Son/daughter going to uni in September 2012. What do we need to buy?
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Depending on how interested they are in the kitchen ...I got my daughter a single person size slow cooker ...was fab ...she could throw in some meat, veg & packet casserole mix, put it on low all day & it was ready for her to eat when she got in at the end of the day ...they didnt really have any problems with anyone pinching other peoples things ...maybe they were lucky
Also had to buy her a decent internet cable as the signal was rubbish at her uni as was the cable provided0 -
Anyone got any idea if Uni halls have aerials? Daughter coming home this weekend and taking her tv back with her. I had asked her to check, but of course she hasn't!0
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mintymoneysaver wrote: »Anyone got any idea if Uni halls have aerials? Daughter coming home this weekend and taking her tv back with her. I had asked her to check, but of course she hasn't!0
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mintymoneysaver wrote: »Anyone got any idea if Uni halls have aerials? Daughter coming home this weekend and taking her tv back with her. I had asked her to check, but of course she hasn't!
Just checking that your daughter knows she'll need a tv license if she's in halls.0 -
unimaginative_user_name wrote: »Just checking that your daughter knows she'll need a tv license if she's in halls.
....and she can watch BBC iplayer on her computer for free....:)0 -
unimaginative_user_name wrote: »Just checking that your daughter knows she'll need a tv license if she's in halls.
Yes, thanks for the reminder, but she does know. Going to sort it today. She wasn't going to take it with her, but she is finding her room quite isolated ( next to a staircase) 3 people in her section with her who never seem to appear, only a wall opposite, and a kitchen not big enough for a table. Then a set of fire doors in a big old cavernous hall not unlike a prison! ( Not the halls she wanted, unsurprisingly) She has made friends in other halls and on her course now thankfully, but she' s had a rough two weeks and at least this means she can invite people to her room to watch TV.0 -
unimaginative_user_name wrote: »Just checking that your daughter knows she'll need a tv license if she's in halls.
Not if the TV belongs to the parent, who has their own licence at home and the tv is only used in hall when it is running off an internal battery.
Some halls run their own cabled tv service, that you can view on laptops ( so easier to comply with the I internal battery requirement).I'm a Forum Ambassador on The Coronavirus Boards as well as the housing, mortgages and student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
But how often do proper TVs run off internal batteries?0
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If she's buying a TV license anyway she could also just stream live TV off her laptop (if the screen's big enough to watch comfortably) from http://www.tvcatchup.com/0
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mintymoneysaver wrote: »Yes, thanks for the reminder, but she does know. Going to sort it today. She wasn't going to take it with her, but she is finding her room quite isolated ( next to a staircase) 3 people in her section with her who never seem to appear, only a wall opposite, and a kitchen not big enough for a table. Then a set of fire doors in a big old cavernous hall not unlike a prison! ( Not the halls she wanted, unsurprisingly) She has made friends in other halls and on her course now thankfully, but she' s had a rough two weeks and at least this means she can invite people to her room to watch TV.
I would get her to request a move… some students leave within the first few weeks, so hopefully she can get one of their rooms x100
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