I reckon the students who live in Uni accommodation at Ulster University's Coleraine campus have one of the nicest views around - looking pretty much due West down the River Bann, with Donegal way in the distance. In the summer there are spectacular sunsets to be had.
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| Not bad if you can get it - student accommodation on the Coleraine campus. Nikon FM3a with 85mm; HP5 on Foma 133 paper. |
The poster in the foreground is on a wall of the Riverside Theatre on the campus and the dude in the top hat is a local guy made good, James Nesbitt. He's Chancellor of the Uni, I believe, which is largely a ceremonial role and not to be confused with the role of Vice-Chancellor, which is the title of the person who actually runs the place. Our Mr Nesbitt is a TV actor - Cold Feet is one series you might have seen him in. He went to the same school as me, albeit a couple of years below me.
The son of a man I know went to university at a campus up in the mountains. Beautiful dorm rooms, spectacular view, and lots of great facilities at the university because the government wants people to study, work, and live in rural areas. What did the students think of all this? "There's nothing to do around here." Well, maybe I would have thought the same at their age.
ReplyDeleteSpot on, Marcus. The Coleraine Campus is known affectionally as the Country Campus. Most of the students live fairly locally. When I worked there you would see them coming to lectures on Thursday wheeling their suitcases and bags around with them, ready to catch an early bus home for the (long) weekend. Probably the bags were full of laundry. Then they would appear back on campus sometime on Monday.
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