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good n bad things about edinburgh
if you people could tell me what you think about the uni and the city, Im applying to Edinburgh for Chinese Studies, but I want to be sure Im going to the best uni and the best city!
it would be really helpful too if chinese studies students could reply me so that I can ask them things about the course! thanks!
it would be really helpful too if chinese studies students could reply me so that I can ask them things about the course! thanks!
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The city is lovely. It's a tourist trap in summer but you won't be there then, so it doesn't matter. Couldn't tell you about actually being at university since I'm not there but everything is quite far apart. Going out in Edinburgh can be expensive but I'm sure theres got to be some cheap places.
thanks!
people told me its a very small city, is it true?
listen you said I wont be there in summer, why do you say that? campuses close during summer holidays?? cuz I was thinking to stya there and study and work, but I dont know how campuses work during summer...
To me, it's a fairly big city. I went to Newcastle the other day and Newcastle felt bigger. It's dwarfed by London. But it's not small, it'll be big enough. It isn't huge either, it's a nice size. I haven't been to Manchester but from what I've heard, it'll be smaller.
I expect you could find somewhere to stay. When I was at the Open day the person who showed me round had stayed there all summer to do his project. I think summer prices MIGHT be a bit more expensive but I expect you'd be able to find a job. The good thing about thousands of tourists is you get more jobs then.
I expect you could find somewhere to stay. When I was at the Open day the person who showed me round had stayed there all summer to do his project. I think summer prices MIGHT be a bit more expensive but I expect you'd be able to find a job. The good thing about thousands of tourists is you get more jobs then.
which is good! Im not really bothered about how big the city is, but how far the things are from the campus..do you know how far the university and the city centre are? I know Im asking for too much, so dont worry if you have no idea! Okey dokey, here's the dealio.
Edinburgh is a very compact city. Everything's confined to within around a ten mile radius, and even that is being generous. The University buildings are found primarily in George Square, if you're a humanities students, or King's Buildings if you are of a scientific inclination. The former is around 15 minutes walk from Pollock Halls, the latter around 25-30 minutes. There is a free university shuttle bus that runs between George Square and the King's Buildings. There are university unions in both King's Buildings and the George Square area (three within 5 minutes' walk of the latter). Princes Street, the main shopping centre, is ten minutes walk from George Square, and there is a cinema located there. Alternatively, Pollock halls is fifteen-twenty minutes away from Cameron Toll shopping centre, again where there is a cinema. Clubs are mainly found further out, perhaps half an hour's walk from Pollock, but bus and taxi services are, on the whole, excellent.
Edinburgh is a very compact city. Everything's confined to within around a ten mile radius, and even that is being generous. The University buildings are found primarily in George Square, if you're a humanities students, or King's Buildings if you are of a scientific inclination. The former is around 15 minutes walk from Pollock Halls, the latter around 25-30 minutes. There is a free university shuttle bus that runs between George Square and the King's Buildings. There are university unions in both King's Buildings and the George Square area (three within 5 minutes' walk of the latter). Princes Street, the main shopping centre, is ten minutes walk from George Square, and there is a cinema located there. Alternatively, Pollock halls is fifteen-twenty minutes away from Cameron Toll shopping centre, again where there is a cinema. Clubs are mainly found further out, perhaps half an hour's walk from Pollock, but bus and taxi services are, on the whole, excellent.
City people are *rude*.
michaelnicholson88
Okey dokey, here's the dealio.
Edinburgh is a very compact city. Everything's confined to within around a ten mile radius, and even that is being generous. The University buildings are found primarily in George Square, if you're a humanities students, or King's Buildings if you are of a scientific inclination. The former is around 15 minutes walk from Pollock Halls, the latter around 25-30 minutes. There is a free university shuttle bus that runs between George Square and the King's Buildings. There are university unions in both King's Buildings and the George Square area (three within 5 minutes' walk of the latter). Princes Street, the main shopping centre, is ten minutes walk from George Square, and there is a cinema located there. Alternatively, Pollock halls is fifteen-twenty minutes away from Cameron Toll shopping centre, again where there is a cinema. Clubs are mainly found further out, perhaps half an hour's walk from Pollock, but bus and taxi services are, on the whole, excellent.
