UNI ROOM TOUR (Birmingham)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2016
- I have just finished my first year at university and thought I'd share my room for the year with you! This little pod will definitely be missed...
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Things i love about Birmingham, Public transport so easy, so much green space, friendly people, It's a lot cheaper than the south, entertainment,..... thing i don't like ... Birmingham has to be the furthest city from any sea-side beach in the country....
hahah completely agree!
I’d say Nottingham is (my hometown)
Love the simplicity of your room so much!
I know - love the minimalistic approach! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment :)
My pleasure beautiful! :)
ohh your room is so so cute and i love how simple it is! great video and thanks for sharing! ❤️
Thank you times a million!!
You're room is spacious and gorgeous, and the views! the views! This video made me so reminiscent of my first year uni room. You seem so comfortable in front of the camera, the speaking clip in the beginning gave perfect context.
I know - I absolutely loved it! The views looked 100x better in real life as well, it made me so happy :) ah that's why I made this video, to share it and also to give me memories of the times I spent in there haha. Thank you so much, your comment means a lot!!
Everywhere in England seems picturesque in every video I see on TH-cam. It definitely has its place on my travel bucket list. What are you studying in uni?
It is really beautiful - please come! Where else is on your bucket list? I'm studying english and drama at the moment and love it! Are you currently studying too?
Australia and South Africa are definitely up there, I really want to be up close and personal with wild animals like kangaroos and lions. I'm going into my third year of university studying neuroscience. Drama sounds lovely, I'm a little bit of a thespian myself, what're some your favorite shows?
Ooh yeah I've been on safari in SA and it was an incredible experience seeing nature play out right in front of your eyes (saw hyenas kill a baby gazelle whilst it's mum watched from the sidelines...it was like a disney movie). Wow that's impressive - how are you finding it? I love Tennessee William's plays, Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and Shakespeare. I do a lot of theatre but would love to experiment with film!
You should do more uni videos! Love the room and how you've decorated it! It's simple but modern though the closet seems quite small...
Thanks so much - yeah it was tiny! But I made it work somehow haha
omg it's so nice & i love the editing on this
thank you so much!!!
Your accommodation looks so modern I love it!:') I love how you've decorated it aswell! x
It's super cool, isn't it?! I was so lucky to get it. Thanks doll, that means a lot x
ps. your name is so beautiful!
It is so nice!! Way nicer than my accommodation! And thank you! Xx
haha it was a little bit on the expensive side, but worth it in my eyes! No problem x
Ah I see, I can imagine!xx
I'm going to be staying in mason too this september and it was my first choice! my view is of the canal but I'm still super excited for it :))
I hope you're loving it!
I love this so much! You're going to have to teach me how to edit if I vlog any of my prep haha xx
aww thanks Mel! 100% - you need to vlog prep it'll be so so cool! x
Cutest room tour ever 💜💜
I’m going to Birmingham next week and I haven’t packed anything!!! I’m moving into Shackleton so I was wondering if we’re allowed to bring stuff like toasters because I read somewhere we had to ask the resident supervisor first and I want to buy it before I move in. Thanks!
How do you deal with not having shelves? I've applied to UoB and I motif the storage for accommodation is lacking quite a lot
Ohh that's amazing!! And would like to ask which accommodation is this?
When I was in Res at B’ham we didn’t even have a wash basin in the room!
your room is so nice ! love it :)
Thank you babe!
Hi! I just got allocated this accommodation so very happy to see this video, did you already have that bedside table or did you bring that with you? :)
Hey! Aw that's awesome! Yeah, bedside table was already there :) See ya around Bham hopefully x
So cute. Love those windows.
THANKS!! They're super cool aren't they? and let in lots of light :)
so cosy and such a cute space babe! My uni room was so old and horrible hahaha (that was many years ago tho!)
aww thanks so much!!!
This is so helpful, moving to Mason in September. You are very organised and uncluttered. Can you tell me where you got your over the door hanger? Kinda got of few coats! Thanks in advance.
yay that's awesome news! haha thank you :) I've had it for a years so not sure where it's from but I'm sure you could find a cheap one in ikea! Come say hi if you see me around x
Love this video, so good to see another fellow Birmingham Uni vlogger! I might do a video of my accommodation.... However it's nothing like Mason :(
Thanks so much! DO IT - it's always nice to show people what the accommodation looks like, no matter which one. Where are you living? Hope you're enjoying uni - I've just finished my last year which is bitter sweet!
Petite Elise i’m at liberty living so right in the city centre 🙄 loving it thanks!!
