Film and Journalism (Including Year Abroad) - BA (Hons)

University of Essex

The best aspects would be how nice and respectful the student body is, the size of the campus you could never get bored of it and how peaceful the campus and university accommodation area is. Aspects I think could be improved on is cleanliness initiatives to educate students on why it is important be clean and keep areas clean

The professors on my course are great and passionate about going the extra mile to connect us with contacts and opportunities. Some of the uni facilities and the general look of the uni could be modernised.

The diversity with the international students and also the student union, there is always stuff going in the daytime and night-time activities. The campus feels quite united there's always a familiar face or a chance to get to know more people. The worst parts would be the support with assignments, most of my classes I feel supported and if needing any help the lecturer will do everything they can to help. But there have been two that are not helpful at all so maybe more module feedback so the university can see this through reflection feedback. Also, the weekends on campus I understand people go home but most of us stay and there is nothing on the campus is like a ghosttown because theres not one single thing to do.

To keep things short, the best parts are how green and open the campus is, how approachable the staff and those offering help are, and the variety of societies to take part in. The bad parts were the lack of specific communication for the events in the welcome week in the autumn term (dates and times were changed short notice or just not specified), how there is only one societies fair at the start of the autumn term (i understand why that is but for me who was too busy and overwhelmed in the autumn term to join a society, it’s hard to feel like I’d be welcomed into a society by this late point), and the lack of uniformity between lecturers (some use resources like mylab while others solely use moodle. It would be more helpful if they all used mylab).

Student life and the facilities are great in my opinion. I like how the campus looks and is easy to navigate. The shop prices could be more student friendly however.