{"id":338,"date":"2014-03-07T10:31:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T10:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/?p=338"},"modified":"2014-03-07T10:31:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T10:31:12","slug":"better-together-in-uni-accommodation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2014\/03\/07\/better-together-in-uni-accommodation\/","title":{"rendered":"Better together in uni accommodation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tI\u2019m taking Msc Event Marketing. Now I\u2019m in the second semester and it\u2019s quite fun studying the core course, rather than the basic units in the last semester. Personally, I stay in a private flat with my Italian flatmate near Bournemouth square, but she isn\u2019t a student. I found this place by searching on Gumtree.com. I decided not to stay in\u00a0uni\u00a0accommodation because by that time I\u2019d never visited\u00a0the place and wasn\u2019t sure about the contract details. However, after I had started my course for a while and chatted with friends, I think if I could change my mind, I would absolutely stay in uni accommodation.<\/p>\n

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\"Tawaeenee\"<\/a>I have friends who stay in Okeford, Chesil , Dorchester, Corfe House and Unilet houses and I realise that I have missed so many fun activities. For example, in Dorchester House, they give away free snacks and arrange games for students to enjoy! At Christmas and New Year, a \u201cLucky draw\u201d was arranged for students who stay in Corfe House and last year someone was soooo lucky to get a FREE IPAD!! There aren\u2019t as many activities in Okeford house, but it\u2019s just a few minutes\u2019 walk to the uni. Some of my friends have ran in pyjama to class when they\u2019re late, without showering\u2026 I hope they brushed their teeth!<\/p>\n

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Staying close to your friends in the same or nearby accommodation when you are far away from home really helps you with \u201chome-sickness\u201d. Whenever you feel down, you can knock on your friend\u2019s door anytime for someone to join and cheer you up with ice cream, or someone who can listen to you. It\u2019s a great family feeling when you cook with friends and enjoy dinner with them after class, and yes it is cheaper than cooking alone.\u00a0Some would say it\u2019s annoying when you would like to focus on your work and people next door just party and go wild all night, leaving you to go to the library really early the next morning to do your homework. Personally I think it\u2019s another good-weird-fun experience that you couldn\u2019t have back in your countries.<\/p>\n

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Looking for accommodation that matc<\/span>hes your lifestyle is really important. For myself, I kind of rushed into choosing accommodation and didn\u2019t have enough information. But I would like to recommend for those who have a chance, to join an open day. It is a really good event for you to explore and get all information that you need. Although I didn\u2019t join this event, I have the great opportunity to work in this event as a campus tour guide and I realise how useful it is in providing information and getting answers to questions. For example,\u00a0which campus is close to uni?\u00a0How are we going to get to uni? What is included in the accommodation cost? The location of each accommodation? And many more. If you can\u2019t make an open day you can always ask your questions on the Facebook page.<\/p>\n

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The knowledge that you could get from a postgraduate course is not the only main point you should consider. Accommodation that matches your life style and people who surround you is also a big factor, this will be your second home until the day you graduate J. So\u00a0study hard, Enjoy life, Make friends, Go wild and live young. Cheers xx!\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m taking Msc Event Marketing. Now I\u2019m in the second semester and it\u2019s quite fun studying the core course, rather than the basic units in the last semester. Personally, I stay in a private flat with my Italian flatmate near Bournemouth square, but she isn\u2019t a student. I found this place by searching on Gumtree.com…. Read more » about Better together in uni accommodation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":273,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1658,1663],"tags":[90,2304],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-archive","category-postgraduate","tag-accommodation-2","tag-taweenee-tiraborisute"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338","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\/273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}