- Bars:
- Nottingham is blessed with some great halls of residence bars. Hall parties are often huge piss ups and are extremely well organised. You don't have to be living in a hall to go to it's parties so here are our top picks. Hugh Stuart is the best followed by Lenton. Social activity is probably at it's height during the first week of term.
All this is good news as the main union facilities are surprisingly lacking. The Ark is the main focus. It's 1/2 cheesy small Magaluf style club and 1/2 Weatherspoons style pub. One source said you would only go to pull or drink.
So it seems then that the hall bars are your best bet for on campus drinking. Most 1st years tend to stick to them. Recently outlawed was the "Campus 14". Doesn't take a lot to figure out what it is and why it was outlawed. This section covers the university's offering and might not seem to match the reputation of Nottingham you may have but just wait until you experience the city itself...
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- Functions:
- Monday - Kick Off, various sports themed bar games and promotions.
Tuesday - Funny Farm, comedians from the Comedy Network.
Wednesday - Team Spirit, when everyone pops open the champagne or drowns their sorrow - depending on the outcome of their sporting endeavours earlier in the afternoon.
Thursday - Smooth, live music and smooth tunes, board games as well apparently???!!!
Friday - Bite Me, just the weekly piss-up really when the whole campus hits the bar. Clubby tunes.
Saturday - Horny, work off that hangover from yesterday - and drink more. Cheesy tunes.
Sunday - Open Mic, for all the attention seekers to have some in fun embarrassing themselves with the help of a microphone (technical term: embarrassment magnifier), there will probably be more attention on the sports on the big screen.
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- Major Social Events:
- The Summer Party and the Graduation Ball are the biggest events of the year. There have been sound restrictions problems with the Summer Party though. The Grad ball has been held at The National Ice Arena and is very good. Jools Holland is one noteworthy act to have appeared.
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- Clubs & Societies:
- The are about 120 societies in UNU to get involved in which you can join at Fresher's Fair. It is probably fair to say that there is a noble bias towards charitable causes. There is a large range of cultural/international societies, all mainstream (and some obscure) religious and political movements. There are societies to provide a social side to your academic department (Law being one of the largest), you can sing, dance, juggle, eat, drink or just be merry. There's a James Bond Society and a Paintball one too - they don't really come under anything else.
Sportswise: Football is a highly successful club, as is the cross-country club. The Ski Club has 500 members allowing very reasonable discounts on holidays.
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