universities/ Cities please - FIRE AT NOTTINGHAM UNI TONIGHT

db · Post by db » Fri Sep 12, 14 9:31 am

Well after a lot of research last night, we've whittled it down to 5 and booked the open days.

Manchester Met is still number 1 choice.
Aston, 2nd favourite.
Nottingham Trent- we're going there tomorrow.
Leeds.
Sheffield Hallam.

Thanks for your input folks, I'll let you know how we get on

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Fri Sep 12, 14 9:36 am

Leeds is a Bananarama! hole went there to visit
A mate once while he was at uni

GJUK · Post by **GJUK** » Fri Sep 12, 14 9:38 am

Leeds has been improved over the last 10 years or so. Lots of new buildings though its not as nice as Nottingham or Manchester.

Jerry Smith · Post by **Jerry Smith** » Fri Sep 12, 14 5:48 pm

Leeds is pretty good from what I've heard and the student halls I've seen/worked in in the past seem pretty good, I'd avoid Bradford at all costs because it's just generally a Bananarama! hole, Huddersfield is ok, pretty quiet

db · Post by db » Fri Sep 12, 14 6:08 pm

Thanks Jerry, yeah we'd read a lot of bad stuff about Bradford- 'to be avoided at all costs' was the general feeling we got

bratfink · Post by **bratfink** » Fri Sep 12, 14 6:22 pm

Sheffield Hallam is a good uni, had friends that went there.

Surprised by Aston being 2nd choice, I never liked that place.

There were only 15 uni's doing product design??? I could have sworn Coventry did it when I was there.

sinny · Post by **sinny** » Fri Sep 12, 14 8:04 pm

db wrote: Nottingham Trent- we're going tomorrow

I'll see you there Paul.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Sep 12, 14 10:34 pm

You guys may not be going at all:

http://news.sky.com/story/1335031/fire- ... university

GJUK · Post by **GJUK** » Fri Sep 12, 14 11:07 pm

Pete wrote:You guys may not be going at all:

http://news.sky.com/story/1335031/fire- ... university

The carbon-neutral building, which was due to be opened early next year, cost £15.8m

I find that very funny.

Imagine all of that smoke lifting up in to the air, probably a carbon Bananarama! building now. On a par with a mopar?

sinny · Post by **sinny** » Sat Sep 13, 14 7:34 am

Wow! That's bad. At the bottom of the article a spokesman for the uni said that the open day is still on today.
Wonder if it was started by a rival uni!

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Sat Sep 13, 14 12:21 pm

Manchester is a good town for nightlife etc

Aston appears to be a campus uni so might not be so good for that-may be better for keeping the academic side more in focus though!

db · Post by db » Sat Sep 13, 14 8:41 pm

Aston was 2nd purely on results, we've not been there yet.

Luckily the fire was at a different campus so we missed it and it wouldn't affect Daisy.
We visited the City campus, I can highly recommend it!
Nice Uni, nice city. All very self-contained, the buildings are all close together, including most of the accommodation. It's literally next to the city centre and Rock City is 100 yards from the place

mad machs · Post by **mad machs** » Sun Sep 14, 14 5:28 pm

Driving Daughter up to Nottingham Trent on Tuesday, she's going to study Pharmacology, we were going up earlier, but it clashed with the Hot Rod Drags

db · Post by db » Thu Sep 18, 14 12:32 pm

Aston done and dismissed.
Poorly equipped department and the area is a dump. Next!

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Thu Sep 18, 14 1:00 pm

db wrote:Aston done and dismissed.
Poorly equipped department and the area is a dump. Next!

Aston in Birmingham?

Not somewhere id send my kids (no matter how good the course)!