MA Design Communication: Illustration

Bristol, UWE

UWE was one of my options when it came to studying arts. The first time I went to the university was to have a small tour and get to know the career I was interested in better. The people who received me that day were very nice to me; they answered all my questions and gave me enough information to know about the facilities and the course I was going to apply to. As an art student, I do not study on the main campus but in the art one. I really like the facilities there and all the campus has to offer when it comes to workshops and materials for art students. I think what I like the most about the campus is the little art shop they offer us, where we can find all kinds of resources we might need throughout the year; along with this, they offer very good prices you cannot normally get in an art shop. The only thing I find a bit complex to understand at times is the way the schedules are managed since they tend to change, but they normally warn you about this change on the other platform that the university uses. The bad thing is that this app does not really send you notifications at times, so there are times one gets confused. Taking all this into account, the university is managed correctly. I really like all the different things they offer to us, from workshops to student support.

It’s nice that it provides a very supporting and welcoming environment for artist from all around the world to get to create art together. The community is very friendly and the resources available are abundant. The students here usually have very diverse backgrounds and experiences so getting to meet them here is very nice and eye opening. I like how people are usually very open minded and kind.

Great facilities and staff but booking to work in area is very slow. If you can only do one step of a project a week it is very hard to make progress in the project

It is a great place to get to know new people and get new experiences. A lot of events are taken on campus and many more that are outside in the city are easy to get to know. Library being open almost 24/7 is super useful for the days off your lectures when you need to find a Mindspace to get the work done. A lot of support is coming from everywhere - course tutors, personal emails, staff and students on campus and the UWE Website as well as SU Website. It is a bit inconvenient in its location as for me, but would probably not be such a big issue for people who live in the centre of Bristol, as there are many buses that to my campus from there.