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The "Ask a Durham Student" Thread :)

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Original post by kettlechips
*waves enthusiastically* I do, just finished first year :smile:

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Hi :wavey: what drew you to do Durham's general engineering course rather than a fixed engineering discipline?

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Original post by newway
How far is Economics department from Hild Bede college?


It's on Old Elvet, which is basically a 5 minute walk from Hild Bede. You're probably the closest college to it! Can't say for sure but you'll probably have lectures at Elvet Riverside which is perhaps 100m down the road from the Economics department. Everything is very near by in Durham! :smile:
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Where did you get rejected from? Oxford or Cambridge?
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Where did you get rejected from? Oxford or Cambridge?


Cambridge :laugh:

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Original post by dobbs
I generally know everything about Durham, for I am a God. So ask me anything, and I shall answer (within a reasonable period of time).

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That's convenient to stumble across I must say.


Anyhow, could you tell which college is heavily involved in uni sport such as rugby? In addition could you tell the one's closest to the gym and or the playing pitches (rugby)?

Finally, are any of these not self catered?
Original post by PhilosophicalHat


Anyhow, could you tell which college is heavily involved in uni sport such as rugby?



University level sport is completely separate from colleges, and for things like rugby, it relies on individual trials.

Colleges have their own sports teams, and every college will have teams for major sports, as well as many less common sports. Check college websites for more details.



In addition could you tell the one's closest to the gym and or the playing pitches (rugby)?



The Gym and pitches are located at Maiden Castle. Google Maps might be a good place to get to know the geography a bit. The closest colleges would probably be those at the science site side of the hill, such as Mary's or Grey. Hilde Bede is also fairly close, but in all reality the walk from any of the colleges isn't too bad.



Finally, are any of these not self catered?



None of the colleges are wholly self catered, with the exception of Josephine Butler
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How does sex work when you live in shared accomodation? Like bringing someone back to your room?
When you guys set up your student bank account, which address did you give to the bank? Did you give the address of the college/your room at the college or did you give your home address.

I am a UK citizen, and my permanent home is still in the UK (even though it is being rented out), but I have been living abroad for the past 3 years due to my parent's job contract.
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Original post by Fango_Jett
When you guys set up your student bank account, which address did you give to the bank? Did you give the address of the college/your room at the college or did you give your home address.

I am a UK citizen, and my permanent home is still in the UK (even though it is being rented out), but I have been living abroad for the past 3 years due to my parent's job contract.


I gave my home address. You won't be at college for a lot of the year, so if they send you letters you may not get them in time or w/e. If you put down your home address you can always get your parents/whoever is living there to send it up to you. Plus you'll be moving out of college at the end of next year anyway, so just avoid the faff of having to change it and put down your permanent address.
Talk of freshers' packs reminds me. Shortly after results everyone who's been accepted will probably get a pack from the Durham Union Society (DUS), inviting you to join for a fee, this is NOT the Durham Student's Union, which you automatically become a member of for free. The DUS is a debating society, and often does a lot of interesting stuff, but it isn't the Student's Union, I know a lot of people in my year who joined thinking it was the Union.


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Can anyone tell me if you have to pay to use the gym facilities at Maiden Castle? Or does regular tuition cover use of these facilities? (I'm thinking treadmills, bikes, etc. not necessarily pitches and fields.) Also, does anyone know how long it might take to walk there from the student union area? Thank you!
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Original post by JJasper
Can anyone tell me if you have to pay to use the gym facilities at Maiden Castle? Or does regular tuition cover use of these facilities? (I'm thinking treadmills, bikes, etc. not necessarily pitches and fields.) Also, does anyone know how long it might take to walk there from the student union area? Thank you!

You do have to pay to use University gyms, I believe, but I didn't use them so I don't know how much it costs (I don't think it's hugely expensive though). From the DSU to Maiden Castle is about 20 minutes.
Original post by JJasper
Can anyone tell me if you have to pay to use the gym facilities at Maiden Castle? Or does regular tuition cover use of these facilities? (I'm thinking treadmills, bikes, etc. not necessarily pitches and fields.) Also, does anyone know how long it might take to walk there from the student union area? Thank you!