Edinburgh is a very compact city. Everything's confined to within around a ten mile radius, and even that is being generous. The University buildings are found primarily in George Square, if you're a humanities students, or King's Buildings if you are of a scientific inclination. The former is around 15 minutes walk from Pollock Halls, the latter around 25-30 minutes. There is a free university shuttle bus that runs between George Square and the King's Buildings. There are university unions in both King's Buildings and the George Square area (three within 5 minutes' walk of the latter). Princes Street, the main shopping centre, is ten minutes walk from George Square, and there is a cinema located there. Alternatively, Pollock halls is fifteen-twenty minutes away from Cameron Toll shopping centre, again where there is a cinema. Clubs are mainly found further out, perhaps half an hour's walk from Pollock, but bus and taxi services are, on the whole, excellent.
thanks a lot man, that was really helpful!!!! from what I understand, everything's quite near plus the bus for uni students sounds great!
I'm sure Carly will reply at some point to give you the lowdown on Chinese, so thats that bit covered.
Ok, Edinburgh is fantastic. Everything you need can be reached within half an hours walk from your residence, from the uni, to the shops, train station, swimming pool, and if you wanna be a tourist: the castle and arthurs seat etc.
Bad points are, I guess, that for the English folk its quite far up north meaning our friends can't be bothered to visit as its more than a few hours away on the train. But thats not necesarily a bad thing as it means you get to spend more time with the cool Edinburgh peeps. Thats the only bad thing I've found really. Oh and ice cream is expensive.
As a student city Edinburgh has pretty much everything, after all it is a capital city, so therefore has the same facilities as London but without all the tacky crap which comes with it. I love it here.
Ok, Edinburgh is fantastic. Everything you need can be reached within half an hours walk from your residence, from the uni, to the shops, train station, swimming pool, and if you wanna be a tourist: the castle and arthurs seat etc.
Bad points are, I guess, that for the English folk its quite far up north meaning our friends can't be bothered to visit as its more than a few hours away on the train. But thats not necesarily a bad thing as it means you get to spend more time with the cool Edinburgh peeps. Thats the only bad thing I've found really. Oh and ice cream is expensive.
As a student city Edinburgh has pretty much everything, after all it is a capital city, so therefore has the same facilities as London but without all the tacky crap which comes with it. I love it here.
oxymoronic
I'm sure Carly will reply at some point to give you the lowdown on Chinese, so thats that bit covered.
Ok, Edinburgh is fantastic. Everything you need can be reached within half an hours walk from your residence, from the uni, to the shops, train station, swimming pool, and if you wanna be a tourist: the castle and arthurs seat etc.
Bad points are, I guess, that for the English folk its quite far up north meaning our friends can't be bothered to visit as its more than a few hours away on the train. But thats not necesarily a bad thing as it means you get to spend more time with the cool Edinburgh peeps. Thats the only bad thing I've found really. Oh and ice cream is expensive.
As a student city Edinburgh has pretty much everything, after all it is a capital city, so therefore has the same facilities as London but without all the tacky crap which comes with it. I love it here.
Ok, Edinburgh is fantastic. Everything you need can be reached within half an hours walk from your residence, from the uni, to the shops, train station, swimming pool, and if you wanna be a tourist: the castle and arthurs seat etc.
Bad points are, I guess, that for the English folk its quite far up north meaning our friends can't be bothered to visit as its more than a few hours away on the train. But thats not necesarily a bad thing as it means you get to spend more time with the cool Edinburgh peeps. Thats the only bad thing I've found really. Oh and ice cream is expensive.
As a student city Edinburgh has pretty much everything, after all it is a capital city, so therefore has the same facilities as London but without all the tacky crap which comes with it. I love it here.
