a review of my first year at the university of birmingham

Рет қаралды 21,422

4 жыл бұрын

hey there! hello there!
this video was requested by a few and hopefully it answers some of the questions you had, if you have questions that weren't covered in this video feel free to get in contact.
i hope you liked this video. if you did, please let me know by liking and subscribing.
lots of love x
socials:
instagram: @lauren.a.lex
twitter: @Lauren_a_lex
music:
Spring Showers by Purrple Cat | purrplecat.com
Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Lo-Fi Hip Hop Beat To Study And Relax To by 808 DEATH CLUB | / 808_deathclub
Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Пікірлер: 135

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

Contents: personal experience = 01:57 accommodation = 05:25 cost = 09:27 degree + teaching = 13:07 friends = 13:44 societies, clubs + sports = 15:11 city = 16:41 campus = 17:59 freshers week = 18:35 homesickness = 19:55

@DiyaCake 4 жыл бұрын

What's the cost of living in the room/dorm if you don't mind?

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

DiyaCake for me it was £141 a week but it has reduced to £125 for 2020-2021, hope this helps :)

@DiyaCake 4 жыл бұрын

@@laurencarterYT Thank you❤ My brother needs to decide for uni that he will start this year and we didn't know the price so thanks :)

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

DiyaCake no worries at all, i hope he gets the accommodation he wants, feel free to contact me if you have anymore questions :)

@ruthabalo7531 4 жыл бұрын

Love a good time stamp 🤝

@aadityarajvansh8088 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for providing such an informative video , will be heading for Uni for Birmingham this September for EEE

@laurencarterYT Жыл бұрын

wow! how exciting! all the best and I hope you settle in well in September!

@priyanshikothari7890 2 жыл бұрын

Do we need to get membership to play different sports also?

@gracelong7717 4 жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention how much you love me your amazing flatmates. 🥺🥺🥺

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

i do miss you and my amazing flatmates very much so 🥺🥺🧡🧡

@digvijaysinghrautpatil Жыл бұрын

The video was great... Is there any one for September 23 intake

@JHVlogsUniversityYouTuber 3 жыл бұрын

such a helpful video thank you so much!

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

you’re very welcome :)

@bamlakalemayehu5513 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Lauren, thank you so much for this video!!!! I’m not even sure if you’ll see this or not but I was wondering how important do you think was living in those accommodations and not somewhere else ( like with family and all) cause my brother is thinking abt moving there and idk if I should move with him or in an accommodation🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Thank you for watching! I mean living with him definitely would cut down on cost if your brother's place is cheaper than halls (hall prices are on the UoB website and vary depending on whether its ensuite or not etc) but living in halls is a good time to make friends and thus the potential to have friends to live with in the years after first year. but if you're thinking of living with your brother for all three years of your course then that wouldn't matter too much. I know some commuters, especially this year with everything being online, have struggled making friends but in normal circumstances and giving that you're not too far away from the uni you can make friends just as easily than if you weren't in halls. I hope that makes sense I fell like it's a lot of words haha, let me know if you have any other questions or want me to try explain better.

@bamlakalemayehu5513 3 жыл бұрын

@@laurencarterYT So in ur opinion, u don’t think my social life will be much different in either cases???

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

@@bamlakalemayehu5513 if you're confident enough to go up to people and make the first move for friendships then you will be perfectly fine, there are many many societies also which is a great opportunity to make friends outside of your course so. if you're quite introverted it would be tougher but not impossible at all

@bamlakalemayehu5513 3 жыл бұрын

Ok thank you so much!!!! This was really helpful 😊😊

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

@@bamlakalemayehu5513 no worries! if you have anymore questions feel free to message me on insta

@olivialin44 3 жыл бұрын

Hey girl! I’m hopefully going to be studying at UoB in September for Dental Hygiene and Therapy, did you stay in Liberty Court by any chance? I’ve been looking at Liberty Park but think it’s called Oakbrook Park now, was wondering if you knew what that accommodation was like❤️

