The campus is situated in a beautiful area of Norwich, mixing the rural with the city. The brutalist architecture takes some getting used to and isn't very appealing. Norwich is a lovely city but the bus links between UEA and the city are quite unreliable and going outside of Norwich is much more difficult (and expensive!) than it should be. The support services available at UEA are widespread in what they offer and do provide a great service to those who need it, though there are often waiting lists to access some services.

There a few contact hours on my course, but I found this bittersweet. The obvious benefits of this are that you are better able to develop independent study skills and explore your own areas of interest. On the other hand, those that are expecting / desire a high level of contact hours will be disappointed by the amount that is given. The teaching is primarily in person via seminars, workshops and lectures, with occasional guest speakers and online sessions. I find that they are very helpful in understanding the content and provide a relaxed non-judgemental environment to ask questions. The online sessions I find less effective due to the format and feel that they are almost unnessecary for my course.

Expensive location but very chilled area. Large rooms with little "pod" ensuite bathrooms. Good choice for first year accom if you're okay with a low noise environment.

UEA’s student support is easily the strongest thing it has going for it, which is incredibly important. Their wellbeing support and SIZ are both phenomenal and the staff I’ve interacted with are all genuinely good, kind people that care about the students. UEA’s brutalist architecture is, well, brutally ugly, but Earlham Hall and its surrounding area absolutely beautiful. The library archives are also amazing. The union constantly has events going on, and they keep you very updated via Instagram so it’s easy to find things to get excited about.

All modules so far have been incredibly interesting, even the required first year subjects. Module conveyors clearly work hard to make required reading as accessible as possible, with a lot of the books being available online. I do also wish more lectures were recorded and put online, as some modules do this but others don’t, and it’s very convenient to be able to look back on a lecture to process information at your own pace. I’ve definitely had a couple modules where the workload seems to be far surpassing what they should be giving us, but overall they pace the workload out well.

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