At York St John everything is so accessible. The teaching is supportive and encourages us to share opinions and discuss theories and research. Outside of the classroom, support is in place both regarding studies and personal development, with wellbeing support for students and 1 to 1 tutorials with lecturers. The facilities are available to all students and are useful for academic and personal use. The student life at university is well supported by the students Union, with support in place for societies to operate independently whilst having structure from student union staff and promoting a social life aside from the academic community at university.

My course is taught in-class, promoting contact time with lecturers and other students. As I am in 3rd year, the contact hours have reduced slightly to allow time for independent research and learning. However,this encourages us to research outside of the course content and prepare for dissertation research in second semester. It is relatively easy to contact lecturers with questions and concerns on the course and many 1 to 1 tutorials and drop ins are available to support personal development and understanding of the course content.

I liked the honely feel of Limes Court, living in a house with other students was a comfortable adjustment into university life. The halls were great value for money and included all bills for a great price compared to high prices in York. Unfortunately, there were very few washing machines and dryers for the amount that would use them and could've used more available. Also, the lack of living space did have an impact on my mental health and mood at times and it would be nice to include some living space aside from the kitchen.

Best aspects : 1. the friends that I’ve made 2. the location, the city of york is beautiful and has so much to offer 3. because the uni is quite small compared to other universities, you get to know your lecturers well and your classed as a person not a number The only thing that I was unsure of during my first year- I was unsure about how effective my course was going to be at helping me achieve things in life - but I realised that this course has so much to offer and it has a wide range of skills involved so I can use this whatever I decide to do in the future. I have grown to love my course and all the avenues that it can offer.

The course consists of 3 modules per semester which have 3 hours of contact time (so 9 overall in the week) Some modules have a 2 hour lecture and 1 hour seminar, some are just 3 hours. Some are split into 1.5 hours. - depends on the module. All of the lecturers are available and happy to help at all times, you can always speak to them after the contact hours or at a time that suits you. They are fantastic at replying to emails and happy to book tutorials if you need extra help. The first year of my course included a mixture of compulsory and optional modules. This meant that some of the modules were chosen for us and some we could chose between options. In the second semester I got given the choice of learning British Sign Language or learn about world English - I chose BSL I am now in year 2 and all of my modules apart from 1 are optional. We got given around 9 options for the year and had to pick 5 as one of the modules in semester 2 is compulsory (placement) I got all of my first options and I am really enjoying them. Because of the nature of this course, you can make it your own and you get out of it what you put in which I really love. I have chosen my modules based on the topics I enjoy and think that i have a future in and that’s what I love about my course

The location was fantastic, right in the centre of town and not too far from uni. The place was safe and had good amenities like a laundry facility. The laundry facilities were often broken and you had to pay to use them which was expensive and annoying. My room and bathroom was a good size and the communal area was good. Sometimes problems weren’t fixed with the urgency that they required but I understand that the maintenance have a lot of problems. The wifi was ok but I ended up using my data for most of the year as sometimes it randomly crashed - this was nothing to do with the university as it was a separately run company but the university kept us up to date when there was an issue. I did this that the accommodation was a bit too expensive and they have put the price up again this year so it is now overpriced.