The "Ask a Durham Student" Thread :)

Ah Just wondering cause i'm most likely going to be living at home (hopefully if i get into Uni) and people keep saying it's a bad choice

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Whereabouts do you live?

Manchester was going to go Huddersfield Uni i'ts like a train away

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Hi there :-)

I'm starting Durham University in September as a mature student (however I would just like to point out that I'm only 23!!) And was just wondering when you find out your term timetable? Will this be in freshers week or do you get it before? And also to anyone currently studying Accountancy and Finance what is a regular weekly timetable like for yourselves? for example how many days are you in Uni per week, number of lectures etc?

Any help would be much appreciated

Look here
https://www.dur.ac.uk/timetable/students/
for more information on actual timetabling - the one for 2013/14 is apparently available

Hi, do you think it's already available to future students?
You need to log in, in order to access the timetable, and I'm guessing you obtain these details later on...? thanks!

Need to log on to this timetable? http://timetable.dur.ac.uk/room_dur.htm
It didn't throw up anything for me.

You can always try looking at the Module Clash Checker, which is confusing to read, but should have the same information on it.
http://www.maths.dur.ac.uk/users/maths.teaching/tt/module_checker.html

Yeah, a pop up window asks for login and password, "University of Durham ITS login".

I tried to decipher the module clash checker, which isn't easy
thanks!

This is a bit random, but my mum bought a gown last year in a sale in cambridge... will it be okay to wear in durham? Or is there something special and specific about durham gowns?

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I believe that gowns at all universities are slightly different in their requirements - you can find out more by looking it up online, such as here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groves_classification_system

Most people probably won't notice, but there's a chance someone will object.

Hello,

I've just got my place confirmed to study Geography BSc, yay! I was wondering whether its possible to, and how I might go about, changing to an MSc course? Should I just ask when I arrive?

Thanks

Yeah, just asking your department about it when you arrive should be fine - I'm under the impression that in all the sciences, the first year of the course is identical for BSc and MSc, and that you can freely change during your first year. Might be a good idea to e-mail and ask about it early, though.

...although MScs have higher entry requirements than BSc courses, so I assume they can't just let everyone change?