My son is studying medicine at Newcastle Uni in September 2025. He is a sensible, straightforward lad but isn’t a party animal. He’s friendly and likes to socialise but doesn’t particularly like drinking/clubbing.We have friends whose daughter went there and who found her first year accommodation a little disconcerting, as, for understandable reasons, a lot of 18-year-olds were let off the hook for the first time and liked to get plastered, but that wasn’t her scene, and she was unhappy in her first year because of the people she was sharing with. She was much happier in her second year living in shared accommodation with like-minded people in Jesmond.
Any tips from people on how to choose quieter accommodation, appreciating there may not actually be any choice, but just wanting to be prepared?