boucherboy Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Hi all, hopefully going to Derby Uni next year, it's my first choice! Do any of you know much about it, go there and could tell me the positives and negatives of the place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafiabob Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Improved a lot hearing from the local people who went there, I didn't go myself, if your into getting hammered at weekends mainly late bars, stay around the Friargate end of town, city centre got everything you need. Quite a few places have some decent bands on, if that's your thing, lots of students about and plenty of accommodation about, mainly on outskirts of town centre. Not too big and not too small. Good luck and hope you get your place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boucherboy Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 Improved a lot hearing from the local people who went there, I didn't go myself, if your into getting hammered at weekends mainly late bars, stay around the Friargate end of town, city centre got everything you need. Quite a few places have some decent bands on, if that's your thing, lots of students about and plenty of accommodation about, mainly on outskirts of town centre. Not too big and not too small. Good luck and hope you get your place The best thing about it was that I saw the buses have good links to Pride Park haha, thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmini Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Don't park on the nearby streets or you will get a ticket!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boucherboy Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 Don't park on the nearby streets or you will get a ticket!! Don't have a car anyway haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott129 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Well it's one of the better looking universites and, from what I understand, it's improving a lot in terms of academic success. Very good for sports too. I've played against their american football team and they were/will be championship contenders (if you care) Why do you need our opinion by the way? Not having a go but shouldn't you know all of this stuff through open days, etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Don't expect to hear Robin Thick's song Blurred Lines on campus, the Student Union have banned it, so have Leeds & Edinburgh uni's. There's one to debate for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastKentRam Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Hi all, hopefully going to Derby Uni next year, it's my first choice! Do any of you know much about it, go there and could tell me the positives and negatives of the place? You've picked it as your first choice and you've come onto a football forum to ask how good it is? Good luck at uni, sounds like you'll need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abertawe_ram Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Don't expect to hear Robin Thick's song Blurred Lines on campus, the Student Union have banned it, so have Leeds & Edinburgh uni's. There's one to debate for sure. Sounds like heaven to me, I can't stand that song. Regardless of the issues around the lyrics or whatever I just find the song really intensely annoying. If we could get people to start banning Akon, One Direction and Justin Bieber the world would be a more bearable place (for me at least!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Dunno about the SU here in Nottingham but any student night out you go on, Blurred Lines gets played about a dozen times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuff264 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Dunno about the SU here in Nottingham but any student night out you go on, Blurred Lines gets played about a dozen times. Im fairly sure they just play the same stuff over and over again every night, its always the same just varies depending on how much you drink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notts_ram Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 You've picked it as your first choice and you've come onto a football forum to ask how good it is? Good luck at uni, sounds like you'll need it. That did make me giggle when I read it, prob. my warped sense of humour lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notts_ram Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Dunno about the SU here in Nottingham but any student night out you go on, Blurred Lines gets played about a dozen times. Which Uni are you going to? Just so as I avoid bashing the wrong student when I'm out on a weekend in town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Which Uni are you going to? Just so as I avoid bashing the wrong student when I'm out on a weekend in town Uni of mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notts_ram Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 OK noted will look out for any ginger haired students next time I'm on a beer filled rampage in town lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateDerby Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Didn't go to uni but our group of mates were very good at playing students when we were in our late teens... a couple of us had a go on the Keele student union girl, she was head of this and that and won the election so blackmailing asking her to get uni cards for us all worked a treat We looked so out of place in check shirts, fawn jeans and brown loafers it was unreal but at a quid eighty for a pint of lager it was brilliant and we always ended up climbing out of halls windows at 04:00 covered in foundation. Sometimes wish i'd done it just for laughs. To be 18 eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boucherboy Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 Well it's one of the better looking universites and, from what I understand, it's improving a lot in terms of academic success. Very good for sports too. I've played against their american football team and they were/will be championship contenders (if you care) Why do you need our opinion by the way? Not having a go but shouldn't you know all of this stuff through open days, etc.? I have been to the open day, but I thought it's best to ask other people who may be living in the area of an opinion, as I will only get a certain opinion from the University and looking at the prospectus, which is that it's great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boucherboy Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 You've picked it as your first choice and you've come onto a football forum to ask how good it is? Good luck at uni, sounds like you'll need it. This part of the forum isn't to talk about football though... And I think it's probably good to get another perspective on the University from other people that I don't know, even if they are football fans! I have also asked in a lot of other places... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRam Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I can't help you either Im afraid - only to say that my niece goes there and she likes it. I suppose it's what you make it yourself. That said, Im hoping my daughter doesn't go on a Forest forum asking questions when she goes to Snottingham next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I went about 20 years ago. I passed so it must be alright. It had just turned to a university then. The car parking was crap. I think you get out what you put in. I can remember The Prodigy playing there once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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