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Olivia Lin yeah i lives in liberty court now called calthorpe court, i’ve been to liberty park as i had friends live there, it’s quite nice, the flats i saw were of a small number of people with a fairly small kitchen and “living room” area but quite modern as far as student accom goes. it’s also SUPER close to campus which is so good and it’s also en-suite and rooms are such a good size! and i think double bed as well? don’t quote me on that tho i can’t quite remember x :) i hope this helps

@olivialin44 3 жыл бұрын

lauren carter omg thanks for the speedy reply! I was just worried about what the actual rooms were like but if they’re a good size and that then I’m definitely not complaining lol😂Yeah I’ll be at the dental school for the majority of it so it’s closer to that than the vale I think, I know it’s meant to be more social over on there but you can still make friends anywhere I guess, I’ll follow you on insta too girl, you seem lovely🤩

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Olivia Lin cheers to my sleep deprivation ;) 😂 and absolutely! the vale is only more social just due to the mass of accom over there but you make more good close friendships when in places like liberty park etc. and you’re right in saying it’s closer to the dental school. i will just warm you tho the accom is allocated randomly so even if you put it as your number 1 preference you may get something else :) x

@olivialin44 3 жыл бұрын

lauren carter yeahhh I’m in loads of groupchats atm and we’re all worried about not getting our choices ahaha, I’ve heard it’s less popular because it’s not on the vale compared to the likes of Mason, Bournbrook, Chamberlain etc so fingers crossed🤞🏼alsooo followed you on insta I think, mine is @livsdentaldiary❤️

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Olivia Lin yeah that is very true liberty court was my 6th preference and i got that one probably because it was least popular of my other options haha. it’s good that you’re in group chats, it a good way of getting to know people and making friends before you get there, and oo thank you i’ll give you a follow back x

@fadyagaromesh2663 3 жыл бұрын

In terms of the groupchat you said you joined before results day, where did you find it or how did you join?

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Via facebook pages that were for my course and then once I found out my accommodation after results day I found the page for that and joined the groupchat for that too. I think I also joined the page for the university in general. I hope this helps :)

@SA-mm1ek 3 жыл бұрын

so so helpful!! thanks x

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

any time at all :)

@tauhid9983 3 жыл бұрын

This was a really nice Q & A...appreciate the advice. Especially the group chat one!

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Be-LEAVER _19 thank you! i’m glad you liked it, if you have any questions i didn’t cover in this video feel free to ask :)

@tauhid9983 3 жыл бұрын

@@laurencarterYT Yea, I had another question... I have been considering liberty court as one of my accommodation choices, especially becuz of it being cheap. However, I am kinda worried that the rooms might be too small or it might feel claustrophobic. Is that true? What about the quality of the room and bathroom in general?

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Be-LEAVER _19 the room is small but not claustrophobic, it’s just not a lot of floor space but the desk is super long and the bed is just a standard single, wardrobe space is decent and the bathroom is quite small but again it does it’s job. i have a vlog if me moving out of my uni accom and i briefly show round my room if you would rather have an actual image of what it looks like :)

@tauhid9983 3 жыл бұрын

@@laurencarterYT Okay, thx I'll check the video out. One last question...if u don't mind answering. I know that a lot of 2nd and 3rd years even postgrads live in the Jarret hall accom. Now naturally as a prospective first year I would want to be around first years students...so do u think if I do end up getting Jarrett hall as my accommodation, I might have a possibility of ending up with some of my flatmates who are maybe 2nd years or even postgrads?

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Be-LEAVER _19 2nd and 3rd years can’t live in uni accomodation unless special reasons to, e.g medical reason. postgraduates are in a different area of the site to undergraduates so you flat should only consist of first years. some may be a year older than you if they’ve taken a gap year but other than that they will be the same age group as you.

@libertyjane 4 жыл бұрын

My fave 🤩

@BAMomggurl 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! I was wondering about the groupchat situation, how did you find the people living in your flat on the social medias??

