Overall, my academic experience has been really good. Lectures are interesting and varied, I have a lot of support, etc. However, my overall living experience has been a bit lacking. While my accommodation is really lovely, I'm a city girl and the countryside is really wearing on me. It's too quiet for my liking!

Sometimes you'll be invited to course-related lectures on work placements and volunteering opportunities, and you can book classes with people in the Career Zone to go over your CV/set up a LinkedIn account/apply for jobs/etc. and they're all extremely helpful. Really, the emphasis is on 'you get what you work for' and the uni won't hand you employability opportunities on a plate but will definitely offer support for finding your own and making sure you're attractive to employers.

Lecturers are extremely passionate about their subjects, and each one has their own quirk that people make jokes about! Lectures themselves tend to be well organised, though there aren't many opportunities for interacting with the lecturer due to the size of the classes (240 people in biosciences means that the lecturer will very rarely know the names of anyone and they don't have much time for talking to you after a lecture). My course itself hasn't developed much from the generic stuff that everyone else is doing, as they're still getting everyone up to the same level of basic biological knowledge, but we've had a separate module on Human Sciences which was extremely interesting and gave us more of a chance to see what we were getting ourselves into.

The students' union is huge at the Penryn campus because it's made up of both Falmouth uni and Exeter uni. You're more than likely to find something you're into, whether you do prior research or wander around at the Freshers' Fayre during Freshers' Week. Events tend to be well organised, usually through individual facebook pages, and if they're paid events, you usually get a membership discount. If the union doesn't have something you're into, it's really easy to make your own society.

I'm studying at the Penryn Campus (in Cornwall) so the vast majority of first-year students live in Glasney Student Village (which is right on campus) or the Sidings (which is about a 10 minute walk from campus). I'm currently living in Glasney Student Village, and my room is extremely nice (it was recently built and was refurbished the summer before I arrived). Halls are shared between Exeter and Falmouth University, so most people end up with and even split of Exeter and Falmouth students - the ratio in my flat is 3:5, Exeter to Falmouth. Every single ensuite room has a double bed, a desk, a closet and an ensuite bathroom containing a shower, sink, and toilet. While the cost for living in these halls is pretty high, the quality is excellent and there's 24 hour support if something is wrong/falling apart/you locked yourself out. The kitchens are well equipped, though some people only have 1 fridge (we have 2) and some flats have larger TVs than others.

Since the Penryn Campus is only a few years old, facilities are excellent - the library is large and they're constantly listening to our feedback (for example, we asked for more study spaces and they built more over Christmas), wifi is really good (except when it cuts out - but that's Cornwall for you!), there's a huge range of places to go if you need help or advice, the Stannary is excellent and runs great events, etc.

Don't go to this uni if you're a clubbing kind of person. There's only two clubs in the closest town, Falmouth, and they're not great. Pubs and bars are plentiful but again, not amazing. The closest city is Truro, and it hardly counts as a city. I do most of my shopping online now. And - disaster! - the closest Nando's is in Plymouth!!!!!!

Extremely well-organised, huge range to choose from, you often get student discounts for paid classes.

Every student gets assigned to a tutor class when they arrive - my tutor hasn't been the most useful, and they don't cover very useful things. However, there's a second-year student mentor scheme, where second-year students are assigned to your tutor class and they organise weekly meetings to discuss whatever you want, be it housing or reports. Personal support is great, there's a huge range of places to go to ask for help, and if they don't know the answer, they can tell you where to go. Counselling is free if you need it.

Love the course, the area and the campus

I feel very confident about my job prospects

Engaging lecturers, interesting modules

Very useful

More library space

Lots of variety