Headingley
Meanwood
Kirkstall
I'm afraid we have raised a pampered generation, my first student flat share was in Firvale (Sheffield) not as bad as painted but not great. We had shagpile carpet in the kitchen but the gas meter was broke so we never paid a penny in heating all year. Think I paid £80 a month in 1990. Living in a hovel was a right of passage. Ended up in a house share in Hillsborough which was pretty good & a lot cheaper than Ecclesall road with great transport links.Same in Leeds. They pay a huge premium to be in Headingley, very few live in Meanwood, few in Kirkstall, both of which are nice, and none want to live in Bramley or Armley (which I can understand, but if you select your street you can do well). I don't understand why when it's 2 miles to the Uni by bike (a trip down the canal, if it's light) and you can have a whole 2 bed house for £500 a month, when students in H'ley are paying that for *a room* in a shared house.
The University is so central that I expect him to do a lot of walking. I managed to get him a bike thinking he would be going to York, not sure he'll need it in the toon.Newcastle is a great place to be a student. I did 3 years there from 1981.
May also be useful to get 'digs' (as it used to be called) near a Metro station?
A place called Otterburn:River in Jesmond that floods? Not many houses close enough for the Ouseburn for that to happen. Interesting to know where about it is?
I'm afraid we have raised a pampered generation, my first student flat share was in Firvale (Sheffield) not as bad as painted but not great. We had shagpile carpet in the kitchen but the gas meter was broke so we never paid a penny in heating all year. Think I paid £80 a month in 1990. Living in a hovel was a right of passage. Ended up in a house share in Hillsborough which was pretty good & a lot cheaper than Ecclesall road with great transport links.
Foreign students push the prices up, £150 a week is the norm now.Never been to Uni or looked at accom, but when browsing for rents in Nottingham I quite regularly have to skip pages of student accom at prices MORE than what I can afford on a full time wage. Go figure.
Well, where to start. I know the city pretty well, have family there, not a dump. 1st year doesn't count towards degree anyway (unless this has changed). York struck me as a soulless remote campus & the accommodation was not as good but more expensive.Newcastle is a great place to be a student. I was external examiner at the Uni for three years. Dont get me wrong, it is a dump.
Great for young people, cheap eats, cheap booze and some young women praying in freshers. F*ck a Fresher nights out are legendary. Make sure your lad knows the rules of engagement and has had his HPV vaccination. IME many scrape their first year, but still graduate. Personally I'd hang on year for York.
1st year doesn't count towards degree anyway
I know the city pretty well
I'm there on business 4-5 times a year for the last 15 years, do I win? I like the city & the people but we all have different tastesyeah me too, my Grandmother was born there. I worked for the uni there, visiting 4 times a year for 3 years, and I still think it a dump. But i am happy to agree to disagree with you.
I'm there on business 4-5 times a year for the last 15 years, do I win? I like the city & the people but we all have different tastes
It was a joke, hence the wink. Do lighten up old bean, I wasn't offended so why should you be?is this a competition? another for the ignore button
Why?Nonsensical suggestion.