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UltimateLoughboroughThread (Info on Grades at end!)
Accommodation
First choice is really catered or self-catered.
- If in catered, you will have breakfast/lunch/dinner during the week and in some halls you will also have brunch/dinner on the weekends.
- Catered halls will have a dinning room somewhere and it’s a great way to meet new people living in your halls and to socialize in general.
- Self-catered you will have a kitchen and small dinning area, once again depending on your halls.
- A good way to make sure you socialize with people in your block.
Next choice will be to live in the Student Village or not.
- The Student Village is has a total of 6 (I think) halls, some catered some self-catered.
- The most popular hall, Telford, is located in the Student Village.
- Unless you’re doing art or design, the Student Village is not too far from the majority of buildings and is very close too the Library and Mechanical Engineering.
- Be warned though, during Freshers Week… there WILL be bant!!
- Not being in the Student Village is NOT a problem though! (Bant is everywhere!)
- Unless you absolutely love a particular hall, choose one that’s near your department (e.g. If you’re doing art, DC is a good 30/40 min walk!), just to make things easier.
And just a few tips.
- Just a side note, Somerton is a hall that use to be William Morris (I shall always love you Bill Mo!)… There will be building work going on there throughout the year, so do take that into account!
- If you really want to go into a particular hall, put 3 variations of rooms on offer there on your accommodation form, for your best chance.
- It is a first come, first serve basis, so be quick with returning forms!
- If you have put 3 variations and didn’t get into your hall of choice, you will be placed somewhere! If you don’t like where you’ve been put, complain quick!
- Each hall has a different atmosphere, what one person may like, someone else might hate. Go with where you feel you would be most happiest, and you’ll love it
Socializing
The Student’s Union.
-Possibly the greatest union ever! There are 5 bars/rooms, each one with a different vibe.
- Often amazing bands and acts coming down to perform.
- Every night there’s something going on, from a quiz on Sunday, to relaxing live bands on a Thursday.
- Wednesday is Hey Ewe, which is the official athletic union night out. Most weeks it’s a fancy dress theme (e.g. commando, 70’s). It’s the night where most of the sporting people come out to celebrate, as they’ve usually won something!
- Friday is FND (Friday Night Disco), biggest night out at the union. Sometimes there’s a guest there of some sort, either way atmosphere is awesome.
- For daytime use, there’s a small café type place, book store, and a shop.
Loughborough Town.
- Various bars, clubs and pubs to suit most people’s taste.
- A good amount of shops, including Primark (we all love Primark!).
- Cinema and Pool lounge.
- Sorry, can’t seem to explain town much! But everything is there , but if you ever want to adventure out, Nottingham and Leicester are only a short train/bus journey away!
Societies and Clubs.
- There are loads of societies and clubs to join! But there is no pressure at all to actually join any.
- It’s a great way to meet new people, and each society/club will have various socials throughout the year.
- You get to have some all-important stash! Like the clubs hoody or t-shirt, wear them with pride
- There are taster days throughout the year, so you can see what a club has to offer without spending any money (you pay to join clubs/societies – prices vary on each one).
IMS
- Each hall play against each other in various sports, and it’s known as IMS.
- It’s all done in good spirit and it’s great to meet people in your hall AND in others, who you may not meet in other situations!
- If, for example, you play Loughborough Hockey, it means you can’t do hockey in IMS, which gives a great opportunity for others to find potential that they thought they never had!
General
- Yes, Loughborough is a university that loves its sport, but you honestly don’t need to do anything to get along!
- No one is going to like shun you or anything if you aren’t a member in anything!
- It is a (most years) 60:40, male: female ratio across the whole university, but I am yet to find anyone who really notices, or cares!
- The Loughborough Experience is what you, and you only, make it out to be.
Sorry, didn’t realize how much I wrote! Hope it’s some sort of help to people! Like I said, add and ask, I know I didn’t include much precise information!
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First choice is really catered or self-catered.
- If in catered, you will have breakfast/lunch/dinner during the week and in some halls you will also have brunch/dinner on the weekends.
- Catered halls will have a dinning room somewhere and it’s a great way to meet new people living in your halls and to socialize in general.
