{"id":16965,"date":"2021-05-04T10:11:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T09:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/?p=16965"},"modified":"2023-03-08T17:38:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T16:38:40","slug":"living-in-halls-when-youre-already-a-local-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2021\/05\/04\/living-in-halls-when-youre-already-a-local-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in halls when you’re already a local student"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thinking back nearly three years, to when I first started university, I always remember wanting that \u201cproper uni feeling\u201d as I liked to call it. Living in halls was one of the things I wanted to do, even though I had lived in Bournemouth the whole of my life, and so I did!<\/p>\n

An important part of university life is becoming independent, moving away and having to fend for yourself. I was initially planning to move away and do just this, but two things stopped me. The first thing \u2013 my course (English<\/a>) was being offered at Bournemouth Uni with more appealing elements than some other universities. The second thing \u2013 Bournemouth<\/a> is such a beautiful place, and I couldn\u2019t bear to leave it behind!<\/p>\n

Easing into uni life, I stayed with my parents, but upon entering my second year, I moved into Home Park in the Lansdowne area, which is where a lot of the accommodation<\/a> is located.<\/p>\n

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Home Park<\/p><\/div>\n

A lot of people asked me, \u201cBut what\u2019s the point?\u201d. The point is learning how to cook, buying your own shopping, meeting new people are all important parts of being a student. I was lucky enough to have my parents nearby, but ultimately, I was experiencing living alone for the first time and it was so fun!<\/p>\n

Living in halls offered me the opportunity to connect with other students, from a mixture of courses and years, and make solid friendships. I was minutes away from the town centre, I was a short bus ride away from the university and most importantly for me, I had my own study space. All of the benefits of being that independent person, with the added benefit of being able to pop home and see my Mum.<\/p>\n

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My room<\/p><\/div>\n

Before moving, I initially thought I would be wasting my student loan, which was a fair concern, but I was so glad I used my loan to further my independence instead of spending it on Subways and KFC (ok.. maybe I used a little money on fast food\u2026).<\/p>\n

If you are considering living in halls when you already live in Bournemouth, my only advice is to go for it! You will make friends, become part of a community, be so close to the all-important bars and shops and be able to pop home for a cuppa whenever you fancy! What more could you want?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thinking back nearly three years, to when I first started university, I always remember wanting that \u201cproper uni feeling\u201d as I liked to call it. Living in halls was one of the things I wanted to do, even though I had lived in Bournemouth the whole of my life, and so I did! An important… Read more » about Living in halls when you’re already a local student<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3046,"featured_media":17006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1646,12,1638],"tags":[90,44,2557],"class_list":["post-16965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accommodation","category-local-area","category-student-blogs","category-undergraduate","tag-accommodation-2","tag-bournemouth-2","tag-studying-local"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3046"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16965"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22526,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16965\/revisions\/22526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}