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Hey! I'm a student here who just finished my first year (BSc Economics) and I'm willing to answer any questions! I stayed in Bateson Halls

On results day for your a-levels, how was your accommodation confirmed? Did you have to re-apply? Or just wait for them to contact you? Also how much money do you think I should bring for fresher's week?


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I had an unconditional offer so I think mine worked differently to the norm - I had to confirm my place by paying £250 advanced rent in August. Also, the halls system is different this year - Unite Students have taken over some of the halls buildings and are handling the halls, whereas all of the 2015/2016 intake was handled directly by the university :/

However, no one had to reapply at all I believe it's automatically confirmed when you get your grades, but you may have to pay some deposit/rent to properly confirm your place.

As for the money: You might be lucky enough to get your parents to do your first food shop for you If you can, do it! I had to do it myself. I would recommend going to the sainburys, tesco or ASDA superstores as they have way more actual food! If you've bought a freshers pack then your entry fees are already covered, and you just need to pay for drinks on the night (but buy your own pre drinks, it'll save you money). -> If you can do all this then the only thing you need to buy is stationary, possibly core textbooks and perhaps taxi fare up if you're in Langstone.

Without books, maybe £15 absolute maximum for stationary (but wilkos is very good value) and then £5/£10 per taxi ride! (and then a £10 investment for spirit pre drinks haha)

I had an unconditional offer so I think mine worked differently to the norm - I had to confirm my place by paying £250 advanced rent in August. Also, the halls system is different this year - Unite Students have taken over some of the halls buildings and are handling the halls, whereas all of the 2015/2016 intake was handled directly by the university :/

However, no one had to reapply at all I believe it's automatically confirmed when you get your grades, but you may have to pay some deposit/rent to properly confirm your place.

As for the money: You might be lucky enough to get your parents to do your first food shop for you If you can, do it! I had to do it myself. I would recommend going to the sainburys, tesco or ASDA superstores as they have way more actual food! If you've bought a freshers pack then your entry fees are already covered, and you just need to pay for drinks on the night (but buy your own pre drinks, it'll save you money). -> If you can do all this then the only thing you need to buy is stationary, possibly core textbooks and perhaps taxi fare up if you're in Langstone.

Without books, maybe £15 absolute maximum for stationary (but wilkos is very good value) and then £5/£10 per taxi ride! (and then a £10 investment for spirit pre drinks haha)

Thank you! I haven't bought a fresher's pack though... Do I need one? And thanks buy hopefully I'll be in Winchester!


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I didn't do maths A Level and first year is spent getting everyone up to A Level standard. If you chose statistics then you'll find some of it a breeze! 1 unit and one third of a unit is purely maths/stats based. The rest of the units incorporate an easier version of this maths into their units.

Check the course website in case your units are different, but we had units on Macroeconomics and Microeconomics (a.k.a just a level content), real-life economics (so Greece, economics in sports, financial scandals), basic accounting for businesses, the mathematical and statistical side of economics and finally we learnt how to use excel, job analysis, CV writing etc

On results day for your a-levels, how was your accommodation confirmed? Did you have to re-apply? Or just wait for them to contact you? Also how much money do you think I should bring for fresher's week?


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I feel ignorant here, but what's a "fresher's pack"?

ah that sounds great! It wasn't too expensive then or did you find a job easily? Thank you!!

Did you find the mathematical jump easy or difficult? As I'd imagine a lot of the content would be new to you

Do you write a lot of essays or is it more of a science where you solve problems and do calculations?

Did you find the mathematical jump easy or difficult? As I'd imagine a lot of the content would be new to you

Do you write a lot of essays or is it more of a science where you solve problems and do calculations?

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I'm planning to begin my studies at Portsmouth in a few weeks and I'm really excited for a change of scenery! But I was just curious on whether or not the university is ethnically diverse? I'm not racist if anything preferring diversity is the opposite looool. Anyways Im a Muslim Somali girl who has lives in London which is really ethnically diverse, I just don't want to feel isolated in a place where I feel as though I stick out like a sore thumb 😭. I would appriciate a response 😊

Hey! I'm a student here who just finished my first year (BSc Economics) and I'm willing to answer any questions! I stayed in Bateson Halls