I love that everything at Brunel is on one site meaning that all my lectures, my accomodation, the shops, the cafes, the library etc. are all in one campus. It makes it so much easier to balance my work and social life. It could maybe be improved by providing more communal areas in the accomodation halls other than the kitchen? such as a study space/social space. However, there's many places to meet and hang out on campus so this isn't a huge issue.

Now that it is post-covid, my lessons are all taught in person. However, all lectures are recorded and able to be viewed online if you aren't able to attend or if you would like to revisit the lesson. The lectures are usually 2 hours long and you always get a break half way through. Lecturers are always available via email if you need to ask them anything.

There is onsite 24/7 security and the university is one of the most diverse university's that I have been to with many international students. The university also offers part time jobs specficially for students such as student ambassador roles on campus where you get paid the same amount as you would with off campus part time jobs.

I love that the halls are all on the same campus so it's easy to get to lectures. It takes about 5 minutes for me to walk to my lecture centre. Most rooms on campus also have an ensuite so we only have to share a kitchen. We get weekly cleaning, daily trash collections and the maintenance are always onhand on weekdays if you have any issues with your room.

Campus is really enjoyable to walk around.

For one of my modules, the fundamentals of social science, I have felt that the support was weak. I also felt as though I could have been just as productive, if not more so at home. Lectures need to be fulfilling, and I don't feel as though this was the case for this module. The lecturers are lovely however. I did find this module particularly difficult as texts we were asked and suggested to read were quite old and complex, unlike anything I had read before for A Levels. I also felt like these texts weren't particularly relevant to my course, but this may however be because the module is designed to fit many courses from anthropology to geography to media and communications and so on and so forth. I understand that there needs to be foundations before jumping into more relevant content, but I do not see how this would benefit me, except from writing skills. For my other module, culture, society, and media, I heavily enjoyed this. This module was much more specific to my course and therefore more interesting. I felt like the assessments set were much more productive and useful such as a reflective diary. I also felt as though class discussions were more useful in terms of using the discussions for support in essays. The lecturers were much more approachable, I found myself meeting with and having one on one discussions with these lecturers. This may however have been for the reason of a smaller class compared to my other module. Overall, I feel as though how to work around Brunel's resources (where resources will be uploaded, where to submit assignments, etc) was not communicated clearly. I would like more time in university.. the first year is vital for integration and individuals on my course are only in for the first two days of the week. As someone who commutes daily, this is not too useful for integration. Even if perhaps one more day, this would be more suitable. Contact hours for the majority of staff are good, I receive responses in an appropriate amount of time.