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Having the best time of my life. Not just the social but the academic is also amazing. Everything here, from the course structure to the lecturers, is very welcoming and ideal. Just wish the uni was not too far from the sea front where a mass of students live. The weather can also be a let down at times

I have met some amazing people here, from both students to the locals. You receive assignment results very promptly. Timetable published very late and they are severe consequences for missing practicals and lectures. This is a major downside.

Beautiful seaside town with lovely residents. Great course and lecturer help. Very well organised in the case of an emergency, as displayed during the recent storm. Lots of online resources to help you with your revision.

Wide range of modules available for each course allowing you to pursue various interests. A lot of societies available from the sports related to those dedicated to television shows. The individuals you are especially what makes your university experience worth it. The chance to meet people from a varied range of backgrounds has to be mentioned.

Lovey town, friendly locals and my course, Biology, is great. The lecturers are incredibly helpful and the use of online assessment is very ideal for most students. The night life might not be the most exciting but the people more than make up for it.

Great university. Plenty to do for the students, from the societies to clubs. The weather can be quite horrid, especially after the recent storms that have caused sea front student residences to be evacuated into emergency accommodations. Upon hearing that the council do not have enough money to fix the sea front as well, I am getting more disappointed in the town. The girls here can be real lookers, very good looking.

Really helpful in helping you find jobs. Frequent vacancy alerts. The town in itself does not have much going for it in terms of part time jobs. Very limited range and variety of shops available to students. Only two clubs available though there are numerous pubs around. The teaching on the whole is very ideal and is as would be expected. The course structure for Maths is not as I would have liked it to be. I find that as a first year student it is currently not challenging enough and I cannot wait to get stuck into the nitty gritty.

I had a smashing time at Salford - I commuted in for the first year or so and eventually moved in with a couple of mates from the course. - It really helped having fellow class mates as house mates to bash ideas off. - plus we had a pretty good time also. Granted it was a hard course, and we worked our nuts off... but it paid off well for all of us - Mehdi's off in France, winning awards.. designing Private banks for the Prince of Monaco.. Audrey's Designing Interiors in Shanghai and I've ended up in teaching after a spell in Architecture.

Unfortunately, my brief experience at Durham was quite negative. Coming from a regular state sixth form college, I found Durham to be a refuge of the social elite, and it felt, for me, like what I imagine a boarding school must feel like. This is less the case the further you live up the hill, but the collegiate system actually makes it quite difficult to meet people if you don't fit in at your college. College sport and theatre are both really good, so if that's your thing, then I'm sure you'll find plenty to do. However, I found the societies beyond these to be lacking in participation, particularly political and issue-based societies (even some of the freshers events had only a few people turn up). I think this is largely due to a weak central student union, and the social importance of the colleges. However, I think it's safe to say that if you want a really political experience at university, particularly if you're a liberal/progressive, then I wouldn't reccomend Durham.

I, personally, hated my time at Nottingham. The accommodation is laid out in an anti-social way - where each accommodation area keeps to themselves, causing it to be difficult to make friends. The Campus is FAR to big for my liking, its so unnecessarily difficult to make a large circle of friends because you don't recognise faces as your walking around the campus. As it is on a campus, your a 20 minute bus journey from the actually Nottingham town - making nights out an unnecessary amount of effort instead of a spontaneous thing. Finally, there aren't any pubs or clubs on campus to just relax in with a few mates. There are the few JCR's, but like stated above, the segregation between accommodations makes this an incredibly uncomfortable experience.