Reminds me of a budget hotel, but looks good:) my sis moves to London next week for uni,no idea what kind of room she will get
hahah I guess a little bit! But this room was so nice compared to some other places I've seen! Good luck to her :)
You're so gorgeous, love your videos xx
Thanks doll!
HI ! i love your room so much 😍. i wanted to ask if you think its better to have a room in the uni or if itll be better to have an off site accomodation like an apartment. im entering uni too and im so unsure of thsi cus i want a social life and friends but i also do need a lot of space as well xox
Honestly, living in student halls is THE best way to meet people and socialise! Couldn't recommend it more x
thank you :))))
i love it so much !!!
aww I loved it too - sad I've left now :(
I’ve heard the layout and atmosphere of mason make it slightly less sociable, how was it for you?? Nice music pick btw 😉
hey, yeah not going to lie to you it's not the most sociable accommodation! If sociable halls are high on your list, check out shackleton or tennis courts!
The pics on the wall look so amazing! Such a shame I can’t stick anything on my wall in my student room ☹️
aw thank you! I just printed out pictures on photo paper and cut them all out :) aw that's a shame but there are definitely other ways to decorate it x
Where was your throw/ duvet cover from? It's so nice!!
I'm not too sure as it was a gift for my birthday! Sorry :( But it is v soft heheh
Love it!
recognised this was Birmingham accommodation before the video even started properly when I saw out the windows haha 😂 were these the new builds? very modern, I like that a lot! but one thing I thought was odd was that a door was shared with the bathroom and wardrobe? that'd be so awkward if you wanted privacy for both :c
Heheheh YES!! Mason is pretty new, but the newest is Chamberlain! Did you go here?? Yeah it was a little awkward, but the slidey door made it seem like a spaceship!
luv this video!!!
thanks Jocelyn, you cutie!
hey, for reference what flat number were u? is it possible to describe the layout based on flats - just trying to figure out where I’ll be in sept! X
Hi, this might be a strange question but I’m looking to apply for UoB, and was wondering with self catered apartments, can you say when applying wether you would rather share an apartment with fewer or more people? As I know in one of the accommodations it says that it is shared between 3-8 people and I would rather have more people. When applying can you say your preference? Thanks and love the videos! Great help 👍
Different accommodation housing has a different amount of rooms. So for example in the vale, the mason has I think 6 rooms... and Elgar court has 8 so you get the idea.
Be-LEAVER _19 is it the same amount throughout the building? Thanks for the reply 😊
@@jojothelu8123 ermm I guess
awesome, what do you study?
Hey, I've just applied for two courses at Birmingham (English and English and Classical Literature and Civilisation) and am absolutely in love with the uni! Is this Mason? It looks incredible!
Ah awesome! I'm actually studying english lit and drama and my housemate is studying classical lit. Yeah, it's Mason - it was such good accommodation :) If you have any questions about the uni/accommodation feel free to ask x
I just got an offer for Pure English this afternoon! Thank you very much! x
Congrats! That's awesome news, hope to see you here x
Anna the Bibliophile by applying for both courses are you allowed to study in both? One college told me this isn't possible (in UK). Thanks for your reply!
hey can i ask you about english literatureif i am a uk citizean is it true that i can study for free please answer thank youuu
Hi i just recieved my offer to study economics at birmingham and am still deciding about my accomodation. I've shortlisted it to Mason and victoria hall. Is it difficult to commute to the campus? Also, Mason doesn't do a meal plan option but is it difficult managing without it in first year?
Again thanks for the informing video!
Congratulations on your offer! Not at all - Mason is a 10ish minute walk to campus and they're recently created a footpath that everyone from the Vale uses, so it's safe and easy to get to class. I think Victoria Hall is even closer to uni (about 5 minutes) so it's all really accessible. I loved cooking for myself - it gave me the ability to be flexible with meal times and with what I wanted to eat! Hopefully see you around next September :)
I'm looking at doing English and Drama at bham uni - do people find it a pain having to travel out to Selly Oak??
It can be quite a pain, especially in first year when living in the Vale but they do a free shuttle bus service from main campus so it's usually not too bad. I sometimes liked to walk all the way which took about 50 mins but it was a nice way to get some exercise in! Second year is much easier though, as we all live a lot closer and it's usually only a 25 min walk :)
Petite Elise Do the students change where they stay at each year?
How did you get the polaroids they are so cool!
I just edited the photos and arranged them on a word document, printed them out on photo paper and cut them out!
my older brother has gone to Birmingham uni today !
Hey thanks for the video ! Would you recommend university college Birmingham? I wanna do the aviation management course!
Yess!!
Oxbridge is maybe bwtter
So u mean UCB is a good uni in account of social life, accomodation and education too?
