The University of Birmingham

Freshers week was okay, but there wasn’t really much there for students who don’t like going out and getting drunk - especially not every day of the week.

I personally found fresher's week to be rather long and tedious. I think it is difficult to enjoy it before knowing your way around campus and knowing people at uni - I'm sure fresher's week at the start of next term will be much more fun for these reasons. There also didn't seem to much on offer for those students who don't enjoy clubbing and drinking enormously - almost all activities seemed to centre around this. Overall I was much happier once Fresher's week was over and I started to get to know uni better. However, that being said, my advice would be to throw yourself into activities - go to all of your departmental socials and groups if you can, so that you meet people and you get to know your way around.

It sounded like a lot of fun! I didn’t actually attend any of the events myself but my housemates really enjoyed it and found it extensively diverting! Also free beer