Carly? a friend of yours studying chinese in edinburgh?
if so, please tell your friend to let me know what the course is like!
Go to the Edinburgh Students' Society, page 1. She's MissSmith, the thread starter. She's lovely and friendly so if you PM her, I'm sure she'll reply.
Edinburgh's a brilliant city to go to university in. Student concessions are abundant and good, I don't think people are as rude as Yossarian does (mostly people seem friendly), and it's a beautiful place to live.
Come check it out!
And don't talk about how it's hard to get friends from England to come here, just try getting American friends to come over! More than a few hours train trip...
Come check it out!
And don't talk about how it's hard to get friends from England to come here, just try getting American friends to come over! More than a few hours train trip...
yo!
sorry i have never replied, i forgot there were edinburgh university threads outside the society one! oops!
chinese is amazing! so firstly, i will congratulate you on chosing it! if you do decide to come here and you get in, i will help you out next year, if you like.
i am class representative for chinese 1, which means i know the university policies for a lot of things. which then means i know what the department does and does not do that it should!
and i can honestly say that the chinese deparment scores really high for it all. at our last meeting i moaned that the asian studies department dont put material on webCT* for us, which defies university policy. and they immediately appologised and are setting up a site for us! they are so helpful!
also, the work rate is manageable. i have absolutely no experience with chinese at all, all of the material i am given is new to me and i dont feel overwhelmed or anything- it is such a pleasure to sit down and memorise some characters!
in order to achieve your degree in chinese, you must do east asian civilisation which, i have heard, is a very enjoyeable and interesting subject.
the chinese course comprises of two history of characters/grammer lectures, one speaking lecture and one speaking tutorial, one writing tutorial and one writing lecture. so it is a major commitment, as you are in a lot. (this is a lot compare to other subjects- my english, for example, i am on for three lectures and one tutorial!)
you are given a workbook and textbook set (or, rather, they give you it then ask for £15!) it is called New Practical Chinese Reader (just incase you want a nose at it!) and they are ace. it starts off with pinyin and characters, but already we are reading characters alone. it is heavy going but, compared to linguistics, for example, it is a doddle.
i have three different lecturers, two of which are chinese and one is english. i find this extremely helpful as it is great to hear the different accents and hear the english interpretation of the tones!
we have an exam in december which is worth only 5% of our overall grade. this might sound good but it means that when the course is at its hardest, it is also at it smost valuable. linguistics, on the other hand, divide their course up to allow you more chance of passing.
is there anything in particular you were wanting to know?
all of your chinese lectures and tutorials will be in george square aka central area.
just ask me if you need any more info!!!
xxx
ps COME TO EDINBURGH! ITS SO ACE!
pps JUST DO NOT DO LINGUISTICS. ITS SO HARD.
EDIT; sorry i forgot to say taht webCT is our online assistant, basically. lecturers put up notes on there for us from lectures so we can print them out..... VERY HANDY!
sorry i have never replied, i forgot there were edinburgh university threads outside the society one! oops!
chinese is amazing! so firstly, i will congratulate you on chosing it! if you do decide to come here and you get in, i will help you out next year, if you like.
i am class representative for chinese 1, which means i know the university policies for a lot of things. which then means i know what the department does and does not do that it should!
and i can honestly say that the chinese deparment scores really high for it all. at our last meeting i moaned that the asian studies department dont put material on webCT* for us, which defies university policy. and they immediately appologised and are setting up a site for us! they are so helpful!
also, the work rate is manageable. i have absolutely no experience with chinese at all, all of the material i am given is new to me and i dont feel overwhelmed or anything- it is such a pleasure to sit down and memorise some characters!
in order to achieve your degree in chinese, you must do east asian civilisation which, i have heard, is a very enjoyeable and interesting subject.
the chinese course comprises of two history of characters/grammer lectures, one speaking lecture and one speaking tutorial, one writing tutorial and one writing lecture. so it is a major commitment, as you are in a lot. (this is a lot compare to other subjects- my english, for example, i am on for three lectures and one tutorial!)
