £5000 to £7000 for the year.

Unite is definitely not very high on the ratings list. We sometimes pass Unite when we're in the city centre and I can agree it looks very cramped and ugly.

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Reply 10275

immie_

Hey, I'm an Australian student heading to Bristol for spring semester next year. I'm tossing up between accommodation places between Wills Hall in Stoke Bishop and Clifton or Manor Hall closer to the city center - or just any halls for that matter.
Any opinions on whether the extra distance is worth going to Wills, or is staying in the city definitely better?
I'm really outgoing and being an international student, I'd love to be staying in a really social place.
Any suggestions?
:smile:

Reply 10276

Inazuma

20

Original post by immie_

Hey, I'm an Australian student heading to Bristol for spring semester next year. I'm tossing up between accommodation places between Wills Hall in Stoke Bishop and Clifton or Manor Hall closer to the city center - or just any halls for that matter.
Any opinions on whether the extra distance is worth going to Wills, or is staying in the city definitely better?
I'm really outgoing and being an international student, I'd love to be staying in a really social place.
Any suggestions?
:smile:

Wills is way worth it, by any means.

Also Clifton isn't the greatest I've heard.
There's a free bus, it doesn't take too long and is very regular so distance isn't much of an issue. Stoke Bishop is definitely place to be, and Wills is great

Reply 10277

immie_

Original post by Inazuma

Wills is way worth it, by any means.

Also Clifton isn't the greatest I've heard.
There's a free bus, it doesn't take too long and is very regular so distance isn't much of an issue. Stoke Bishop is definitely place to be, and Wills is great

Ah gotcha - I'm just doing my preferences, have you heard of any other good places to put on there? I was thinking of putting Manor Hall as number 2, do you know what that's like?

Reply 10278

Inazuma

20

Original post by immie_

Ah gotcha - I'm just doing my preferences, have you heard of any other good places to put on there? I was thinking of putting Manor Hall as number 2, do you know what that's like?

I don't hear much about it, but from what I've gathered it's pretty good. Obviously it's self catered though and all.

Reply 10279

lou_100

15

Original post by immie_

Hey, I'm an Australian student heading to Bristol for spring semester next year. I'm tossing up between accommodation places between Wills Hall in Stoke Bishop and Clifton or Manor Hall closer to the city center - or just any halls for that matter.
Any opinions on whether the extra distance is worth going to Wills, or is staying in the city definitely better?
I'm really outgoing and being an international student, I'd love to be staying in a really social place.
Any suggestions?
:smile:

First of all the Stoke Bishop distance is not an issue considering the bus takes you straight from the Stoke Bishop campus (as in, the bus literally goes INTO the campus and stops in the middle of it) to the centre of the uni campus/building area. Takes about 15 minutes (with morning and afternoon traffic and the 20mph speed limit factored in, so it's actually not as far as that time indicates at all). I used to leave my hall at 8.30am and be in my lecture by 8.55am ready to start for 9. And most of the journey was sitting down with my notes or headphones in, or chatting to people on the bus. It's quite a social hub, the bus!

Clifton is probably not the place for you. It does have a high percentage of foreign students, but from what I've heard it's very divided between social people who like to go out and do things with friends, and people who lock themselves in their rooms and hang around in little cliques who don't socialise wider than that - mostly the latter.

Manor or Goldney are probably the better non-stoke bishop halls for being quite fun, loud and social (not excessively loud, you know what I mean).

Any Stoke bishop halls are super fun too, busy, sociable, everyones friends, lots of inter-hall mingling between the whole stoke campus, these halls have big formals and balls which some of the city centre accommodation can't do because they are smaller or not classed as halls - more just student flats/accomodation.

If you describe yourself as a very outgoing, social person, Stoke Bishop is just the place. It's home to virtually no foreign students except for loud outgoing Americans, so they'd welcome a loud Australian as a massive bnoc I reckon.

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