International Foundation Year Social Sciences and Law

University of Sussex

Sussex uni is awesome! It's a nice, green, quiet campus. Just a 10 minute train journey away, or 25 minutes on bus, is Brighton city centre - an amazing city with a great beach. The uni offers lots of support for students e.g. for wellbeing and also support for disabled students. Every student is assigned a personal academic tutor who is the same person for the entirety of your degree and who writes any references for you. I love my Law (LLB) Hons course, it's super interesting, relevant and practical e.g for pursuing a career in law. I get emails all the time about opportunities and events specifically for law students, focused on careers and employability. Teaching is great, lectures and seminars, are great. Every lecture is recorded so if you can't make or just want to watch it back it's really useful. Staff really want you to do well and will always endeavour to help or answer any questions / concerns you have. We have access to all the resources for every module and reading lists, on a platform called Canvas which is super handy and neat and tidy - everything is in one place.

I believe the University of Sussex is a great place to study because it offers unique courses like mine (Law with American Studies). This allowed me to take a unforgettable year abroad in America. The lecturers are friendly, and always provide help when needed. I have also made many friends that will last a lifetime. Another thing that attracted me to Sussex was its location in Brighton. Brighton is a bright place to live, the summers are the best spent by the beach! To improve Sussex, I would update the library. In comparison to the student centre, the library lacks a kitchen, and better lighting. I would also like for the Jubilee lecture hall to have plugs installed, as lectures can be long, and there have been instances where I have had to leave after my laptop ran out of charge.

The tutors are qualified and supportive. But the materials they provide for reading is too lengthy. One cannot read that much stuff in a week

Sussex is extremely accommodating, I spent my entire undergraduate years as a sussex student and throughly enjoyed my experience which is why I later chose to stay for my LLM

The best aspect are the many societies which ensure it is a good place to meet new friends. The 'worst' aspect is probably how packed the busses and trains to university are, although that's probably not something the university can do much about.