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

hannah oo yeah that’s a good one, so once i found out my accomodation (day after results day) i joined the group chat for my accomodation, then when the news of what number flat everyone was in came out it was just a case of finding someone else in that chat that also had the same flat number as you :)

@chiomaegbukwu4573 4 жыл бұрын

Hey! Going this year. How do the gyms work and how much is the membership?

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

Chioma Egbukwu hi! i hope you’re looking forward to joining. in terms of the UoB gym memberships vary between the type and price the cheapest last year was £99 for nine months for just the gym at off peak times and they go up from there to about £300 ish pounds for the gym, swimming pool, squash courts etc. so it depends on what you want from the gym, i got the £99 one last year and i found it great. obviously the gym is closed right now due to the pandemic but hopefully they’ll slowly open over the next few months. here’s the link for the website page for their student memberships sportandfitness.bham.ac.uk/join/student/ :) hope this helps!

@chiomaegbukwu4573 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much girl❤️ yes I will be there this year!

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

Chioma Egbukwu brilliant! i hope you enjoy it as much as i do

@nayanajaidev4090 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I’m just wondering if you did a bachelor of science of Bachelor of Arts for psychology?

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Nayana Jaidev BSc for Uni of Birmingham :) i prefer the BSc to the BA

@khdijahzahra Жыл бұрын

@@laurencarterYT hello! may i know what you meant by you prefer bsc to ba?

@frosthopper5762 4 жыл бұрын

do you know anything about how first sem of next year will look with the corona sitch? I'm looking to join next yr but wondering what it'll be like.

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

frosthopper we haven’t been told anything from the university at the moment, we were told before the end of last term that the university was going to be closed until AT LEAST june 2nd. however it is likely that first semester will end up being more online rather than face to face but as i said i don’t know that for sure

@frosthopper5762 4 жыл бұрын

@@laurencarterYT thanks :)

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

frosthopper no worries at all, if you have any more questions feel free to ask

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

hi just got an email through, they’re looking at opening and starting Septembers semester at the usual dates and preparing for “bi-modal provision of education” of both on-campus and online teaching, hope this helps a bit more than my last reply :)

@frosthopper5762 4 жыл бұрын

@@laurencarterYT ah I see, thanks for letting me know. Glad they've not forecast a fully online semester. I know Manchester have.

@jaimiejack9902 4 жыл бұрын

Did you bring a car to uni and do you know how easy it is to get parking cos ive heard its quite difficult

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

jaimiejack i don’t have my own car so i couldn’t bring one to uni. liberty court had loads of parking for those who did bring cars/visitors, i think the vale is the same. however it is difficult to get parking in campus, there’s very limited parking there and as you can imagine it’s mainly taken up by staff as they commute to and from work. hope this helps :)

@jaimiejack9902 4 жыл бұрын

Lauren Carter ok thanks 🙏

@alti6605 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, what can you say about the metalworks accommodations? Is it worth it’s money?

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Al To hi i would say it is expensive but it is en-suite and very close to the university. you don’t get much cheaper for en-suite at the university. tourmkr.com/G1NX1tBTOL/10240646p,2856945m,278.22h,91.16t that link is for a 360 tour of the accommodation, you can see the rooms by clicking on the different floor numbers in the side. it is worth noting though that for any accommodation the pictures are not exactly what it’ll be like in person just because they obviously do display them for show and advertisement, but it shouldn’t be too far off just with no decoration and a bare mattress :) i hope this helps

@alti6605 3 жыл бұрын

lauren carter thank you so much, it was really helpful ❤️ i want to study psychology and I’m deciding between UOFB or UOFGlasgow. One more question: is psychology hard to study? I’m not a hardworking student and kind of ADHD person😂

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Al To birmingham is better ;) in all seriousness though definitely go with the one you’ll feel happiest at. psychology at brum i’d say is good obviously i can only speak for first year so far. contact hours are very small so i had about 6 hours of lectures each week which is not a lot at all. i’ve been told second year is the worst year of all 3 but third year is also a tough one, but no degree will be easy. i think if you have a real interest in psychology you’ll enjoy as much as me and find it good to study :) x

@alti6605 3 жыл бұрын

lauren carter thank you❤️

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Al To no worries :)

@beccalothian3495 4 жыл бұрын

Which 6 accommodations did you put down when you applied?

