Social Psychology degrees

One of the university’s strengths is its location – the campus is situated on the outskirts of Norwich in a very green area surrounded by parks and woods. At the same time, it is only a 45-minute walk to the centre of Norwich. On the downside, accommodation costs are very high – £820 for a small room in a building dating from the 1960s-1970s with a small kitchen, shared by eight people who have access to just one full-size fridge and one mini-fridge.

The community feel at the university of York is wonderful. The campus is always buzzing with students and has so many nice areas outside to sit and chat or decompress between lectures. Sitting by the lake and watching the swans and ducks is one of my favourite places to eat lunch with friends. Overall, I've had a great experience with interesting lecturers and supportive supervisors for lab projects, and would recommend York to anyone looking for a welcoming, well-rounded and high quality education experience at University! Improvements could be made in the delivery of information between management and students, especially regarding the future of departments to ensure all students feel represented, respected and informed about the next stages of their teaching.

The student union at our University is amazing and very helpful, the social life is great too and both the SU and University have several events on throughout the week meaning there is something to do everyday. The accomodation on campus is lovely too and there are so many different options to suit different preferences, everybody I have met has loved their accomodation regardless of where they’re staying. I would say that some parts of campus are fairly rundown, a lot of main buildings are big square concrete buildings and so after time they discolour and look a bit worse for wear, some newer buildings like the Business School are absolutely gorgeous but I do find the majority of spaces could do with some refreshing. Additionally, the Albert Sloman library claims to be open 24 hours but that’s only true for I believe 4 out of 7 days which can make last minute work slightly difficult at times. The thing I would like to see improved the most at my University is the selection of cafes and restaurants. I find this to be the worst aspect of the uni because most of these places serve food that is either very unhealthy (I.e. fast fried food, pastries, pizzas etc) and honestly not all that appetising. When I compare it some of the campus food and drink facilities of other universities, they all seem to be very modern, on trend, healthy etc. and I think that Essex lacks that in some areas.