University of Glasgow blether thread

haha. I know, but I have a feeling this year will make me more tolerant. If nothing else, I'll stick to tea. Speaking of tea, btw, I'm really surprised what a lousy selection of tea you can find in Glasgow. With the UK being the tea capital of the world or something like that, I had this idea that I would find lots of different teas, but all I can find are basically Tetley's and the classic Earl Grey etc. It makes me sad.

Aye I can imagine unlike in Britain where you can't split the main parties with a fag paper /stops short of rant.

Info They even do a student discount. Tea seems like a world I've yet to visit, maybe this year I'll try and be more cultured...

Might be worth trying Waitrose. No idea what their selection is like, but since they are quite posh they might offer more than your standard supermarket.

Otherwise, Brewhaha is good, or go to Whittards on Buchanan St. If you can't find what you want in their then I think you might have to settle for the more basic types.

13th.

Counting the days.

Same, I get really annoyed if I buy a £140 zone card for uni and it doesn't come straight from my student loan.

Not that my loan even covers near that amount. But whatever I'm not bitter


EDIT: oh btw maybe try Peckhams on Byres Rd for tea, some nice beers in there too.

Mines is ~£200 for 10 weeks, my first loan installment is (a double) £120, better than nothing but still Lucky this year that I'm flogging my books, earning a decent-ish wedge and have nice relatives with no other kids to spoil (apart from my wee sister), otherwise I'd be out of Uni and on the bread line.

It's unbelievable that car pooling would be cheaper than taking public transport, and it's unbelievable there is no discount for students (that 15-25 railcard doesnt work for zone cards does it?).



Wedge = Wage?

It's unbelievable that car pooling would be cheaper than taking public transport, and it's unbelievable there is no discount for students (that 15-25 railcard doesnt work for zone cards does it?).

HEY! Didn't know where to ask so thought I'd give this a try. Got an accommodation welcome email a few days ago (for Murano) and it says on arrival to bring some form of ID and contract papers, but I'm not sure what these papers are? Any ideas?

Thanks to grade-inflation and accepting far too many students this year Glasgow now requires straight As for all arts and social sciences. Just two years ago when I started it was ABBB but there's not a chance in hell I'd get in through UCAS if I applied this year. Would anyone else here?

Aye, but still, 3 hours of lectures! After two I'm well and truly in "can't be arsed" mode and tend to faff around. 4 hours of lectures on a Tuesday this year is going to be a killer, especially seeing as the more important lecture is the last two hours... plenty of coffee being consumed methinks...

Still, sounds pretty good and you can have plenty late nights, I'm not trying to run you down, honest

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Apologies for that PM I sent (was it last week?). Just needed a whinge I just get a bit frustrated at these people who seem to think that attending a "top ten" uni will suddenly have everyone creaming all over them.

Anyhoo can anyone suggestion some good music shops I can visit in Glasgow? I know a couple independent shops but would just like to hear your suggestions. Nothing I like more than spending the day in music and book shops plus a couple of museums and I know Glasgow will be an excellent place for this

Thanks all

Last year this was pretty much completely ignored since freshers helpers were giving out keys. I think I vaguely flashed my contract and they handed me over the keys.