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

Becca Lothian in order i put 1. Elgar court, 2. Jarrett hall, 3. Mason, 4. Liberty Park, 5. Bournbrook, and 6. Liberty Court (which is the one i got given) x

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

quite a few of my friends were given an accommodation that they didn’t put down at all, so it really is random which one you could get x

@beccalothian3495 4 жыл бұрын

@@laurencarterYT Thank you so much for replying! X

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

Becca Lothian no worries at all x

@alexbarker466 3 жыл бұрын

What is the process of getting your accommodation offer? is it soon after results day and how do you find out? xx

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Alex Barker i got an email either day after results day saying which one i got given. within the email there is also steps to take for sending the accommodation company your details etc to pay for the accommodation etc. you should have a request or information of some sort by now, again by email i think, on how to put your preferences of accommodation down for the uni. i hope this helps :) x

@lauraabhague4320 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I’m going to UoB this year I’m wondering what did you buy to take to uni with you?

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

lauraabhague hi congratulations on your place! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fsiAhdWW1tbUnpc.html this video of mine may help with what to take, one thing i forgot to mention was a small/collapsible drying rack for your clothes :)

@lauraabhague4320 3 жыл бұрын

lauren carter thank you, I will check out the video thanks x

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

lauraabhague you’re welcome, if there’s any questions you still have unanswered please just ask me :) x

@lauraabhague4320 3 жыл бұрын

lauren carter thank you, if I think of anything I’ll make sure to ask you, thank you for being so helpful x

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

lauraabhague anytime at all x

@elysiaatkinson2127 3 жыл бұрын

Is the area where the halls are situated nice/safe? 🤗

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Elysia Atkinson i would say so yes. liberty court you couldn’t get into without the fob to get through the gates. as for the vale it’s open so anyone can walk into the grounds but the buildings to get into them you have to have the fob/key/passcode to get into them and each flat has a key. because campus and the accommodation is in edgebaston rather than city centre it does feel and is nice and safe because it doesn’t have as much hussle and bussle of the city centre :) x

@elysiaatkinson2127 3 жыл бұрын

lauren carter Thank you so much!

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Elysia Atkinson no worries! if you have any more questions feel free to ask me x :)

@tauhid9983 3 жыл бұрын

6:54....is the shuttle bus university-owned? So we don't have to pay anything for the ride?

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Be-LEAVER _19 yeah it’s either uni owned or organised by liberty living, either way you just hop on (no pass or money needed) and it’ll take you directly from the accomodation to the east gate of the uni

@tauhid9983 3 жыл бұрын

@@laurencarterYT Is there a specific time you need to be there for the bus and how long does it take to arrive at the uni?

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Be-LEAVER _19 theres a little timetable so from the accom it’s at 10 past the hour and there’s is breaks so there’s one at 8:10 then every hour till 11:10 then the next one was 13:10 then 15:10, 16:10, and 17:10. from the uni to the accom the times are...8:54, 9:54, 10:54, 14:54, 15:54, 16:54, and 19:00...

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

so as you can see they’re pretty irregular at points in the day but if you’re needing to go to uni when there’s not a shuttle bus you can get the 61 or 63 public bus for £1 when you show your uni id, or you can walk

@tauhid9983 3 жыл бұрын

@@laurencarterYT Thanks for this comprehensive info. Really appreciate this!

