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QUB and a few questions...
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Hey man what part of the world are you hailing from? Im doing the same aswell. Thinking of organising a meet up in a pub for the southerners from boards but all are welcome.:) What you think?
Of course all NI boardsies would be welcome too, no?
Re. the pub - depends what you're looking for. Your opinions of watering holes up here all seem very grim....I find them great
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Of course all NI boardsies would be welcome too, no?
Re. the pub - depends what you're looking for. Your opinions of watering holes up here all seem very grim....I find them great
Yeah alls welcome Im from Laois myself so could be an idea, there is a decent pub just beside queens itself and they have good enough offers on drink as well. Can't think of the name only been there once:)0 -
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Of course all NI boardsies would be welcome too, no?
Re. the pub - depends what you're looking for. Your opinions of watering holes up here all seem very grim....I find them great
The more the merrier lads! Just tryin to find a decent pub to call home for a year! Its a bit strange movin to an area where its not advisable to drink in certain areas0 -
The more the merrier lads! Just tryin to find a decent pub to call home for a year! Its a bit strange movin to an area where its not advisable to drink in certain areas
I think once you settle in you'll find it's not as much of a problem as you think it will be before you arrive! If you're at QUB anyway it's unlikely you'd stray into anywhere that might not be 'advisable'.
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I'm with Karst though to a lesser extent. During my MA I rarely used the library in term time unless I had an assignment but I found in my school a lot of optional forums/presentations/talks/discussions etc. which were beneficial and that I wanted to go to (voluntarily!) were on days when I didn't have contact hours - the end result being I was on campus at least 1 day extra a week over and above my two teaching days. And that says nothing of 'social' engagements :eek:
You'll find on gumtree (and other fine sites) there are people looking to rent out their spare rooms part-time (i.e Monday to Friday or 3 or 4 days a week) and these are pretty reasonable, especially compared to B&Bs. We always had different people coming and going from our spare room this way
You don't necessarily need to move up full-time, but I think only coming up for the two days you have classes might limit your postgrad experience...in many ways.0 -
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Stranmillis is usually more 'decent' than the streets around campus and is only a 5 min walk up from the main building. Postcode BT9 will find it on most lettings sites. It tends to be a little quieter than Holylands (BT7) and the houses are ever so slightly more modern.
If you are looking at QUB accommodation I haven't heard great things about Mount Charles (the postgrad houses on the QUB website) and they are pretty yuck inside. There is zoned postgrad housing in Elms Village that is allegedly a lot quieter than the undergrad halls with the raucous wee pups
spareroom.co.uk and gumtree are good for houseshares, propertynews.com is better for renting by yourself.0 -
Stranmillis is usually more 'decent' than the streets around campus and is only a 5 min walk up from the main building. Postcode BT9 will find it on most lettings sites. It tends to be a little quieter than Holylands (BT7) and the houses are ever so slightly more modern.
If you are looking at QUB accommodation I haven't heard great things about Mount Charles (the postgrad houses on the QUB website) and they are pretty yuck inside. There is zoned postgrad housing in Elms Village that is allegedly a lot quieter than the undergrad halls with the raucous wee pups
spareroom.co.uk and gumtree are good for houseshares, propertynews.com is better for renting by yourself.
BT9, grand job! Yeh the QUB accommodation might be out of my budget but those other places are grand. Couldn't stand to be near the undergrads, friend of mine lived in on campus accommodation for one semester in TCD and had to move out, besides being expensive, noisey undergrads who can't hold their Morgan Spice was a pain in the face for him!
I've been on Daft, a lot of the places advertised are usually on streets off the Ormeau Rd. or they're near Belfast City Hospital, what are these places like? I'd prefer to be near Fitzwilliam St. as I'll be based in the Geography/Archaeology & Palaeoecology buildings (hopefully!).:D
Oh, this might sound silly but I'll ask anyway. This is my first time to be not in a classroom type of course, in that I'm the only one my super will be supervising and apart from other PhDs, what's the best way to make friends? Sounds a bit childish but I only know maybe two people in Belfast and one of them might be moving out in September. I just don't want to be all by my lonesome!;)0 -
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