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Nottingham stuck up?

People often say that nottingham is pretentious and stuck up, if it really was they would call terms "Michaelmas" and "lent" and im sure if lancaster and durham can get away with calling the halls *colleges* Nottingham certainly can. But it hasnt. SO surely this says something?

Reply 1

Leekey

9

Ladyluck

People often say that nottingham is pretentious and stuck up, if it really was they would call terms "Michealmas" and "lent" and im sure if lancaster and durham can get away with calling the halls *colleges* Nottingham certainly can. But it hasnt. SO surely this says something?

Nottingham is a top uni and I have no doubt that there is a stuck up element associated with that (on part of students I mean). However I have never experienced anything like this from the uni, everyone seemed genuinely nice and down to earth when I have visited / spoke etc... Again I think that the "stuck up" stigma comes from people assuming that any well ranked uni is immediately "stuck up". I also think that being a campus uni attracts the tag too (Durham, Notts, Warwick etc...). :smile:

Reply 2

username9816

14

Ladyluck

People often say that nottingham is pretentious and stuck up, if it really was they would call terms "Michaelmas" and "lent" and im sure if lancaster and durham can get away with calling the halls *colleges* Nottingham certainly can. But it hasnt. SO surely this says something?

Nottingham isn't bad for stuck-upness.

Reply 3

shazza

I wouldn't say Nottingham was stuck up either.

Reply 4

Missmoneypenny

Ladyluck

Im glad that other people dont think it is. If it wanted to it could be as bad as durham by tryong to call its accom *colleges* when they are only halls! That really annoys me, esp when i went to see lancaster! lol :biggrin:

i dont think it is stuck up. Tho i know people at Trent who call it *Beeston college* cus they think it is stuck up! lol

Reply 5

shazza

Missmoneypenny

i dont think it is stuck up. Tho i know people at Trent who call it *Beeston college* cus they think it is stuck up! lol

why do they call it Beeston college when it is no where near Beeston? and if they were after stuck up surely it would be more like "west bridgford college", or one of the other south river stuck up villages?

Reply 6

username9816

14

Nottingham is definitely less snobby than York/Durham, I know that.

Reply 7

Missmoneypenny

shazza

why do they call it Beeston college when it is no where near Beeston? and if they were after stuck up surely it would be more like "west bridgford college", or one of the other south river stuck up villages?

I dunno, i have no idea of nottinghams geography! :wink:

i told my mate whos BF is at Trent, that i was accepting notts as firm and she said *oh god not beeston college, its fully of posh wankers*!
My best mate from school is at Trent doing sport science and i go and see her at her flat regularly, her flat mates all know notts uni as *beeston college* for some reason!

Reply 8

shazza

Missmoneypenny

I dunno, i have no idea of nottinghams geography! :wink:

i told my mate whos BF is at Trent, that i was accepting notts as firm and she said *oh god not beeston college, its fully of posh wankers*!
My best mate from school is at Trent doing sport science and i go and see her at her flat regularly, her flat mates all know notts uni as *beeston college* for some reason!

strange, I think it is because they do like law and doctor courses, and perhaps a lot of them have come from well to do backgrounds or something. That would perhaps be less than half the students, and the uni it's self doesn't try to be snobby, anyhoo!

Reply 9

black_dragon_9

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shazza

strange, I think it is because they do like law and doctor courses, and perhaps a lot of them have come from well to do backgrounds or something. That would perhaps be less than half the students, and the uni it's self doesn't try to be snobby, anyhoo!

Loads of people from Trent call Nottingham Uni 'Beeston College', its just a name they give probably arising insecurity in the fact that Nottingham Trent is an ex-poly. University Park is officially in Lenton anyway, albeit juxtaposed with Beeston on one corner.

TBH I don't really care what a uni used to be, and who goes to what uni. Its fine if its just a laugh, but some people get carried away and i hate it when people judge people by their backgrounds, its just sad and insecure.

Roz.

Reply 10

shazza

black_dragon_9

TBH I don't really care what a uni used to be, and who goes to what uni. Its fine if its just a laugh, but some people get carried away and i hate it when people judge people by their backgrounds, its just sad and insecure.

Roz.

here here!

Reply 11

andyreid

nottingham cant be stuck up,you have to wear a shellsuit and a nike cap at a ridiculous angle to just fit into the cities social scene

Reply 12

babyboo

1

andyreid

nottingham cant be stuck up,you have to wear a shellsuit and a nike cap at a ridiculous angle to just fit into the cities social scene

gawd here we go!!!! he's back

Reply 13

ruthie_x

OOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhh Lordy. Mr Reid has returned. Been on holiday?

Reply 14

shazza

andyreid

nottingham cant be stuck up,you have to wear a shellsuit and a nike cap at a ridiculous angle to just fit into the cities social scene

yet another flawed argument from andy reid!

Reply 15

Jolie

lol are you crazy?? Nottingham is so NOT stuck up! I've lived in various locations in Nottingham for a total of 12 years and I've never yet met a stuck up resident! :tongue:

Nottingham stuck up?

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