@Fairybutte777 3 жыл бұрын

Hi there! How is the Psychology school of the university? I have applied for MSc Psychology. Thank you for the video^^

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

hi! it's a good school in rankings of the UK, they have some organisation issues, but they're are working on it and I think it is largely down to the shift to online learning but as I said they're definitely getting used to that and getting better at it the lecturers are all specialised in different areas so it's really interesting to see their own personal research and projects they're working on as well as being able to be taught by them as you can tell they definitely know the topic inside and out i hope this helps - if you have any other questions I'm happy to answer as best as I can, I'm in second year so I don't know too much about the MSc course specifically but i can try my best :)

@Fairybutte777 3 жыл бұрын

@@laurencarterYT Ohh I see, thank you so much for explaining. I understand that 🙂. Thank you again for answering. Wish you all the best, take care, stay happy and healthy 💕🦋💯☺️

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

@@Fairybutte777 bless you! and to you too 🧡

@chickenwingg1665 4 жыл бұрын

hi, how far is chamberlain to the main campus??

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

fwengh hi, to get to the north gate of the campus it’s about 20 mins if you follow the footpath from the vale to the campus :)

@chickenwingg1665 4 жыл бұрын

Lauren Carter thankssss

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

fwengh no worries! :)

@kyoumi4405 2 жыл бұрын

What in your opinion is the safest accommodation in birmingham?

@laurencarterYT 2 жыл бұрын

i think they’re all pretty much just as safe as each other, each has their own security and although entry to the grounds is pretty much accessible to anyone, no one can get into flats without a key/fob/card (varies depending on the accommodation) - sorry if this doesn’t help much

@kyoumi4405 2 жыл бұрын

lauren carter thank you so much!

@laurencarterYT 2 жыл бұрын

@@kyoumi4405 no worries! :)

@sy8112 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have any tips for epq ?

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

s y really communicate with your advisor, they will be your best friend through the brain mushing task. i also can’t stress enough how much planning is important for structuring you’re essay, it’ll help you find areas where you need to find more research and also helps break down the mammoth task into more manageable chunks. i hope this helps :) i may do a video on this if i have more questions on it x

@sy8112 4 жыл бұрын

Lauren Carter that would be amazing 😃There aren’t enough videos on it on KZfaq !!

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

s y ill definitely put it down on my list of videos to create! got one coming this weekend on what to realistically bring to uni if that’s of your interest too :) x

@aanushkka 4 жыл бұрын

What course in psychology did you do?

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

Anushka Krishna im taking the BSc Psychology course, in terms of the modules included in that first year I’m going to be doing a specific video on that in the upcoming weeks. if you have any other questions about the psychology course please let me know either on here or instagram and i can answer them in that video :) x

@taaebabasharat4622 3 жыл бұрын

lauren carter what grades did you get in with???x

@laurencarterYT 3 жыл бұрын

Taaebs Xo i got A* B B then another B in my epq

@ollieg4169 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid, you're banging x

@donellomondi8093 4 жыл бұрын

did you have to buy furniture and If yes where?

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

Donell Mondi its all furnished, if you go to 11:10 on this vlog of mine you can see what the room looks like empty if that helps :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h79dm9CW2LeYn3k.html

@donellomondi8093 4 жыл бұрын

@@laurencarterYT Thanks!!!

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

Donell Mondi no problem! if you have any more questions feel free to ask! :)

@jacyuko 4 жыл бұрын

ty for this x

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

haiijacy no problem at all, feel free to message me if you have any other questions x

@evetaylor9004 4 жыл бұрын

Lol 😂❤️

@alyazaira3480 4 жыл бұрын

Love the video. Going this year!! P.s. me and my friends are renting a house together near the uni, and we need one more person, if any of you are interested please reply❤️❤️❤️

@laurencarterYT 4 жыл бұрын

Alya Zaira thank you so much! fantastic to hear you’re joining! if you go to the fan and fresh facebook page (facebook.com/groups/470776866402274/?ref=share) you can advertise that spare room, i think they’ll be a few people still looking for a place to stay :) 💗