Nottingham's Campus and surrounding area?

The campus itself is very nice, certainly the nicest of all the open days I went to.

However, that's also the main positive I hear from my friends who've been to Birmingham!

Thanks. Yeh I hear both are very nice. Do you know if Notts has the better international reputation ?

It depends what kind of reputation you want. You could see which Uni has the most results in Google.

Nottingham has a lot of international students and a campus in China so I guess that's pretty vital.

Thanks a lot. I'm just really having trouble choosing, I will probably visit both however I hear they really are quite similar in terms of how good the law course is and the campus. Which city would you say had the better night life and more to do?

Does Birmingham require you to do the LNAT, OP? I know Notts does and I think that is a big factor in showing which law courses are better.

I saw Birmingham and go to Nottingham and I think the Nottingham campus is much nicer. It's sooo lovely in the spring and summer months, lots of trees, greenery, the Downs, ducks, squirrels etc. If you appreciate these things and come from a kind of rural area then these are really lovely and make a nice change

Obviously it is all subjective but I prefer Nottingham as a city as well because it's v.easy to navigate around but it is still big enough that you always discover new shops, places and ways of getting to places. The variety of shops and nightlife is just astounding and cater for all tastes and budgets. If my figures are right there is a different bar/club/restaurant/cafe to go to every day of the year!

Yeh I must admit it does seem lovely from what I've read about it. I come from London so i'm not looking for a massive city, I'm a bit sick of that and all the hustle and bustle but it would be nice to know there's a biggish city near by if I am missing that sort of thing! I really do appreciate all its greenery too and that is actually a factor when I choose unis, haha

there are a lot of Londoner's at Notts so there must be something that appeals

Yeh it's a popular place
BTW - your doing History which isn't all that different from Law....Do you find you get much support on your course and feedback with work? I hear that you dont get much help at Notts?

Yup...obviously there is a big difference between school and university and at a uni as big as Notts which have 100/150 students on its courses (on average) you obviously don't get as much personal support as you might at school. However, I've been v.pleased with the support and feedback I had. The tutors are always willing to see you and make appointments over email or answer small questions in an email. For all the history essays we get a feedback form and it is marked in terms of different aspects e.g. breadth of reading 1-5 (1 is fail, 5 is outstanding) plus sections for comments. The tutors then always offer the chance for you to come and speak to them about your essay and often go out of their way to offer more spaces/times/appointments.

I also took some Politics modules as subsids and as Politics is in the same School as Law their methods are probably a bit more similar. We got feedback forms but only with comments, none of this numerical marking. They often annotated more on the actually essay with markers/points. The Politics tutors also offered times to come and see them about work/essays.

So, even though that is quite a long answer for TSR but is by no means exhaustive I think I've conveyed that the level of support is v.good. I've certainly had no qualms in that area of things and I doubt it would be the same if not better in the Law School seeing as it's one of the best in the country

Yeh, that's great thanks for taking the time to explain. I just hear mixed opinion on TSR so I was just asking someone that goes there. And rep for you

I'm hoping to be in Nottingham this September and I couldn't be more eager. The campus is gorgeous, accommodation is one of the best I saw at open days, and the nightlife seems excellent. I'm a bit of a rock-fan, and it's got some of the best venues in the country, Rock City, Rescue Rooms, Stealth...it's got possibly the oldest Inn in the world and what seems like everything in between.
I'm on a course that, if I pass Yr1, guarantees me my second year abroad, and it has links with 30-35 different Unis, across the world,last I checked. Both are U21 members, so that's a good sign. Nottingham's links with China and Malaysia can't hurt.
I was planning on doing Law at Uni, once upon a time, so I did a work experience at a Solicitors, and a new grad there said that the two departments in the UK that publish most (not "are the best" but it's a handy indicator), are Cardiff and Nottingham.
Don't get me wrong, I love the city of Birmingham, I go down there every 3-4months to visit some friends, but the Uni never quite impressed me and I really didn't like the campus.
Oh, and it's not a dangerous place to live, there's only a couple of places from what I hear and you've lived somewhere far larger so you should be used to it I live in nowheresville, Wales, so it's going to be a big step up for me.

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accommodation is one of the best I saw at open days,

Thank you! Well to be honest everything I have heard from people couldn't really be much more positive...! I think you've got me now though, I am a great rock fan as well and well...