Which uni for v academic party child?

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DC is predicted 3 a stars. They want to study history. They are highly social. They love parties and dancing. They have grown up in a big city and they love big cities but not London as they don’t like that idea.

they so far have visited Cambridge and said it was too small with too many serious academic types, Durham too geeky and no clubs, Bristol too diffuse and spread out, St Andrews they cried while there as so quiet, Leeds they loved but worried it’s aiming below their academic potential, Newcastle ditto.

they really want to go to the USA but I can’t afford that. They want to research trinity Dublin which we will look into.

My DC went to Bristol and Leeds. Loads of partying/clubbing and both academic unis. I don’t think Bristol is particularly spread out. A lot of the uni buildings and halls are around Clifton.

Agree that Birmingham is great - lovely campus as well.

Several halls of residence at Bristol are a 45-minute walk (or a bus ride) from the main uni buildings, while the sports pitches would be an hour's walk. I'd say that's more spread out than most universities.

Lots of Unis have accommodation away from lessons (Liverpool, Manchester etc). It's one year and v easy to get a bus.
Surely the most important thing is the course and does it cover the things that you want to learn. Wherever you go you'll enjoy it and party - stick hundreds of young people in one place and they'll find fun !

My brother went to Durham and went out in both Durham and Newcastle. My daughter is at Surrey and goes out in Guildford and London.

Noooo - Warwick Uni is a technopark in the middle of nowhere! Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester - excellent universities, great cities.

Also, have to laugh a little in agreement about Cambridge/Oxford for someone from a big city - I once accompanied some N London 6th formers on a visit and the lovely student ambassadors proudly declared there was "practically a different club for every day of the week" 🤔

Warwick Uni is a technopark in the middle of nowhere!

That's pretty much how it felt when we went to the open day. It was an instant no.

Interestingly, Warwick tried harder at their open day than any other university we visited.

I think our social kids have found Oxford especially limiting. Many stidebts just can not or do not want to communicate! Best advised to join the rowing team if dc end up there.

There are 4 universitys in Leeds, all different. Which one did you look round?

History with 3 x A* predicted? I'm gonna say University of Leeds.