Will my daughter like Newcastle if she doesn't like Glasgow?

@Anothernamechane
I agree with you, Glasgow Uni is well known for the poshness of students and the infamous accent 🤣 (thankfully my DD hasn't acquired it)
Most if not all her socialising is around the West End, even in the city centre at night she's never felt unsafe.
Glasgow is a vast place and I doubt the OPs DD will heading out for a pint in Easterhoose or the Drum.

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I had my first ever cappuccino there - Grosvie Café, 1978. In the coalmining town where I was brought up, the choice was coffee or milky coffee.

Never did manage to afford a meal at the Ubiquitous Chip.

I don't think Newcastle is as "gritty" as Glasgow. More so than Edinburgh, and it has some big party areas and nightlife areas but easy enough to avoid these and many (Bigg Market for example) wouldn't tend to be frequented by students anyway. The North East is very friendly and she'd be 90minutes from home on the train. If you want space or to get out of the city then the metro runs to the coast at Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, and South Shields which is similar to being able to pop down to Portobello or North Berwick from Edinburgh. If you're based in Edinburgh I'd get cheap train tickets one Saturday or Sunday and do a day trip to have a recce.

Some people do choose to pay fees and go to England, to get an Honours degree in 3 years instead of 4. That way, you start earning sooner. I guess an extra year's wages could soften the blow of paying fees

If she does like Newcastle, worth looking at Northumbria Uni too. Very well regarded in several subjects but as a post-92 set up a bit differently and less likely to have lectures with 350 people in which might suit her anxiety better?

DS has visited a fair amount, he's enjoyed it but prefers all the cultural stuff like cinema, art etc. that you would get in Manchester, Leeds, York, London.

He can't have tried very hard to find cultural stuff in Newcastle @Printedword

There are cinemas, museums, galleries etc in Newcastle as well, just not as many as in bigger cities or a historical city like York.

I also get a little tired of the narrative that people are constantly partying in Newcastle. It is a vibrant city where partying is entirely optional.

I'm from Scotland, but lived in various east coast places and never Glasgow. I quite like all that there is to do in such a big city, but I'm probably with your daughter and find it a bit rough and wouldn't really want to live there. Would live in Edinburgh quite happily.

We visited Newcastle for a couple of days during the October holidays and my impression wandering around the pedestrianised shopping areas was that it was very similar to Glasgow but not as well looked after. Would say Glasgow was slightly nicer.

However if I was a uni student again I'm sure I'd absolutely love all the nightlife and things going on in Newcastle and think it was an amazing place, rather than mid-life me getting annoyed at the awful patchy repairs they've made to the shopping street paving slabs.

I went to Newcastle and loved it. But I love big cities! And it does have its rough parts like any other big city….maybe try Warwick? I visited there and decided it wasn’t for me as it was a bit quiet 😀

Best thing is to visit the universities. I’d do several open days and see what she likes. It’s time consuming but important to get somewhere that’s a good fit.

She might be fine with Newcastle, Glasgow has a much bigger centre than Newcastle, IMO Newcastle just feels smaller (I prefer Newcastle). Glasgow has a huge city feel to me.
Go for a visit.

My youngest daughter, who suffers from anxiety, liked the vibe of Newcastle but finally plumped for Warwick where she stayed an extra year to do a Masters. She enjoyed campus living and really liked Leamington where she lived for a year. One factor to be borne in mind was that at weekends, campus mostly emptied out as so many students went home. Things like that need to be considered. My daughter was fine with it as she visited her boyfriend at a different, relatively nearby, university. One of my nephews also ran up against the same situation. He came here (Ireland) for university (from England) and his halls of residence were empty every weekend. I don't know what would have happened if he hadn't had family to come to. He's a very sociable, out-going character but you need to have other people around! By the end of the first year, he had a cadre of good friends and we seldom saw him - he was too busy having a ball - but it is something to consider when choosing a university, especially if it's not feasible to pop home (with laundry!) at weekends.

Went to Newcastle Uni, live in York.

As others have said, both cities can be what you make of them. As a resident of York I rarely go into the city centre at weekends, especially not on race weekends or whatever, but during the week it's a fab city! I also think, as a resident you get to know which areas are where the piss heads and stag/hen dos tend to go, and avoid those!
It is busy with tourists, but this ebbs and flows depending on what's on. Last weekend was busy as there was an ice sculpture trail which brought lots of people in...

Same for Newcastle, although it's a long time now since I went there to uni there. I think Newcastle, is much nicer than Leeds for example, and the areas where students tend to live like Jesmond are little communities within themselves.

I think Newcastle is pretty chilled and friendly actually, lived there for some months.
If that’s where she wants to go, she should go - and if it’s a bit busier than thought it could be a good learning experience for her.
Uni is a time to stretch your boundaries and get out of your comfort zone…

Sorry, lots of typos above. Typing on the go and on phone.

Glaswegian here whoever worked at Glasgow Uni for many years. I did a one week residential school at Sussex Uni a while back and can highly recommend if she's looking for a different vibe. The campus is self-contained rather than sprawled throughout the town, with it's own shops, pub etc, and it's not far on the train to Brighton for the beach and a bit more nightlife. Really lovely and very different from Glasgow. I also stayed in their halls of residence and it was really great.

One of DSs best friends is in Newcastle. It's a party city and that's the main social vibe. DS has visited a fair amount, he's enjoyed it but prefers all the cultural stuff like cinema, art etc. that you would get in Manchester, Leeds, York, London.

Pluses of Newcastle are easy access to the beach, near Durham where a lot of their cohort went.

I went to uni in both these cities. Glasgow for MA, Newcastle for PGCE. I absolutely loved Glasgow. Newcastle not so much but then I was only there a year and friendships were already established through undergraduate. Both places have rough and nice areas. The areas round both unis are full of students and are pretty nice. At least they are when I went years ago. I would let your daughter decide. She’s old enough to make a decision/live the consequences and she’s the one that’s going to be there. Both great cities. I like York too.

Fair enough, I go through it about once a month and have felt it go downhill over the years.

Has she actually visited Glasgow Uni? my DD is there and is definetely not rough

It really isn't. Lancaster is a small city with two universities so a very high proportion of the people there are students. It's increasingly vibrant and buzzy with lots of improvements over recent years and the campus is now beautiful.

How about a campus uni - Loughborough or similar? All big cities have rough areas.

Has she thought about Aberdeen? Mine is now considering there.

I’m from Glasgow and I really like Newcastle as a city, I could definitely imagine living there. As for the Uni my son is at Glasgow and planning to leave as he hates it. I think the Uni and the city are definitely different vibes. Not sure about Newcastle Uni v city

My mum was born and brought up in glasgow and went into city centre every weekend as a teen. She hates it now and finds it intimidating even during the day. I worked there for years esrky 2000s but it feels so different now. Dirty and threatening somehow. My 15 year son feels very uncomfortable in it. Never thought as a west coaster I'd say it but prefer Edinburgh now

I know that liking the place you are studying in is important but surely the quality of the teaching, reputation of the course/degree and outcomes for graduates need to be taken into account too when choosing? Not all universities (or degrees) are equal!