Student review [#16124]
for Politics and Philosophy
at University of Birmingham
Birmingham, The United Kingdom
I really enjoyed my time at Birmingham. I love how connected the student area was to the university. If you stay in Selly Oak, you are only ever a max walk of 30 mins from uni. In which you past all the shops on the way. I know with some other universities the main student area can be a bus ride away from campus or can be quite diverse in that it’s common to live next to families. I found families were the anomalies in Selly Oak. But also the train station means that if you decide to stay in Selly Park you have the option to jump on that to get to uni and also be in town within 10 minutes.
There is a variety of first-year accommodation however I did find that it was quite expensive unless you went for something very outdated.
The campus is really easy to navigate around and very ascetically pleasing! They also offer a really good student job opportunities on campus through Work Link. It pays really well and has a variety of roles all suited around your degree.
Plus the nightlife is great with a variety of options.