First Year Induction 2022: Living in Cambridge by https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys Ask questions about living in Cambridge for our facilitators to answer in this final free-for-all Q&A session: feel free to ask about anything that is on your mind, whether this is food, transport, hair, culture, things to do! en-us 2022-09-14 10:59:25 UTC 2022-11-02 08:45:39 UTC hello@padlet.com ze213 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2296140246 How do I get around in Cambridge?]]> 2022-09-14 11:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2296140246 ze213 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2296140505 Where's a good place to get groceries?]]> 2022-09-14 11:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2296140505 ze213 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2296153429 How did you fill your free time in the town?]]> 2022-09-14 11:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2296153429 What's the best coffee place in town? https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2296156340 2022-09-14 11:18:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2296156340 how do buses work?? https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298481144 2022-09-15 15:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298481144 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298484243 Where is the best hairdressers to go to for Afro hair? ]]> 2022-09-15 15:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298484243 Do you have to buy a gown before you arrive? https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298485938 2022-09-15 15:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298485938 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298490190 I'm going to Homerton college which is on the outskirts of Cambridge. I just wanted to check how reliable public transport is? ]]> 2022-09-15 15:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298490190 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298490400 Are there any dress codes when it comes to what you wear to lectures/supervisions/placements etc especially when it comes to hair?]]> 2022-09-15 15:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298490400 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298491280 Is it worth getting a bike?

]]> 2022-09-15 15:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298491280 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298492291 Are there cheap storage options as opposed to bringing everything back home with you at the end of each term]]> 2022-09-15 15:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298492291 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298492728 Does Cambridge have a carnival? ]]> 2022-09-15 15:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298492728 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298493321 Are soceities only college based or are there whole university ones?

]]> 2022-09-15 15:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298493321 Transport ze213 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298494296 How do I get around the town?]]> 2022-09-15 15:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298494296 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298495484 How many soceities does 1 person join?

]]> 2022-09-15 15:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298495484 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298496185 Where is the fresher's fair? ]]> 2022-09-15 15:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298496185 Meals https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298496400 Do you mainly cook for yourself or buy food from the buttery? ]]> 2022-09-15 15:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298496400 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298496587 Is there a place to keep bikes in the uni if you choose to bring one?]]> 2022-09-15 15:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298496587 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298496931 Are the self-catering kitchens often crowded?]]> 2022-09-15 15:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298496931 What do you actually take in terms of clothes? https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298497072 2022-09-15 15:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298497072 How's the nightlife? Is there range in music, are the clubs only good on event nights etc https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298497113 2022-09-15 15:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298497113 Are there any good barbers that would be able to trim me up in Cambridge? https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298497699 2022-09-15 15:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298497699 do you have to pay to join societies? https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298497854 2022-09-15 15:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298497854 accomodation https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298497856 How do you guys find it having to move out of your accomodation every term? Do you have any tips to deal with it?]]> 2022-09-15 15:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298497856 How do you organise course materials? https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298499235 2022-09-15 15:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298499235 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298500255 best places to eat in Cambridge?]]> 2022-09-15 15:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298500255 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298500744 Any recommended eating places?]]> 2022-09-15 15:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298500744 is the uni demographic reflective of the city/town or is the student population as 'diverse' as it gets? https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298501501 2022-09-15 15:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298501501 Do you have to buy your own labcoat and safety spectacles before you arrive for STEM courses https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298503963 2022-09-15 15:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298503963 Finance https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298508042 Should we bring money from home to survive the first week before student finance kicks in? If so, how much?]]> 2022-09-15 15:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298508042 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298508182 Do you mainly cook your own meals or utilise the cafeteria? ]]> 2022-09-15 15:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298508182 How is the catered food? It would be great if you could detail across colleges if possible https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298508472 2022-09-15 15:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298508472 How often are there formal events and do you always have to pay? If so, will being unable to go affect one's social life? https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298512490 2022-09-15 15:26:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298512490 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298520323 What are the different ways people can make money since you can't actually work]]> 2022-09-15 15:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298520323 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298520964 are you allowed visitors and if yes can they stay over and for how long?]]> 2022-09-15 15:31:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298520964 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298525938 Do you have to buy tickets for fresher's events?]]> 2022-09-15 15:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298525938 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298531214 does anyone know if Fitz has freezers in the accom. I've heard some access don't and i'm stressed. Also is it obnoxious to label your things when putting them in communal fridges and freezers.TYSM!]]> 2022-09-15 15:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298531214 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298541609 Are libraries open 24hrs?]]> 2022-09-15 15:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298541609 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298545730 Any budgeting/time management tips?]]> 2022-09-15 15:44:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298545730 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298547532 Are the bicycle routes easy to navigate for people who have never used a bike on the road before?]]> 2022-09-15 15:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298547532 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298548158 Where are some nice places to study in town?]]> 2022-09-15 15:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298548158 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298554336 What happens during Matriculation and can you wear your prom dress for the formal wear? ]]> 2022-09-15 15:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298554336 ACS https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298558285 How do we join ACS]]> 2022-09-15 15:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298558285 https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298560762 Can you take food from the cafeteria?]]> 2022-09-15 15:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298560762 how many people would typically share a kitchen? https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298564977 2022-09-15 15:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298564977 how to handle being a minority student in your course specifically https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298572274 2022-09-15 15:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ze213/lxozc118ud9czeys/wish/2298572274