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Campus universities

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PinaColadaBaby · 15/03/2023 18:00

I know most universities have a campus of sorts but DD is looking for a traditional campus university - where all the teaching, 1st year accommodation and sport are in one place. So, by this criterion, Leicester and Leeds for example are not campus, whereas Nottingham is.

Traditional campus universities that occur to me: Nottingham, Birmingham, Exeter, Warwick, Essex, York. Do you know of any others please?

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Toffeechoc · 16/03/2023 06:44

Edge hill

Greengr · 16/03/2023 06:57

UEA is a nice uni and Norwich itself is lovely. I often take students there for visits and it's very friendly. Lots of halls on campus, large sports park as well as the LCR which has live music. They are making lots of staff redundant at the UEA at the moment so lots of uncertainty and I have heard low staff moral. However I'm sure that will sort itself out. Many of our Alumni has studied there with really positive experiences.

fortyfifty · 16/03/2023 07:01

My DD wanted a campus university. 2nd thing on her list I prompted her to consider is where you will live in Year 2 and 3.

I fell in love with my campus university when I visited and didn't think about my year 2 and 3 experience and wish I had.

Squidger45 · 16/03/2023 07:03

PinaColadaBaby · 15/03/2023 18:00

I know most universities have a campus of sorts but DD is looking for a traditional campus university - where all the teaching, 1st year accommodation and sport are in one place. So, by this criterion, Leicester and Leeds for example are not campus, whereas Nottingham is.

Traditional campus universities that occur to me: Nottingham, Birmingham, Exeter, Warwick, Essex, York. Do you know of any others please?

Lancaster.

Fridayfairycake · 16/03/2023 07:04

NTU Clifton or Brackenhurst, campuses, depending on subject? Obviously not if it's a subject on the City Centre campus!

pieceofpasta · 16/03/2023 07:05

Lancaster is exactly what you are describing

WednesdaysPlaits · 16/03/2023 07:05

Fridayfairycake · 16/03/2023 07:04

NTU Clifton or Brackenhurst, campuses, depending on subject? Obviously not if it's a subject on the City Centre campus!

NTU is most definitely not a self contained campus university in the way the OP wants

Fridayfairycake · 16/03/2023 07:07

@WednesdaysPlaits I agree for the campus in the City, but do you not think so for Clifton or Brack? Halls, lectures, library, shops, SU, sports fields all on site?

RampantIvy · 16/03/2023 07:08

dazzlingdeborahrose · 15/03/2023 18:35

Newcastle. It's city centre with almost all its accommodation next to the campus

I wouldn't class Newcastle as a campus university. Not all the departments are close to each other. And the halls aren't all near the main university buildings.

To me a traditional campus university is somewhere like York Warwick and Lancaster where all the buildings are together and surrounded by green fields.

OhBeAFineGuyKissMe · 16/03/2023 07:11

Reassure her that the gender mix of her course isn't that important. 2/3 girls is still 1/3 boys. Plus there will be a mix in halls and any clubs and societies.

I did physics back in the day and was the only girl out of 150 students. Still had lots of female friends as uni life is much more than your course.

NeverApologiseNeverExplain · 16/03/2023 07:34

OP, thanks for the explanation about why you did not acknowledge the suggestions of Stirling or Heriot Watt. I am from Stirling and used to spend a lot of time on the campus as my Mum worked there. I wanted to spread my wings for University, but it is a lovely campus and city.

However I don't think you're right about the course duration being 5 years. These ones are 4 years, I don't know about the others.

https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/study/undergraduate/modern-languages-interpreting-and-translating.htm]

https://www.stir.ac.uk/courses/ug/modern-languages/#panel11_3

I did languages at University and almost went to Heriot Watt.

Manybeards · 16/03/2023 07:39

Lancaster definitely

Apollaine · 16/03/2023 08:02

Loughborough- but don't go there. It's a muddy field near a depressing small town.
De Montfort in Leicester?

rainbowstardrops · 16/03/2023 08:08

What a shame Loughborough doesn't have the course your DD is wanting to study because it's a great university on a brilliant campus. My DS left there a couple of years ago and absolutely loved it.

