Fashion - BA (Hons)

Northumbria University, Newcastle

The facilities are quite modern and receive updated amenities every year. Some areas can do with some repairs or renovations.

Concerning the worst aspects, due to my first year taking place during covid, all of my course was online. This meant we didn’t receive the hands on experience we were promised and when we came back to University when things were back to normal, we all struggled and it felt as though we were just being left behind. Extra sessions were given but at the most basic level of construction- meaning we didn’t gain the skills in these to be able to really push ourselves. Lecturers/ tutors really being empathetic towards us would have been a great benefit and more consideration towards our needs as a class would have been great. As a course, we have faced many setbacks and challenges due to facilities needed to complete work not being available to us when it was really needed and technicians being stretched to the limits has also haltered our progress within the course which has led to me feeling I haven’t been able to reach my own potential within my degree. The facilities and machinery we do have are great! It would be great if we were made aware of a lot of what we have that is available for us to use as many of us didn’t realise quite how much we have available to us.

Teachers and student support are there to help us and to make us succeed in our studies. The worst aspect of my university experience was during COVID-19 as I felt isolated as I am an international student.

I’ve studied at Northumbria uni for 6 years now and I’ve never had such a good time with an educational institute before then !! I studied for my foundation course, undergraduate course and my first master degree here and I am currently studying for my second masters degree here and I will be sad to be leaving after this year. Every single course I have been enrolled in from start to finish has included very helpful lecturers and student who are now friends of mine for life. There is a wide range of sports teams and societies in the uni that make uni life 100% better and I have been able to have had unique opportunities that I couldn’t have experienced anywhere else outside of these teams and societies. I have also been able to improve my cv skills and experience by being in committee roles for multiple sports teams over the years which also aided in my success for my degrees. Northumbria University is the perfect balance of amazing academic recognition alongside amazing results within sport and societies. I would recommend this uni to anyone looking for a little bit of everything during their degree, especially creative students !!

Fantastic. I am in my second year now and it is so much more independent than first year, which has been great but perhaps overwhelming. My course has been expensive which is a downside however the university helps where they can by giving cheap art and fabric websites