The "Ask a Durham Student" Thread :)

I wouldn't bother with a bike - nowhere in Durham is particularly far to walk and it has evil hills.

I grew up in Durham and pretty much biked everywhere, would be useful for those who live in the Bailey colleges and want to go up the the library and departments at the science site then it'll be worth while, however if both college and department are next door to each other it's probably less important. I'll definitely be bringing a bike when i do my postgrad course but then again i'll be living in Brakenbury and spending most of my time in the city centre.

Reply 2202

Kangablue

Do you need to bring your own duvet/ pillows etc? Also are you allowed kettles/ toasters/ fan heaters in your rooms?
Mildert btw :smile:

Reply 2203

pipsi

I think most colleges will sell you a bedding pack (I know my college offer this service) but you'll probably prefer to bring your own. The bedding pack idea is probably more to help out international students who can't bring a great deal with them.

As far as kettles, toasters etc go, it all depends on the college and possibly the specific hall. When i did my undergraduate degree, my uni allowed everyone to have kettles and only those with special medical requirements to have fridges and the like. Toasters were banned anywhere other than kitchens because of how sensitive the smoke alarms were. Fan heaters might be a no too because of the potential fire risk. The residency agreement will probably outline what you can and can't use in your room as far as electrical things go. If that doesn't help just ring the college in question and ask.

Reply 2204

Shmerm

Kangablue

Do you need to bring your own duvet/ pillows etc? Also are you allowed kettles/ toasters/ fan heaters in your rooms?
Mildert btw :smile:

Toasters and, I assume, fan heaters, would be a definite no-no in Mildert rooms. You'll be alright with a kettle. To be honest, you won't be cold in college as the heating is quite intense. I've never been cold in college. By all means bring a toaster, just take it to the kitchen to use (don't leave it in there though, it might walk).

Reply 2205

Jasmeet

hi,
jst a quick question!
I am coming to durham ths sept for my postgrad nd i was jst wonderin that hw is the football scene in Durham??? i rejected the offer from Aston to come to Durham and i am a huge football fanatic. I jst hope i will not miss so much on this part for choosing Durham.

Reply 2206

SpamBa

14

Jasmeet

hi,
jst a quick question!
I am coming to durham ths sept for my postgrad nd i was jst wonderin that hw is the football scene in Durham??? i rejected the offer from Aston to come to Durham and i am a huge football fanatic. I jst hope i will not miss so much on this part for choosing Durham.

Try www.teamdurham.com for info on all the sports available.

Reply 2207

Daffodil

A quick one :
Internet connection in rooms - can you access sites like youtube, demand 5, iplayer ? If yes, do the videos take forever to load or is the connection reasonably ok?

Just thinking as I wouldn't bother buying a laptop to bring with me to uni if I can't access these sites.

Cheers :smile:

Reply 2208

dring

12

The internet connections in rooms are (or have been so far) almost completely unrestricted, and with excellent speed. There's a short list of outright banned sites somewhere, mostly porn ones, but you can access just about anything unrestricted.

A small number of other sites do allegedly have bandwidth limits placed on them, most notably facebook. You should be able to access it fine, but I think it can slow down if many people are visiting it or have been recently.

You *cannot* use things like the iplayer app (and 4OD etc.), as far as I know, though they're becoming a little more lenient. That is, you'll be able to view iplayer on the bbc website but not use the download application.

I think that's all up to date, but I haven't lived in for a while now.

Reply 2209

Daffodil

I don't care for Facebook, so that shouldn't be a problem :P
Yep I usually watch iplayer and demand five videos without downloading them, so that should be fine too.

yey @ excellent speed!! :biggrin:

Thanks for your help :smile:

Reply 2210

Daffodil

Oh! Remembered something else :P
How do people do their laundry in college? Do you pay to use the washing machines? How much does it cost if so? And how often are you allowed to use them?

Reply 2211

username144728

Hi, has anyone tried putting their DUO email account on to their Blackberry? Did it work?

Also, during the resit period, does the DSU open? and more importantly, is it true Klute opens up again?

Reply 2212

Hopping Mad Kangaroo

15

ging.ninj.

Hi, has anyone tried putting their DUO email account on to their Blackberry? Did it work?

Also, during the resit period, does the DSU open? and more importantly, is it true Klute opens up again?

Think a few college bars are open, but not much else. As for DSU, I doubt it a lot. Klute you might have a chance though with.

Reply 2213

dring

12

ging.ninj.

Hi, has anyone tried putting their DUO email account on to their Blackberry? Did it work?

There's no reason this shouldn't work perfectly, the ITS allow download to almost all modern email clients nowadays.

Reply 2214

Geisskane

iplayer works, 4OD works, youtube works etc. etc. Almost seamless downloading in HD, except during peak times of course.

As for the washing machines question, Cuths at least had laundries. £1.50 for a wash, 50p for a dry. Old 2ps worked in the drier though in place of 50ps.

Reply 2215

*River

15

In Butler, it's £1.50 for a wash and 50p for a dry. You need 50p coins though (or a pound and a fifty pence in the case of the washing machines) - I suggest that you start collecting these now.

Reply 2216

Aula

18

Geisskane

iplayer works, 4OD works, youtube works etc. etc. Almost seamless downloading in HD, except during peak times of course.

As for the washing machines question, Cuths at least had laundries. £1.50 for a wash, 50p for a dry. Old 2ps worked in the drier though in place of 50ps.

50p's! Collect as many 50p coins as you can. I got my family to collect theirs with the intention of buying them off them, and they gave 'em to me :love:

but as I remember reading on here somewhere before I headed to Durham, 50ps are worth their weight in gold at uni :yep:

Reply 2217

Geisskane

Aula

50p's! Collect as many 50p coins as you can. I got my family to collect theirs with the intention of buying them off them, and they gave 'em to me :love:

but as I remember reading on here somewhere before I headed to Durham, 50ps are worth their weight in gold at uni :yep:

Yeah they're like gold-dust! Even though I'm living out now I STILL keep all my 50ps. I think I'll set up shop in Fonteyn Court laundry selling 50ps to freshers.

Reply 2218

frederizia

You should sell them to me, I have no one who can collect them for me :p:

Reply 2219

Aula

18

I have 8. I will sell them to you for £5 :colone:

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