It is a uni city, so it is full of other students which is great for meeting people! Also, even though the campus is spread out, everything is within 10 - 15 mins from each other which is so helpful and really easy! There is also a uni bus which is free for university of Portsmouth students. There's not much that I think needs improving. The only thing I can think of is that there maybe should be more society events that don't involve alcohol. But other than that, it is a really great place to study! The staff are so helpful and there are so many things put in place to help students.

The course I'm on is fully in-class lessons only, which is good for the most part, but when you have 2 lessons in a day which are several hours apart, it can be an inconvenience. I think that there should be an online element once a week. The contact hours are good and all resources are put online too incase you need to go over them again or if you missed it. From my experience, the lecturers are friendly and will help as long as you ask!

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The support given to students is particularly good, being this in academic terms or IT problems, finance… The communication from the university is also something to congratulate, as they are on top of current issues (wars, cost of living, storms) and seem to be ready to act and help students in need. Some rooms specially in the basement in park building can get quite cold, specially the computer room next to the cafe, making it difficult to study there without a coat on. The cafe in park building seems to always be closed. People constantly go there to grab a coffee and it’s always closed, which is a bit annoying in comparison to the other buildings in the main compus, which have good choice of things and are always opened.

The course seems to be a little all over the place. Although it’s a languages course we don’t seem to have quite enough language specific module options. We have more linguistic modules which to be honest may sometimes look a bit random and useless. As for the course hours, everything is good. The lecturers are good communicators and respond quickly to emails.

I stayed in halls in the first year which was 2020, during the pandemic. For this reason I didn’t have the same experience as students may have now. I didn’t get access to all the rooms (study room, community room). So paying the full price then seemed a little unfair given the circumstances. Having security and reception at almost all times was nice.