Nottingham Students Life

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The city of Nottingham and its surroundings countryside harbours a varied student population due to the educational facilities the city has to offer. Two universities the being that of University of Nottingham and the Nottingham Trent University together with several colleges have made a considerable contribution that impart a creative flavour to the city`s life. Many varied and entertaining culture and evening activities are put on by the various organizations, thus it is easy to guess that Nottingham is a perfect place for 40,000 full-time students that throng the campuses.
The University of Nottingham is larger than the Nottingham Trent University and also features one of Britain's largest medical education institution. The first year students and other students who wish to live in the buildings of the university are provided with nice accommodations in an award-winning set of buildings on the University Park Campus. It has many halls and lies just to the West of the city centre; each hall can hold from 200 up to 300 residents.

There is a conglomeration of several smaller more satellite campuses nearby that ...
... are known as the Jubilee Campus, the Sutton Bonington Campus and the King's Meadow Campus.

The amenities of the Nottingham student life

Numerous student societies, special interest clubs and the university's sport teams participating in the British Universities Sports Association make the educational process more interesting and entertaining. The university undergraduates publish "Impact" a student magazine and another set of individuals run the University Radio Nottingham. However for the more adventurous students there is always a try out for a part of a play. Thus these university undergraduates get in on the act and stage shows and special events at the New Theatre.

Another large educational institution of the city is the Nottingham Trent University. It got its name in honour of the Trent River that flows through the centre of city. At the very beginning of its existence it was Trent Polytechnic, however in 1992 it became a full-fledged university.
Nowadays the Nottingham Trent University graduates over 25,000 students every year, with many much needed and high end occupational abilities. Nottingham Trent provides its students with campuses as well. For example Clifton Campus focuses on humanities and science departments, Brackenhurst on home rural and animal sciences. The University Union manages the activities of student organizations and also maintains such amenities like that of the student bars, gyms, and shops. Unlike their rival they produce a student newspaper called the "Platform", they also arrange music nights every week and carry two station broadcasts being the "Fly FM" and "Kick FM".

The city is very proud of its schools and colleges that also contribute to cheerful student culture. Some of the educational organizations have even become famous for their graduates who have become very well known putting the city on the map for such things as the Nottingham School of Fashion. Obviously, one of the most important features of the district as a student city is that everybody can find suitable Property Nottingham for accommodation and Student Lets Nottingham.

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