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Product:	University of Stirling in general
Date:	25/03/07 (328 review reads)
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Advantages: decent uni, gorgeous campus

Disadvantages: scottish weather

Stirling Uni is actually nearer Bridge of Allen but anyway..
Im in my second year of first year here now, i started september 2003 and decided at christmas to take a semester off so have restarted this september 2004.

The plus points for me were the course i wanted at grades i thought i could obtain (i didnt but was lucky), the two semester system (2, 15 week blocks, with 10 teaching weeks and 5 exams weeks), exams before christmas and resits after, so much better than exams after christmas to my mind. Amd of course the campus is gorgeous, it is only let down by the ugly 1960s concrete buildings that are the residences and teaching blocks.
So other than the teaching thing what does stirling have to offer?

The campus is about a 30 minute walk from the centre of stirling or a short bus ride (75p) there are residences both on the campus and in town, personally after first year i would recommend living in either JFC or the Union St blocks.
The nightlife in stirling is limited to Engima and Fubar, but theres the Union on campus thats open quite frequently and also The med and the beat which are situated in The Meadowpark Hotel nealr the main campus entrance. There are a wealth of other, pubs and bars in the town centre it takes sometime to workout where you like as none are typical student bars. Nicky Tams is popular and has live music nights and is opposite Enigma (now called Dusk).
There is also easy access to the two big cities via the railway or the city link coach services.
The shopping centre is great for spending that loan.
The uni is currently upgrading alot of its computer facilities, and when the library and cottrell main labs are full there are all departmental labs open all hours too, but these take some finding. The library is quite scary at first but do the orientation session and youll be fine.
The societies and clubs run on campus well theres plenty of them, some are good some not it just depends what you want from them, personally i joined the subaqua club but as a qualified diver i felt that i wasnt welcomed and ended up leaving the club.
The gym facilities on campus are upto date and modern as Sport Scotland is based on the cmapus so there seem like hundreds ofsports students and students on sport scholarships. The union runs three bars Studio and the Gannochy open all day and Glow/Long bar which are the club section open enough hours to be a good night out.
The accomodation is old and they are in the process of upgrading it, some halls have 'net access but currently most dont. The flats for 2nd/3rd and 4th years are pretty good but ive only seen Alexander Court on campus and Union St where i live. Rents are usually about 2k for the 37 week lets.
There is a bank of scotland on campus along with a 'ripoff' supermarket but tesco is in town so not a problem, also on campus is the book shop and post office with the student union shop (but tesco is usually cheaper).
On campus the Macrobert centre does cinema and theatre productions and there is another cinema in town but these tend to be slightly behind with films as they have between them only 3 screens, but the falkirk multiplex is reachable by train or via the nice friend with a car.
Since ive been up here ive loved it, theres a good mix of work and play without going too overboard on the play unless youre so inclined.

Summary: look in to this uni, it might be worth it