Gym membership at MC costs roughly £120 for the year, but a good tip is that if you join a university sports society you can get discounted membership of the MC gym for about £90 per year. They normally email out about this around the second or third week of term. The University sport levy is also something you'll have to pay if you want to do any physical activity at uni, which is a pain (its for insurance), costs about £200 but its one off.

College gyms are a good choice too, Mary's gym charges just £30 per year, and its always incredibly quiet and has everything you'll need, the only disadvantage being you need two people to take the key out. Most colleges have similar systems.

MC is roughly 10-15 minutes walk from the DSU building, a bike is a useful investment if you're going down there regularly, but there is a pretty steep hill on the way home.
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Thank you both for your replies! I might make use of the gym at my college, although I really prefer to be alone when exercising... I've only been to the UK in the wintertime once and it was very mild compared to what I'm used to, do you think it would be possible to run outdoors year-round? That's certainly not always possible in Canada, but it's a lot colder and a lot snowier here! I wouldn't mind running in -10 Celsius and up with the right gear.
Original post by JJasper
Thank you both for your replies! I might make use of the gym at my college, although I really prefer to be alone when exercising... I've only been to the UK in the wintertime once and it was very mild compared to what I'm used to, do you think it would be possible to run outdoors year-round? That's certainly not always possible in Canada, but it's a lot colder and a lot snowier here! I wouldn't mind running in -10 Celsius and up with the right gear.


Oh man you're going to love running in Durham, though I guess the scenery might not be quite as striking as Canada. However Durham is small enough that you can get out into the countryside within a mile or two, I've lived up in Neville's Cross the last two years, and there's loads of great countryside right outside my back door, the hills and railway paths out to the east of the city are my favourite places to go.

As long as you don't mind running on snow you'll be able to run all year round, its extremely variable, when I was in second year we had a month of snow (up to maybe 6 inches) with temperatures of about 0 to -3 all the way through second term, in third year we had perhaps a day of snow and it kind of hovered around freezing for Jan and Feb.
Wow... 1 month of snow! We usually get snow around the end of October and it doesn't really leave until mid April. Several times this past winter it was up to my hip (I'm 5'10) and my car was buried up to the windscreen (at least shovelling is great exercise!). Temperatures can range between freezing down to -40, sometimes slightly more with the windchill, and I don't even live in the coldest/snowiest part of Canada! I'm going to feel like I'm in a tropical paradise. Sounds like it won't be a problem to run in the winter :smile:
In fully catered halls, generally how much money is needed to live for the year?
Original post by Rock_Set
In fully catered halls, generally how much money is needed to live for the year?


Errmm well it really depends on what you plan to be doing! I mean, societies and other activities cost money, as do nights out, extra food and whatnot...

A fully catered college room (a standard one) costs £6289 for the 39 week let that covers all of term time and the Christmas and Easter holidays (not catered over holidays), and £5867 not including holidays. You will definitely have to pay for basics like laundry, toiletries and stationary and the like on top of this.

As such it's hard to put an exact cost on it - from my experience just the accommodation cost was slightly more than my student loan (the standard amount) so I had to be fairly careful with money in my first year although I still made the most of the opportunities that were there!

As a rough guide, the university puts a figure of £800 a month, although in my experience I have done it for far less. If money is an issue Durham offers a good grant scheme so you should definitely get in contact if you're worried.
Original post by pianofluteftw
Errmm well it really depends on what you plan to be doing! I mean, societies and other activities cost money, as do nights out, extra food and whatnot...

A fully catered college room (a standard one) costs £6289 for the 39 week let that covers all of term time and the Christmas and Easter holidays (not catered over holidays), and £5867 not including holidays. You will definitely have to pay for basics like laundry, toiletries and stationary and the like on top of this.

As such it's hard to put an exact cost on it - from my experience just the accommodation cost was slightly more than my student loan (the standard amount) so I had to be fairly careful with money in my first year although I still made the most of the opportunities that were there!

As a rough guide, the university puts a figure of £800 a month, although in my experience I have done it for far less. If money is an issue Durham offers a good grant scheme so you should definitely get in contact if you're worried.


Yeah, I'm a little bit concerned with the money side of things. £800 a month?! I'm hoping that include accommodation lol. I''ll probably join a few societies and go out a few nights a month, but I'm not sure what else I'll spend

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