you are given a workbook and textbook set (or, rather, they give you it then ask for £15!) it is called New Practical Chinese Reader (just incase you want a nose at it!) and they are ace. it starts off with pinyin and characters, but already we are reading characters alone. it is heavy going but, compared to linguistics, for example, it is a doddle.
i have three different lecturers, two of which are chinese and one is english. i find this extremely helpful as it is great to hear the different accents and hear the english interpretation of the tones!
we have an exam in december which is worth only 5% of our overall grade. this might sound good but it means that when the course is at its hardest, it is also at it smost valuable. linguistics, on the other hand, divide their course up to allow you more chance of passing.
is there anything in particular you were wanting to know?
all of your chinese lectures and tutorials will be in george square aka central area.
just ask me if you need any more info!!!
xxx
ps COME TO EDINBURGH! ITS SO ACE!
pps JUST DO NOT DO LINGUISTICS. ITS SO HARD.
EDIT; sorry i forgot to say taht webCT is our online assistant, basically. lecturers put up notes on there for us from lectures so we can print them out..... VERY HANDY!
I dont really care if my friends cant come to visit me in Edinburgh..mostly because all my friends live in Italy so I hardly see them anyways, but also because I'm coming to uni to study, I will see them when I finish uni! and I will make some friends in Edinburgh, so I wont feel alone up there!
my only concern was that uni students in Edinburgh didnt like it for reasons like dirty uni and campus, hard to study because of noisy students, bad facilities for students, expensive city and university, things like these... I know courses in Scotland cost less than in England and Wales, can you tell me how much is the maximum per course per year?
my only concern was that uni students in Edinburgh didnt like it for reasons like dirty uni and campus, hard to study because of noisy students, bad facilities for students, expensive city and university, things like these... I know courses in Scotland cost less than in England and Wales, can you tell me how much is the maximum per course per year?
I think a lot of the things you mentioned are true for any university.
You'll have to check the university website for the fee stuff yourself since theres a lot of variables. I got a pack today and it says that the anticipated rents for 07-08 are going to be £131 - £156 for catered, £86 - £94 selfcatered and £64 - £75 approved lodgings.
You'll have to check the university website for the fee stuff yourself since theres a lot of variables. I got a pack today and it says that the anticipated rents for 07-08 are going to be £131 - £156 for catered, £86 - £94 selfcatered and £64 - £75 approved lodgings.
sorry I dont know what approved lodgings are..can you explain that?
also as a student, do you think its better to have a selfcatered accomodation or a catered one? it depends manly with the time you will need for your studies and how expensive the city is, right?
also as a student, do you think its better to have a selfcatered accomodation or a catered one? it depends manly with the time you will need for your studies and how expensive the city is, right?
As for tuition fees, it's £1700 a year if you're coming from England (I'm informes) which is nearly half what you'd pay dahn sarf.
michaelnicholson88
As for tuition fees, it's £1700 a year if you're coming from England (I'm informes) which is nearly half what you'd pay dahn sarf.
well I live in England but Im Italian...does it make a difference?
I don't really know what it means, I'm jut quoting. I'm guessing that maybe the university doesn't actually own it but don#t really have a clue. Maybe someone here is living in it and might know.
It depends whether you're counted as being English or Italian. It says students from the rest of the EU are entitled to have their fees paid by SAAS. It'll depend on how long you've lived here and what your parents are and stuff.
It depends whether you're counted as being English or Italian. It says students from the rest of the EU are entitled to have their fees paid by SAAS. It'll depend on how long you've lived here and what your parents are and stuff.
I reckon you'd get it free to be honest, if you're Italian. Basically, if you're a Scottish student, or from an EU country which isn't the UK, the Scottish government pays your fees for you. If you're English, Welsh or Northern Irish you fork out £1700 for the privilidge of being here.
I just keep telling myself its better than the £3000 we'd be paying in England...
I just keep telling myself its better than the £3000 we'd be paying in England...
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