Hii I don't know if you'll see this as you uploaded this video quite a while ago, but I was wondering how easy it is to get a place in student accommodation in Birmingham? I'm going abroad for a semester after the summer and I really wanna go to Birmingham, but accommodation isn't guaranteed if you only go for a semester, which sucks cause it's kinda hard to arrange private accommodation from abroad. Hope you can help x
Hello! That's a tricky one - most of the people I know managed to get their accommodation pretty easily and their first choices, but I'm not sure what it will be like for people in your situation! Best thing to do is to make sure you know exactly which accommodation you like the best and in which order and hope for the best. However, I think all accommodation had its positives and negatives and so wherever you end up, I'm sure you'll have a great time x
Ahhh I love UOB! I'm a first year currently and I live in Chamberlain :D
amazing! Hope you're having a nice time and like the accommodation. What do you study?
Yeah its great, the vale is amazing! I study English Literature. I am looking forward to moving out for more space next year though. Love the video :)
Aquilla.Van.Ellison hey! I hope this doesn't sound too random, but I'm an international student and I received an offer to study English at UoB. I have never been to Birmingham and probably won't before I actually start my degree, but I fell in love with the city and very much like the English course at the university. I am still very nervous about what to expect and haven't been able to contact many current students, so I was wondering if you could maybe tell me more about life in Birmingham and the what it is like to English there, if you are not busy?
NellBurton777 of course! It would be my pleasure! Well for English first year the options are very broad (I am assuming the course hasn't changed and you will do the same as me). You will do 4 core modules: Prose, Poetry, Language for Literature and Plays and Performance. Poetry and Prose are 100% essay assessed and Lang for lit and plays are 100% exam assessed in the summer.
There are plenty of opportunities to practice submitting essays before the assessed ones are handed in so don't worry about not having experience in uni writing. Prose has some great books like Dracula or The ABC murders (nothing too long) and with that it's less close reading and more theory so you learn about Dracula in relation to post colonialism or feminism for example. Poetry is more close reading (which is more what I was used to from high school), Lang for lit approaches a study of literature called semiotics which is a fancy word for looking at the language of literature as a foundation for meaning rather than literary techniques (think science based approach rather than artsy approach) It is hard but don't worry it's a universal difficulty and everyone groups together to struggle through Lang (after all it is a literature degree not language). Plays and performance is insanely good, I never really enjoyed plays that much at school but there is a massive emphasis on performance (not you performing) so we think about about casting, costume and staging etc as well as the plays themselves, we dabble with a little Shakespeare and are currently reading the Crucible which I think is awesome!
Secondary to that you get to pick some modules for yourself. This can be done in two ways: the history pathway (where you study literature from a specific time/place e.g. American literature) OR 2 creative pathways (writing, drama,film,language). I chose the creative pathway and did film and language. Even though I struggled with Lang for lit I loved language and adored film (I'm doing more film next year!). The course is pretty awesome, it is so flexible and first year gives you a good base so that that you know what you like and don't like for second year (I just picked my second year options and they are awesome!).
As for being international, don't worry! Bham is such a diverse community and everyone mixes with everyone. I'm British but I am only friends with a couple of people who are from the UK. Most of my friends are internationals from all over the world. Some internationals choose to stick with people from their home country (which is super easy due to the amount of nation based societies bham has) so you can do whatever you feel comfortable with! My friend, who I share a flat with in halls and will continue to live with next year is an English and creative writing student from Hong Kong and she never came to the uni before either, she loves it here! If you want to have a snoop around campus but cannot make it to the UK I recommend checking out the Bham TH-cam channel or the GuildTV channel (guild Tv is one of the societies here and runs the University TV network) both will give you a flavour of life on campus.
Feeewwwww that was a long answer, sorry for putting everyone through that! I hope I have set your mind at rest and answered your question. If you have any more about social life/societies/sport or any other aspect of uni life here let me know PM me or whatever and I can talk you through it some more (that is if you made it through my previous rambling ;) ) Good luck and I hope to see you around the English department next year!
Amazing reply! Totally included everything the English course here has to offer. Glad you're enjoying it as much as I did last year!
Hi I've just got an offer for Birmingham and I was wondering if it's really competitive to get into this accommodation because I really want a room like this!
Hey, congrats on your offer! This was my first choice and I got it, so I'm not entirely sure how competitive it is! Most of my friends got their first choice, so I think as long as you get your application in on time, you should be fine :)
Is this birmingham university or city? I am going to the city one this September and I have been looking for room tours, not the ones on their website, haven't found any :(
Hey hey - yeah it's Birmingham uni (UoB)! Sorry I can't help you with that :(
Hey i have applied for accomodation for 2019/20.
i want to ask how's maple bank?...btw ur room looks great!!
