University generally is very good and I really enjoy the fact that the city life is very good and the campus of the uni is located in the heart of the city making it very easy to commute. Also I have made a lot of friends and the lecures are very interesting.

Given the circumstances, I would say I have had a great experience in my first year. I lived in halls which meant I was able to meet some people and be involved in the Edinburgh community. I think the university’s ability to teach online also increased throughout the year. In semester 1 it was quite disappointing and there were a lot of problems across all 3 of my courses, but by semester 2 this has massively improved and I felt I was benefiting from good quality teaching

I didn’t have much access to them, but the library spaces were all great. They adapted well to COVID and turned a lot of classroom buildings into extra library space which could all be booked through an app

I was very lucky to have a great personal tutor/academic advisor who was super helpful. I worked with the student counselling service in semester one and they were not great, the counsellor made me feel uncomfortable and the wait times were bad. I also caught covid in this time so had to reschedule some appts which was hard to do

I have only had the experience of online learning so cant speak for in person. First semester it was honestly very bad, “tutorials” were non-compulsory discussion boards which no one did, and there was no contact with tutors. Lectures were prerecorded but good quality. In semester two, tutorials were on a call, and part of your grade (1% for every one you attend) and the lectures were live. Tutorials were far far better and I really enjoyed them. I preferred live lectures because it forced me to go to them rather than procrastinating, but that’s just personal preference, as the previous prerecorded lectures were also great quality

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