The quality of teaching has been very high and I feel supported in my academic interests. Teaching staff are always on hand to help if you have any questions or queries. Dundee is a friendly and welcoming city in general and it's not easy to be lonely here. If you go out and try new things, you'll quickly start to recognise some of the faces you walk past on the street. It won't feel like a city full of strangers for long! While it's relatively quick and easy to find friends though, you might find the Union is a bit lacking when it comes to student experience. More could, and should, be done to make it a comfortable and relaxing place for students. The only amusements we have are a couple of snooker tables which seem to be gradually disappearing. The Union could be doing with creating a new area for students to just chill and hang out in.

Most lecturers respond to emails impeccably quickly if you have any questions that need answering. Generally, I cannot fault any lecturers or classes at all. I have found my course a lot of fun and extremely enjoyable. If I have ever been disappointed, it is due to a lack of resources and module choices, which has sadly occurred due to the University's lack of funding in the Humanities department.

I didn't stay in Halls for long as I opted to return home due to complications caused by Covid. However, there was always someone on hand to fix anything that was wrong with the flat and it was clear that safety was a top priority. Your time in Halls probably won't be your favourite part of uni life, as you'll make more friends through your course and the societies you join, but I couldn't fault the residence I stayed in. The washing machines were Circuit Laundry though, and Circuit Laundry will always be Circuit Laundry.

The library is probably my favourite place on campus because they have specific rooms for studying where there is silence so you can choose to either sit out in the main areas and study with your friends or have some peace and quiet to yourself so you can really focus. It's very well stocked too and for anything that isn't there, you can talk to a member of staff and get it ordered in for you. I think the only bad thing I can think of is the peer pressure to drink. I personally choose not to because I don't enjoy it but a lot of events seem to centre around getting tipsy and having a good time. One thing that has made this a bit better for me is the introduction of mocktails into one of the bars at the Union (if they have the ingredients in that is). I feel that while alcohol is very central to a lot of people's uni experience, there are still quite a few people to who it doesn't apply to like myself, maybe some for religious reasons, maybe some who are still underage. I just think alternatives should be promoted just as much.

I really enjoy being able to explore my ideas creatively. It's been quite hard doing very academic subjects for such a long time because I feel like my creativity has been stifled. Thankfully, my creative writing classes have finally come up this year as a choice and I took them eagerly. I really like the continuous assessment instead of exams because it works really well with my learning style. My only criticism of online lectures would be making them available in different formats. When it's just a blank screen with a voice talking over it I cannot in any way pay attention because there's nothing on the screen for my brain to latch on to. So the "podcast" format doesn't work for me. Having presentation slides would work a lot better. Or even just the lecture transcript so I could read through it at my own pace.

Very good value for money. Nice sized room with my own private bathroom and shower. Nice views too. The only downsides were mainly caused by the people. The walls and ceilings are rather thin so you can hear an awful lot of potentially scarring things. There needs to be a better way of allocating flatmates because I swear I picked to live with people who were clean and tidy and they were anything but. We had fruit flies. Multiple times. And it was never my fault because I was never the person who would leave raw chicken out on the countertops or mouldy dishes in the sink for days on end. So yes. The flat was brilliant but the people were questionable.