That's very exciting! Maple bank is pretty old accommodation (my dad stayed there when he went to uni!) and quite small but clean and very sociable. No doubt you'll have a great time if you stay there!
@@PetiteElise thank you very much!
I'm going to be moving into Tennis Courts in a few weeks! I'm the first floor though so no chance of getting a nice view :p
ah that's awesome!! Tennis courts is amazing for socialising, so you'll have loads of friends :) Maybe see you around uni (come say hi if ya see me) x
Quick question, hiiiii. Is it necessary to change rooms after you first year?
Yes, first year accommodation is only for the first year! Second and third years move to houses :)
I’m not sure how true this is 😂 but is there accommodation rivals, like you are judged based on what hall you live in?
hahah not gonna lie to you gal, there is a little yeah!! People don't really like those who live in Mason and you do get a fair bit of fun made out of you - all as a joke though so it's totally fine. Other than that, it's really not an issue and I never really found it to be one x
Petite Elise thank you sm for the honest answer! I was reading an article on the tab and it said about people from Mason being referred to as “posh” but if it’s all banter there’s so harm 😂x
Hi Elise! Which accommodation in The Vale is this room in?
It's Mason!
Hello! How old are students in residence typically? I'm coming on exchange and I am 21, will I be a lot older than the others?
Typically students in first year accommodation are 18-20 but I've met people older on year abroad etc. It's super easy to get on with everyone and there are so many different people living together that you'll definitely find people you click with :)
Thanks for replying! Good to know!!
Is this the standard en-suite or a large en-suite at selly oak village?
This is Mason Halls in The Vale. They're all ensuite :)
true beauty
your accent is so calming i would kill to habe a british accent oml
hahaha thank you doll! It's so weird you always want what you don't have though - I would love to have anything else!
Theres 3 different Unis in Birmingham, is this university of Birmingham accommodation ?? Or is this aston or city??
University of Birmingham!
hi, love your room!
I've just received my offer to come here to study English lit, I'm debating which halls to stay in. My main concern is that Ive read a lot of people tend to label anyone at Mason as posh, sounds a silly question but does this make it hard to integrate with other halls with all the prejudices I;ve heard about? Thanks!
Yay congratulations, that's amazing! Haha yeah that label does exist, but honestly it's just a bit of fun and doesn't really bother anyone. It doesn't make it hard to integrate at all - I had loads of friends in different halls!
Thank you! haha ok great thanks :)
Did you have to provide your own bed side lamp?
Yes, I brought my own!
can we do individual housing? As in not share dorm room with other student?
So all university accommodation is shared with others with your own room. If you want your own place, there were some studio apartments at the top of mason halls or you could find your own place in Birmingham!
Petite Elise Thank you so much for replying! My experience with roommates has been nightmare-ish so i don't think i would want to share a room with anyone else besides me lol :)
oh no! fair enough then - I hope you find a place!
which accommodation is this?
What course did you study in Bham?
So which accommodation you are living in and where it is situated?
This accommodation is called Mason and is in 'The Vale'
Petite Elise Thanks ☺
Love your room 😇❤
As a freshman, can you have a room by yourself or you have to have a roommate in the same room?
You always have your own room :)
What are the bathroom facilities like? It’s a very weird question but I’d prefer to not shower with other people like have single bathrooms instead of multiple in one room
In Mason, it's ensuite!
Was that picture of the woman holding the cat your mother?
yes!!
Very nice!
heheh you're very nice!
knowledgeable 😊😊
which uni ?
is this accomodation far from campus
This accommodation is about a 10 min walk from campus!
I'm just looking at unis ready to apply later this year, do you mind me asking what uni this is?x
Of course! It's Birmingham uni - such an amazing place to live and study. Good luck in your application process and feel free to ask any questions if you need x
Is this the uk one ?
Yes!
What accommodation was this?
Mason halls!
I may be going to birminghm in a few years os there a shower in the en suite
Yeah, the bathroom is a wet room, which means the shower is completely open
Is this room for the under graduates or post graduates?
Under grads!
so Nice
anyone here currently at UoB? i’m first year in liberty park :)
just wondering whether mason are all mixed sex flats aren't they
Yes, I believe they are!
I was wondering if it is single-sex accommodation?
No, it's mixed :)
💖petite &and& Beautifull❤💎💖
Mura masa 😍😍❤️😂
THE BEST!
What uni did you do to?
University of Birmingham!
cute
liked :)
THANK YOU
Petite Elise you're welcome :)
awesome, what do you study?
English and Drama!
Petite Elise nice I'm applying there for medicine
which accommodation is this?
This is Mason!