The University of Kent

Freshers week at Kent begins with moving in weekendd which typically occurs over Saturday and Sunday. This weekend is full of new students moving into halls or returning students moving into private accommodations. Freshers week has lots of events such as vensday, freshers ball, and the most important being NXT. Freshers week is always packed and you need to get to events early to get in as I waited over 2 hours once to get into NXT during freshers week only to leave after being fed up from waiting that long. Overall freshers weeek is a good experience for new students as it's an opportunity to get to know campus and make lots of friends.

Moving in was really well organized, there was a lot of help around and it was easy to get instructions on where to go. There were a lot of events during freshers week, sone I found really good and others not. I wish there were more events during the day because I was mostly very bored during the day, maybe I just didn't recieve information about day time events. Meeting people was quite easy at these events also because there's drinkibg involved, however I do not speak to most of the people I met during freshers. I had fun and met nice people but a whole week is too much it was really boring and monotone at the end.

The move in was easy with marshals there to help you and guide you around campus however not a lot of events for all types of music during freshers For the little events that went it was quite expensive, especially compared to other uni and what they had, ie special guests

Freshers week is a well marketed but poorly thought our programme. The fair is excellent as there is something for everyone and plenty of enticing freebies. However, more events and socials organised are focused around clubbing and alcohol consumption which is not productive or enjoyed by everyone - and moreover causes pressured students to give into an overpowering alcohol culture. The “K-pass” - even when bought at the early bird price - is hardly worth buying, as it encourages people to attend every on-campus night club event to make the total payment worthwhile. Yet, at that point, little time is focused on academics or on societies outside of drinking and clubbing to make your spend on the pass back. When moving into my accommodation, there was no help except from the flatmates I met on the day.

It’s great for people who want to drink Alchol however for those who don’t drink alchol it is not very enjoyable I’d say. They should have extra activities for those. This will enable students like myself to meet more people and actually enjoy myself in that environment

Not many clubs in the area hard to get a variety of places to go on a night out. However everyone seemed really social. Just wish I could’ve had a different club since they were always packed and playing the same music

Freshers week is average. If you have good flatmates then it is fine, but if not you are in for a loooooong week. The first week of uni is all about meeting new people and it takes a while to find your feet let alone your people. The events are the same year in year out, so once you done it first year, you definitely wouldn't be in a rush to go back second or third year.

It was ok, there wasn't a wide variety of events for freshers. They were all kinda the same. The move in helpers were extremely kind and helpful. There should be more events for academic schools.

Lots of evening activities but all he’s ily focussed around drinking and little to do during the day