ErrolTheDragon · 16/03/2023 08:10

Serious question - why don’t boys do languages? What is being done/should be done to address this?

Maybe because there's still a sex imbalance with conversely young women being underrepresented in physical sciences, computer science and engineering. Young men aren't choosing languages to the same extent because they're choosing other subjects.

RampantIvy · 16/03/2023 08:10

Loughborough- but don't go there. It's a muddy field near a depressing small town.

It's horses for courses isn't it? A lot of posters DC actively want to go to a campus university. DD actively didn't as she had spent her entire life living in a village with poor public transport, and she wanted a city university with everything on her doorstep and a good public transport system.

Newcastle ticked both boxes for her, and she liked it so much she stayed there and got a job after graduating. The added bonus is that the coast is only a short metro ride away as well.

SUBisYodrethwhenLarping · 16/03/2023 08:13

I was coming on the thread to suggest UEA in Norwich. Then I see others have already suggested it 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

WednesdaysPlaits · 16/03/2023 08:18

Apollaine · 16/03/2023 08:02

Loughborough- but don't go there. It's a muddy field near a depressing small town.
De Montfort in Leicester?

De Montfort definitely isn’t. It’s slap bang in the city centre and is spread out

WednesdaysPlaits · 16/03/2023 08:21

Fridayfairycake · 16/03/2023 07:07

@WednesdaysPlaits I agree for the campus in the City, but do you not think so for Clifton or Brack? Halls, lectures, library, shops, SU, sports fields all on site?

Well yes I guess so if you look at them in isolation. But they’re very small and by that definition a lot of universities would have some small “true campus” sites.

NCTDN · 16/03/2023 08:27

Op what are her reasons for wanting a campus? I think ds will want a campus uni whereas dd was definitely a city uni girl!

3littlebeans · 16/03/2023 08:29

It used to be you could go straight into the second Yr of a Scottish degree for some courses if you had done A levels. Is that still a thing in some places?

Yes to thinking about where you'd live yr 3 and 3. My friend at Warwick had a bus ride to get into lectures.

familyissues12345 · 16/03/2023 08:31

NCTDN · 16/03/2023 08:27

Op what are her reasons for wanting a campus? I think ds will want a campus uni whereas dd was definitely a city uni girl!

My son was adamant he wanted a campus (he's now at Reading), but actually now he's there I think he would have suited a city Uni better! It's funny how sometimes they get this perception of what they think they want

TizerorFizz · 16/03/2023 08:33

@PinaColadaBaby
I see your DD wants French and is worried about lack of boys doing MFL. I guess it’s the same answer as why fewer girls take Engineering. Fewer boys take English too. I think it’s informed by what subjects they like and are good at. Brains work in different ways don’t they?

Regarding being on the course, it makes no difference to the overall university experience. There are boys in the halls, at social events and generally around. Does she play female sport? Does she worry about being on a women’s team?

I don’t entirely see the need to live, study snd play in one place. Getting out a bit can be beneficial. The universities you suggest are all great. Can’t recall if Warwick was there. If she’s aiming high don’t include anything less prestigious just because she wants everting on one site. Job prospects are more important and a decent MFL department. There isn’t much point going to Scotland. I agree. However I would choose Durham, or high ranking MFL university over campus Leicester (say) for French any day of the week.

DD lived at Stoke Bishop in Bristol in y1. That’s close to sports facilities. Bus ride to uni though but she didn’t feel it was an imposition. Great interaction in the halls with boys and girls with friendships formed. Great city on the doorstep.

WednesdaysPlaits · 16/03/2023 08:33

The cost of a Scottish degree for ruk applicants is a massive factor. You’re adding around 15-20k of extra student debt for no extra value. Yes it’s possible if there is space to go straight into year 2 on some degrees but that’s not a great option really for most people. You’d have to be very confident that you already knew the content covered in year 1.

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