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I've been offered a place at Nottingham University through adjustment to study Economics, but the only accommodation available is Raleigh Park, which is away from the University Park Campus.
Does anyone know what it's like living at Raleigh? Is it social or is it a bit cut off from what happens on the main campus? Do many students who live there travel to the main campus?
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Does anyone know what it's like living at Raleigh? Is it social or is it a bit cut off from what happens on the main campus? Do many students who live there travel to the main campus?
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I've just applied for accomodation yesterday.
Only Raleigh and St. Peter's court is still avalible
St. Peter's seems better on the website??
Only Raleigh and St. Peter's court is still avalible
St. Peter's seems better on the website??
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Yeah, I only got the option of applying for Raleigh. I saw it on Friday, its basically just blocks of flats and houses, with a small common room, but no bar. I was just wondering whether anyone knows whether it's isolated, as most things seem to happen on the main campus, centred around the halls...
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SPC is full now and has a waiting list on all room types. Only Raleigh will have places left. Neither are that far from the campus. They may look far but a 15/20 minute walk is all it takes.
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(Original post by b215)
Yeah, I only got the option of applying for Raleigh. I saw it on Friday, its basically just blocks of flats and houses, with a small common room, but no bar. I was just wondering whether anyone knows whether it's isolated, as most things seem to happen on the main campus, centred around the halls...
Yeah, I only got the option of applying for Raleigh. I saw it on Friday, its basically just blocks of flats and houses, with a small common room, but no bar. I was just wondering whether anyone knows whether it's isolated, as most things seem to happen on the main campus, centred around the halls...
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(Original post by b215)
I've been offered a place at Nottingham University through adjustment to study Economics, but the only accommodation available is Raleigh Park, which is away from the University Park Campus.
Does anyone know what it's like living at Raleigh? Is it social or is it a bit cut off from what happens on the main campus? Do many students who live there travel to the main campus?
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I've been offered a place at Nottingham University through adjustment to study Economics, but the only accommodation available is Raleigh Park, which is away from the University Park Campus.
Does anyone know what it's like living at Raleigh? Is it social or is it a bit cut off from what happens on the main campus? Do many students who live there travel to the main campus?
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(Original post by Mohan24)
I've just applied for accomodation yesterday.
Only Raleigh and St. Peter's court is still avalible St. Peter's seems better on the website??
I've just applied for accomodation yesterday.
Only Raleigh and St. Peter's court is still avalible
St. Peter's seems better on the website??
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(Original post by Coda)
Go with Raleigh. You'll have to make more of an effort but it's much better than the alternatives. It's a REALLY social place since there're a lot of students crammed in the same place. Try to get a flat in Silitoe Court if possible.
Go with Raleigh. You'll have to make more of an effort but it's much better than the alternatives. It's a REALLY social place since there're a lot of students crammed in the same place. Try to get a flat in Silitoe Court if possible.
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(Original post by b215)
Did you live there in your first year then? How was freshers?
Did you live there in your first year then? How was freshers?
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Are students at Raleigh/Opal 1 fairly isolated (not necessarily geographically, but socially) from the students living on UPC during freshers/throughout the year? You say they get coaches, is that different to how people at UPC get into town?
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(Original post by b215)
Are students at Raleigh/Opal 1 fairly isolated (not necessarily geographically, but socially) from the students living on UPC during freshers/throughout the year? You say they get coaches, is that different to how people at UPC get into town?
Are students at Raleigh/Opal 1 fairly isolated (not necessarily geographically, but socially) from the students living on UPC during freshers/throughout the year? You say they get coaches, is that different to how people at UPC get into town?
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(Original post by b215)
Yeah, I only got the option of applying for Raleigh. I saw it on Friday, its basically just blocks of flats and houses, with a small common room, but no bar. I was just wondering whether anyone knows whether it's isolated, as most things seem to happen on the main campus, centred around the halls...
Yeah, I only got the option of applying for Raleigh. I saw it on Friday, its basically just blocks of flats and houses, with a small common room, but no bar. I was just wondering whether anyone knows whether it's isolated, as most things seem to happen on the main campus, centred around the halls...
(Original post by Coda)
Raleigh is better, SPC is too out of the way and is not official halls. Raleigh is social!
Raleigh is better, SPC is too out of the way and is not official halls. Raleigh is social!
(Original post by b215)
Are students at Raleigh/Opal 1 fairly isolated (not necessarily geographically, but socially) from the students living on UPC during freshers/throughout the year? You say they get coaches, is that different to how people at UPC get into town?
Are students at Raleigh/Opal 1 fairly isolated (not necessarily geographically, but socially) from the students living on UPC during freshers/throughout the year? You say they get coaches, is that different to how people at UPC get into town?
Overall, I think you are over-estimating the amount of stuff that happens on campus, and how difficult it is to get to campus for the stuff that does happen there. You will be fine, the only drawback of Raleigh for you is getting up slightly earlier for lectures as you are further away, but lots of people who study on UP are in Raleigh and SPC.
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(Original post by Coda)
SPC is not an official hall. They're university endorsed, but not official.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/current/halls.phtml
SPC is not an official hall. They're university endorsed, but not official.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/current/halls.phtml
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I applied for accommodation a few hours ago and got the option of going to SPC, so I'm not sure why people think it's full up (unless some people pulled out for whatever reason.) I chose Raleigh anyway since SPC seemed to be a bit isolated based on the map.
