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University of Sheffield
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Couple of questions:
Accomodation: What do you recommend?
Specific places?
Halls?
Houses?
Catered?
Selfcatered?
And would anyone by any chance know if the studying is built up mainly by theory or case studying?
Anything else I should know before I send in my reply slip?
Accomodation: What do you recommend?
Specific places?
Halls?
Houses?
Catered?
Selfcatered?
And would anyone by any chance know if the studying is built up mainly by theory or case studying?
Anything else I should know before I send in my reply slip?
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I almost went there
I'd go self-catered. I am, and I hear dodgy reports about the food in catered! I live in Taptonville flats number 30, the rooms are quite small but we've got fast internet and it's nice enough. Endcliffe vale is good..... What are you coming to study?
I liked being catered, just because it meant I could be lazy and not cook :yes: but I know friends who liked the freedom of self catering (have a friend in Endcliffe Vale Flats who loves it there).
I wouldn't live in a house, I know a few people who were in houses and they found it really hard to meet people. Flats are ok, because you tend to have lots of flats together, but houses can be very isolated. I'd definitely recommend living somewhere in the Endcliffe Vale complex (i.e Halifax, Sorby, Earnshaw, Endcliffe Vale flats etc), just because it's a really sociable place to be. In the summer it's lovely, there's a big grass area and everyone sits out there and stuff, very pretty
You definitely coming to Sheffield then?
They're generally about a 20/25 minute walk from uni, but it really doesnt seem that long, and the plus side is that they're in a really nice part of Sheffield.
Politics and International Relations.
If I get in
Thanks for the suggestions to you and Tates. I am sending off my slip ASAP and hoping for the best now.
Erm, I don't think my own cooking would by any means be any better. But rather save the money and buy cup noodles or prepare a salad or whatever, than doing that and paying for the catering
well maybe not the salad...
People can be amazed by how much olive oil and feta can do to some simple vegetables.
Either way, I just saw the Guardian tables you posted, and it seems as if the impression I had of Sheffield was muchly overrated. Anyone care to tell me how good they're regarded (perhaps compared to other universities)?
Some of the subject rankings are pretty laughable too. For example I checked thw law rankings, and Durham are at some ridiculous low position in the 30s or something, when in fact they are widely regarded as the 3rd best law school in the country after Oxford/Cambridge. The come Nottingham and Durham in 3rd/4th. I also have friends at other unis who are on one of the top courses in the country in their subject and the are ranked nowhere.
So basically, in the 'overall regard' sense in terms of tradition and prestige, you're looking at:
Top: Oxford/Cambridge
Next: Red bricks- the ones I mentioned above plus a few more
Next: the other 90-100 (or whatever it is)
Individual course rankings may vary and some unis will be in positions which belie their overall 'status', but in terms of how they are regarded, that's pretty much how it is. In one of those rankings about 3 years ago, Sheffield was around 6th. Last year, Durham law school was 3rd in one, now the Guardian are saying it's 30-something. Crazy!