The best aspects of my experience have been the student union’s societies which provided a great way to meet new people and really enhanced my student experience on campus. I also enjoyed the wide range of facilities on campus, including study rooms, library and the cafe’s and shops within the campus itself. The worst aspects of my uni experience would be the over-reliance on online teaching. It really impacts my learning and removes the interactivity that is important when learning more practical things in Computer Science. I would also say that the food and products in campus can be expensive at times when compared to other places in the area.

The first year of my course was taught completely online which negatively impacted its value. There was minimal hands on demonstrations for modules that would’ve benefited from them. This year has been much better. All my lectures are in the morning and tutorials in the afternoon. The teachers who run our tutorials are good at explaining and breaking down the content that we cover in the lectures. Sometimes we cover more practical things related to our coursework in these tutorials. Overall, the quality of the modules largely varies from the lecturer who prepares our content. Some are very well explained and have a good balance of theory and practical work whilst others rely largely on the extra reading.

I liked how the comp sci dept had its own common room. Very useful to get help from ither students

The lectures could be very lengthy and hard to follow. If you missed one bit of code you could be lost for the rest of the lecture. The tutorials were amazing they were super beneficial