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(Original post by justanotherposter)
I applied for accommodation a few hours ago and got the option of going to SPC, so I'm not sure why people think it's full up (unless some people pulled out for whatever reason.) I chose Raleigh anyway since SPC seemed to be a bit isolated based on the map.
I applied for accommodation a few hours ago and got the option of going to SPC, so I'm not sure why people think it's full up (unless some people pulled out for whatever reason.) I chose Raleigh anyway since SPC seemed to be a bit isolated based on the map.
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(Original post by Coda)
Raleigh is better, SPC is too out of the way and is not official halls. Raleigh is social!
Raleigh is better, SPC is too out of the way and is not official halls. Raleigh is social!
Raleigh has more students living there but it's all split up into separate courts and buildings.
SPC has less living there but are all surrounding two courtyard areas, plus students in both parts end up using facilities in the other.
If you're going to look at a map then use a proper one like Google Maps or Bing...using the uni accommodation map is ridiculous. On a proper map you can see that SPC, Opal 1 and Raleigh are very close to each other.
I will also add that, so far, the least social Facebook group this year has been the one for Raleigh Park. Their group was slow to get created, had only a few members for ages. It's started to catch up a bit but considering it houses way more students than SPC you'd expect more...so you be the judge of that one.
I was trying to decide between Broadgate, Raleigh and SPC. Broadgate for the numbers and the area, Raleigh for the cheap, low-cost rooms and SPC for the best room per cost. SPC won by far. At the end of the day though, it's up to preference...do you want 1,200+ students or around 850? Do you want an ensuite or a cheaper room? A free bus or a 5 minute shorter walk?
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(Original post by scbond)
SPC is like 5 minutes walk up the road?! And it's university arranged accommodation in the same aspect as Raleigh and Broadgate. Need to get your facts straight before giving out incorrect advice like you did with Opal 1.
I will also add that, so far, the least social Facebook group this year has been the one for Raleigh Park. Their group was slow to get created, had only a few members for ages. It's started to catch up a bit but considering it houses way more students than SPC you'd expect more...so you be the judge of that one.
SPC is like 5 minutes walk up the road?! And it's university arranged accommodation in the same aspect as Raleigh and Broadgate. Need to get your facts straight before giving out incorrect advice like you did with Opal 1.
I will also add that, so far, the least social Facebook group this year has been the one for Raleigh Park. Their group was slow to get created, had only a few members for ages. It's started to catch up a bit but considering it houses way more students than SPC you'd expect more...so you be the judge of that one.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Ral...63042223715156
With regards to previous questions, Raleigh is an awesome place to live and if anything it's more sociable than a lot of campus halls. You only need to look at last year to see that. They won Mr & Mrs Raleigh, best hall for rag raiding, had loads and some of the largest socials (because it's such a big hall they get ALOT more funding than campus halls). The only thing is its harder to socialise (if youre a hermit who puts no effort into meeting people), because everything is in self contained flat, your are not forced to go and meet new people (whereas in halls you all eat together..). Having said that, the people who go out and make the effort would thrive as far as socialising goes..
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(Original post by b215)
Yeah, I only got the option of applying for Raleigh. I saw it on Friday, its basically just blocks of flats and houses, with a small common room, but no bar. I was just wondering whether anyone knows whether it's isolated, as most things seem to happen on the main campus, centred around the halls...
Yeah, I only got the option of applying for Raleigh. I saw it on Friday, its basically just blocks of flats and houses, with a small common room, but no bar. I was just wondering whether anyone knows whether it's isolated, as most things seem to happen on the main campus, centred around the halls...
Raleigh students attend the same nightclubs as people who live on campus, but get there more quickly because of the proximity of the hall to town, Raleigh has an absolutely insane nightlife and is in no way socially excluded within itself; between courts and blocks this year the strongest and most powerful of friendships have formed. The facebook page for Raleigh is the only one that has a video. It is also linked to a twitter page, has interactive polls, previews of WeekOne and an innovative "Raleigh manual."
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ralei...63042223715156
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(Original post by takingcampus4aride)
Slight hypocrisy there. All the University Halls Official groups were created at the same time, so that is just wrong. In fact if you actually look now at all the pages created by weekone exec you will see Raleigh is by far one of the most popular and active pages out of all the halls.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Ral...63042223715156
With regards to previous questions, Raleigh is an awesome place to live and if anything it's more sociable than a lot of campus halls. You only need to look at last year to see that. They won Mr & Mrs Raleigh, best hall for rag raiding, had loads and some of the largest socials (because it's such a big hall they get ALOT more funding than campus halls). The only thing is its harder to socialise (if youre a hermit who puts no effort into meeting people), because everything is in self contained flat, your are not forced to go and meet new people (whereas in halls you all eat together..). Having said that, the people who go out and make the effort would thrive as far as socialising goes..
Slight hypocrisy there. All the University Halls Official groups were created at the same time, so that is just wrong. In fact if you actually look now at all the pages created by weekone exec you will see Raleigh is by far one of the most popular and active pages out of all the halls.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Ral...63042223715156
With regards to previous questions, Raleigh is an awesome place to live and if anything it's more sociable than a lot of campus halls. You only need to look at last year to see that. They won Mr & Mrs Raleigh, best hall for rag raiding, had loads and some of the largest socials (because it's such a big hall they get ALOT more funding than campus halls). The only thing is its harder to socialise (if youre a hermit who puts no effort into meeting people), because everything is in self contained flat, your are not forced to go and meet new people (whereas in halls you all eat together..). Having said that, the people who go out and make the effort would thrive as far as socialising goes..
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