My experience so far has been great; the university works well in all its different elements. The students union for example are fantastic and there is ample amounts of support.

The libraries are well equipped and the sports facilities are great but expensive.

STYCs (Second and Third Year Contacts) for freshers and college tutors to help out houses with living together.

They are great, all the officers are really approachable and friendly, and they organised and subsidise great events as well.

I like to wander around as it is such a pretty place.

I am a member of the debating and football society.

I like the democratic-politics seminars and debating.

I have not really thought about it.

The accommodation is pretty expensive but relatively good valuecompared to other on-campus accommodation; its new, has large rooms and is sociable.

The student support is amazing at both an educational and pastoral level, lecturers and module conveners aim to strive for excellence. Student services and academic mentors also help students to live comfortably and in accordance with their studies. The worst aspects of the uni experience are probably the difficulties associated with independence, adjusting to a different life than at home with less instructions and co-ordination with caregivers. Additionally, adjusting from an A Level/Vocational level study to university study can be difficult. However, those can be managed with help from others at uni.

The best aspects of my course is the teaching method with lectures and lectures led discussions helping to facilitate understanding and knowledge, which compose around 8 hours a week. My course is highly connected with the interdisciplinary fields of social science and so seminars which are around 2 hours a week help to contextualise the taught content within a wider educational context.

Our halls are very unique in the aspect that they are not located on West or East campus but just off West. As a result, the halls allow for residents to develop a good relationship due to the separate location, additionally it is a true reflection of the pictured “student life “. The part which I dislike the most may be that to get to the hall you have to walk across a path which has little lighting and as a result at night it can feel unsafe.