The University of Essex

Move in wasn't as organised as it should have been there was a lot of people all trying to get into a small space. Lots of events on at Freshers though which were great and Freshers fair really showed a variety of societies to join .

The nightlife was good, could be a bit more cheaper but overall really good! Could be a bit more advertising for the events throughout the week. The website was confusing as it wasn't explained how to get onto certain pages to find out what's on.

When it was my freshers last year, events every night in multiple venues but this year I found that only One event per night and many tickets sold out very quickly due to this

There is a club on campus called Sub Zero which was a really good way to meet other freshers. It was actually for 2 weeks which was amazing and each night had a different theme with a different genre of music e.g. Ibiza night with house music.

Moving in is understandably busy but handled very well by the university. However if you live anywhere but bottom floor in South Courts you will possibly be carrying all your stuff up four flights of stairs . Loads of decent events during freshers fortnight some really cheesy acts but more importantly decent drinks deals. Expensive if you want to attend every event though, going to cost you close to £100 just on entry fees!!

Freshers week in the first year was amazing. I had a great time mixing with lots of different people. However, besides the welcome meeting where we were all in a room and able to mix with others, the uni wasn't really involved in helping us to socialise. There wasn't many activities or things arranged for us to do so we organised it ourselves. It would have been useful having someone show us around, fun places etc to help. However, I still had a great week that I'll never forget.

I enjoyed freshers' week a lot. University provided a lot of fun activities so I could get to know university and new people. I don't drink much, however Uni organised a lot of non-alcoholic events so I had a lot of fun.

My freshers week was amazing! The uni are very helpful and hold a wristband purchasing event in which you buy the band to grant you access to all the events throughout the week. Meeting times and location are put in the Facebook group (so make sure your on Facebook!) and your set from there!