- Self-catered you will have a kitchen and small dinning area, once again depending on your halls.
- A good way to make sure you socialize with people in your block.
Next choice will be to live in the Student Village or not.
- The Student Village is has a total of 6 (I think) halls, some catered some self-catered.
- The most popular hall, Telford, is located in the Student Village.
- Unless you’re doing art or design, the Student Village is not too far from the majority of buildings and is very close too the Library and Mechanical Engineering.
- Be warned though, during Freshers Week… there WILL be bant!!
- Not being in the Student Village is NOT a problem though! (Bant is everywhere!)
- Unless you absolutely love a particular hall, choose one that’s near your department (e.g. If you’re doing art, DC is a good 30/40 min walk!), just to make things easier.
And just a few tips.
- Just a side note, Somerton is a hall that use to be William Morris (I shall always love you Bill Mo!)… There will be building work going on there throughout the year, so do take that into account!
- If you really want to go into a particular hall, put 3 variations of rooms on offer there on your accommodation form, for your best chance.
- It is a first come, first serve basis, so be quick with returning forms!
- If you have put 3 variations and didn’t get into your hall of choice, you will be placed somewhere! If you don’t like where you’ve been put, complain quick!
- Each hall has a different atmosphere, what one person may like, someone else might hate. Go with where you feel you would be most happiest, and you’ll love it
Socializing
The Student’s Union.
-Possibly the greatest union ever! There are 5 bars/rooms, each one with a different vibe.
- Often amazing bands and acts coming down to perform.
- Every night there’s something going on, from a quiz on Sunday, to relaxing live bands on a Thursday.
- Wednesday is Hey Ewe, which is the official athletic union night out. Most weeks it’s a fancy dress theme (e.g. commando, 70’s). It’s the night where most of the sporting people come out to celebrate, as they’ve usually won something!
- Friday is FND (Friday Night Disco), biggest night out at the union. Sometimes there’s a guest there of some sort, either way atmosphere is awesome.
- For daytime use, there’s a small café type place, book store, and a shop.
Loughborough Town.
- Various bars, clubs and pubs to suit most people’s taste.
- A good amount of shops, including Primark (we all love Primark!).
- Cinema and Pool lounge.
- Sorry, can’t seem to explain town much! But everything is there
, but if you ever want to adventure out, Nottingham and Leicester are only a short train/bus journey away!Societies and Clubs.
- There are loads of societies and clubs to join! But there is no pressure at all to actually join any.
- It’s a great way to meet new people, and each society/club will have various socials throughout the year.
- You get to have some all-important stash! Like the clubs hoody or t-shirt, wear them with pride
- There are taster days throughout the year, so you can see what a club has to offer without spending any money (you pay to join clubs/societies – prices vary on each one).
IMS
- Each hall play against each other in various sports, and it’s known as IMS.
- It’s all done in good spirit and it’s great to meet people in your hall AND in others, who you may not meet in other situations!
- If, for example, you play Loughborough Hockey, it means you can’t do hockey in IMS, which gives a great opportunity for others to find potential that they thought they never had!
General
- Yes, Loughborough is a university that loves its sport, but you honestly don’t need to do anything to get along!
- No one is going to like shun you or anything if you aren’t a member in anything!
- It is a (most years) 60:40, male: female ratio across the whole university, but I am yet to find anyone who really notices, or cares!
- The Loughborough Experience is what you, and you only, make it out to be.
Sorry, didn’t realize how much I wrote! Hope it’s some sort of help to people! Like I said, add and ask, I know I didn’t include much precise information!
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Reply 1
Thanx for all the info!
Do you know anything bout Harry French or John Phillips...e.g. how many ppl u share with etc etc.
xxx
Do you know anything bout Harry French or John Phillips...e.g. how many ppl u share with etc etc.
xxx
Reply 2
15
I don't know too much. JP is right next to William Morris, so you might have a year of building work right next to you! Harry French is about 5/10 min walk from the campus, looks nice enough. If you are sharing it is only ever with another person, so rooms of 2. JP is quite small from when i've walked through it, HF is deff larger!
