Cars at Durham

Seriously, utterly utterly worth it.

Reply 21

3k6 seems a lot, but it's not really when you think about how much you get for it.

Reply 22

It's a lot compared to other unis. What exactly do you get for it?

Reply 23

28 weeks accommodation plus 3 meals a day. All bills paid, room cleaned once a week and depending on college you might get sheets laundered too.
If you were going to Cuths it might be a bit different, but otherwise it's pretty much standard.
Everyone pays the same regardless of room size, shared or not, location and college (cept Butler and Cuths).

Reply 24

Surely you should pay less for a shared room

Reply 25

Nope. The uni wants to bring in differential room rates, but there is massive student opposition to it, as well as practical considerations, for example, how do you decide whether a massive, draughty shared room in the Castle's Norman Gallery is better or worse than a tidy ensuite single in some 1970's monstrosity on the hill?
Anyway, if differential room rates did get accepted, it wouldn't mean cheaper rooms for those who share, it would mean more expensive rooms for those who don't. (i.e. the average price of a room would increase massively).

Reply 26

In effct, you'd just price a lot of students out of the nicer accomodation, which would just be crap.

Reply 27

Itchynscratchy

And there would be a danger of ghettoisation (sp?). i.e. people from poorer backgrounds all having to live in the crapper blocks

Reply 28

As it is, we have a nice social mix in Wear :p:

Reply 29

Itchynscratchy

And there would be a danger of ghettoisation (sp?). i.e. people from poorer backgrounds all having to live in the crapper blocks

Isn't that the case with Unis anyway? I'm not from a poorer background, yet i have concerns about the living costs at Durham compared to some other Unis.

Reply 30

If there is no difference in prices for blocks then why would there be ghettoisation?
Living costs here really aren't that high aside from accomodation, what are you concerned about specifically?
Oh, and an example of a 'ghettoised' Uni is Lancaster. Where the (extremely lovely) ensuite rooms cost way more than some of the old crappy rooms (they seriously make Moatside look amazing) so you're effectively pricing the less well off into the worst accomodation.

Reply 31

Itchynscratchy

Nel48

Isn't that the case with Unis anyway? I'm not from a poorer background, yet i have concerns about the living costs at Durham compared to some other Unis.

I was talking about within durham

Reply 32

The fact that the rooms all cost the same is a great leveller at Durham - you could have the son of a king living in Moatside, whilst someone who's old man's a dustman could have a room in the gatehouse of the castle. People don't object to others having better rooms than them if everybody pays the same and they know it's just luck of the draw. I know I sometimes felt annoyed that I paid the same for a shared room as a single, but then again, I wouldn't have chosen to share had I gone to another uni anyway.

Reply 33

stav2005uk

dobbs

You can't live at home if you're going to St. Aidans, you should check this stuff out beforehand.

Basically, you can only live at home in your first year if you go to St. Cuthberts. At every other Durham college (not sure about the new one - Butler) you have to live in college in your first year. Sorry! :rolleyes:

In 2nd, 3rd and 4th years you can live out if you like.

Also places to park - you could park at the park and ride and get the bus in. Something like that. Not many parking spaces in town you're not going to spend quite a bit on!

I go to castle and I live at home, also have a car in durham with a permit which was extremely easy to get :smile:

Was an old rule dobbs, they got rid ages ago though

Will be moving to durham at some point though in the future as I'm definitely not enjoying uni as much as i could be!

Reply 34