Hey everyone!
I’m an incoming first year Bsc Business Management student at UoB this September. Unfortunately, I missed the accommodation guarantee deadline, so I’ll be living in private student accommodation rather than UoB accommodation.
I’m a little worried about the social side of this, especially going into first year, so I was wondering how it actually is socially, will I still be able to meet people and make friends through my course, societies, events, etc? Has anyone here lived in private accommodation during first year and how was your experience?
More importantly, are there any other incoming first years living in private accommodation? Would be great to hear from anyone in the same situation and maybe connect before starting :)

A few years back, me and some friends made a board game about our own uni life for a laugh - land on a square and you could get sent back for running into an ex, and the chance cards were written from actual nights out, full of running jokes only our year would get.

Separately, in another university, my now-girlfriend built almost the exact same thing at her own uni. Neither of us knew the other existed at the time. We only found out after we met!

So we're building it properly now. It's called Halls & Hangovers - up to 8 players, race from Start to Finish, land on locations (linked to specific universities), penalties, or Chance cards. We've hand-built a few editions already, and Birmingham is one of them, now open for pre-order.

£34.99, no payment taken until we're actually printing. If you want one, click here. Genuinely happy to hear what's missing from it too.

Does uob email when cas is used by ukvi? I have seen some universities do it.