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Reply 3
wooo... that was great!! worth 1.000.000.000.000 rep!
(is that abillion? im not sure how many 0's there's ment to be... anyway, no one will ever get as much rep as big fat pig)
(is that abillion? im not sure how many 0's there's ment to be... anyway, no one will ever get as much rep as big fat pig)
Reply 4
15
Lol! Ta, hope your coming in October!
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Reply 5
baby_emmy
Harry French is about 5/10 min walk from the campus, looks nice enough. If you are sharing it is only ever with another person, so rooms of 2.
There aren't any shared rooms in Harry French as far as I'm aware of. Harry French is situated on Ashby Road (main road leading into town). If you are living on Harry French Court or Harry French Grove, then you'll be sharing your kitchen and bathroom facilities with 5 people (6 including urself). If you live on the other side of the road in the bigger blocks (Cedar, Chestnut and Oak), you'll be sharing your kitchen and bathroom facilities with 7 people (8 including urself). I am completely clueless about Harry French HOUSES, eg. Iffley etc. etc. even though I've been living in HF for almost 3 years!!! What I do know is that they're usually for post-grads.
Z
Reply 6
Thnks for the info both of you! how many toilets and showers/baths are there between 6 ppl? wud u recomment harry french, do u like it there? xx
Reply 7
shopaholicxxx
Thnks for the info both of you! how many toilets and showers/baths are there between 6 ppl? wud u recomment harry french, do u like it there? xx
Harry French is probably one of the cheaper halls, I'd definitely recommend the living quarters. In the Court (which is where most Freshers are placed unless you're doing an Art Foundation), like I said, you live in corridors of 6 ppl and you share 2 toilets and a shower which are all separate units. I've lived in Harry French for almost 3 years, I was in Cedar Lodge in my foundation yr, then in Oak Lodge for the 1st yr and both are on the other side of road/reception and have the luxury of having a bath. I'm living on Court this year which isn't so bad as rooms are better laid out at this side of hall. I do hope to live in the Grove at some point but I have a house for next year!!!
Z
Reply 8
What is falkner-eddington like? im so stuck on tryin to decide. and when should we recieve our forms through the post? thanks for any help! xxx
Reply 9
15
I don't know much, apart from it's right next to The Holt and the freshers this year got a bag! Try the halls website: http://www.falk-egg.com/
Looks quite nice actually!
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Looks quite nice actually!
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Reply 10
Thanks for all ur help xx
Reply 11
17
baby_emmy
I don't know much, apart from it's right next to The Holt and the freshers this year got a bag! Try the halls website: http://www.falk-egg.com/
Looks quite nice actually!
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Looks quite nice actually!
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Yeah ok, we got a cayley freashers bad too! (proper nice bag 'n all)
- Loads of stuff in it.
Bottle of water
Caffine tablets
Comdoms
VK shot glass
Flyers from loads of places
Urrm, bottle opener keyring
Our wonderfull freshers Tshirt, which is awsume!
And the bag itself, which i use for taking my boots to labs every time.
Daniel
Reply 12
every hall gets a freshers bag. rigg rut had 1 too
Reply 13
15
Not every hall...I didn't get one...
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Reply 14
17
baby_emmy
Not every hall...I didn't get one...
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Reply 15
15
Lol, thanks for the sympathy! Better get one next year, feel left out!
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Reply 16
17
Awesome post. Makes me want to be there right now haha. The Union sounds immense, I hear the same from everyone. Huraah to live acts and variation. Come on lufbra
Reply 17
Alex Mann
Awesome post. Makes me want to be there right now haha. The Union sounds immense, I hear the same from everyone. Huraah to live acts and variation. Come on lufbra
and all nigth madness in the union on hey ewe nights...£1 drinks baby yeeeah! ive just ocme from there. i have 2 exams tomoz so thought best to have an early night
Reply 18
yeh same! I cannot wait to come in september!! im sooo excited! xxx
Reply 19
17
Bex!
and all nigth madness in the union on hey ewe nights...£1 drinks baby yeeeah! ive just ocme from there. i have 2 exams tomoz so thought best to have an early night
£1 drinks? Oooo yeah that's the business.
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