The "Ask a Durham Student" Thread :)

I thought it was illegal to charge for the water itself, but they could charge for the service and hire of the glass?

I thought under 18s were allowed in before 9 anyway.

A while back they refused my ID (apparently I looked too young ), then the manager showed up and ordered the guy to serve me whilst clipping him around the ear. Looks like I wont be needing my ID in there again

The first year modules are disgustingly easy. For example the "IT Skills" module and "Statistics" module both do not reach A-level standard.

Plus the uni experience is much better in Durham itself, and hence how an employer would see you.

Both courses have basically the same content in the first two years, though. Besides, If I get AAB- I'll do the straight Psych course at Leeds (if they accept me) the idea for applying to this one was that the entry requirement is lower, and they have pretty good research facilities down at Stockton.

Have to choose by tonight to sell me your college people! I was looking at St Mary's (they cater for my dietary requirements), but how likely is it you'll have to share a room?

With regard to St. Mary's, it is possible, some may say even probable, that you will have to share a room, but it will most likely only be for one term. Everyone swaps rooms every term to ensure that everyone gets a chance to have a single. I'm going to start at St. Mary's next Saturday, and as of yet, I don't know if I'm going to be sharing or not in my first term!

Still... do choose Mary's... it's so pretty, and brilliant in many other ways!

Have put down St Mary's, thanks. So if I get an offer (touch wood!!!!) I'll be there

I went into Spoons once when I was 17 and tried to buy a lemonade, and the woman working there tried to ID me and then wouldn't serve me when I didn't have anything.

I thought it was illegal to charge for the water itself, but they could charge for the service and hire of the glass?

Sorry, i think i've asked this before, maybe i'm just criminally dense, but how do you register for modules??

Just got a message via Facebook saying if you enroll by wednesday they'll have campus cards ready, but you surely can't enroll till you've registered for your extra modules, which I thought you couldn't do till you get there?

I'm so confused!

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You'll get a list of times when each department is open for other students to register, as well as a time you have to register and get your form signed off by your own department. Then you get to go to SPA and get your little green card stamped, and THEN you can queue to get a campus card!

It's really not as exciting as it sounds; be prepared for a lot of queuing!

They seem to be starting a different system this year though; people have been sending in photos for the campus cards ahead of time instead of queuing to get them taken.

Registration is pretty dull, yeah.

The module registration is not going to be online until 2010, until then its paper. Apparently it takes 3 years to develop a database.

The university's computing systems operate under a special system in which the contents of each individual bit are written out on a scrap of paper and taped to a slug, which then has to craw along a lengthy series of tubes to deliver its message to the decoding sloth at the other end.