There are lovely people and societies/sports are done well. My main issue is that as my course is interdisciplinary, my department has to be Philosophy, History and Interdisciplinary Studies, even though the majority of my modules are Sociology and Criminology. It made it a lot harder to meet people as in the welcome week I didn’t meet a single person on my course (at department events).

They have made lots of improvements to our timetabling making it fewer, longer days rather than each class being very spread out in the week. My personal tutor has changed 3 times but I only met one of them, in the first month or so of first year.

The university is so diverse and has something for everyone, and if you can not find anything that you like the student union are open for you to go to and talk to and will do their best to cater to you! The Colchester campus is near reservations so the greenery, ducks and occasional deer than wonder onto campus makes it feel surreal, I also love seeing all the dog walkers come into campus. Every Thursday there is a market on site with a variety of goodies, there is definitely something for everyone. If there is any other issues, lecturers, especially personal tutors, are quick to reply and help find solutions. You’ll never feel alone!

My course is so informative and has given me so many opportunities, it’s shown me many topics I never knew existed and I’ve met so many lecturers who have amazing career choices outside of teaching. I find it inspiring when being taught by a female CEO of a company which is working towards better health care for women, it is empowering and inspires me to work harder in my course. The only thing I have taken an issue with is the lack of real ‘human biology’ on my course, there was one anatomy unit in my first year and first term and that has been it. I would have preferred if this course for human biology included more human biology. I also feel the biomed students have more human biology than people on my course.