MA Musical Theatre

University of Chichester

I love this uni. It’s great! What I love so much about it is how close your course is. With each year consisting of very few students you really become a family whereas, other universities you rarely even speak to people on the same course as you! The student life is good but it can be a bit dull due to the lack of student based businesses in Chichester and Bognor meaning that for anything ‘trendy’ you are expected to travel to Portsmouth or the surrounding areas. What I don’t love is the accommodation. The uni has two main off-site accomodations in Chichester and both are not nice places to live. Whilst Fishbourne has better facilities, it is a cold, dire place to live. Stockbridge on the other hand has stained carpets, showers in which you press a button for 30s of water at a time, and tiny kitchens. I am particularly disappointed in the accommodation manager, when I reported a flatmate for aggressive and threatening behaviour and asked not to be identified, he promptly told the flatmate about what I had said. This issue desperately needs to be sorted out. Overall, particularly in the Conservatoire, the uni has been dealing with some big budget cuts causing certain courses to become essentially obsolete and just made to keep funding up. This is really disappointing as it means students are being admitted to a course that wont utilise their talents therefore not preparing them for the industry that they are desperate to enter.

Best is the facilities and standard of teaching Worst is the the SU management of things and some of the people can be nasty

Student support, whilst well advertised, is mainly advertised by posters or spam collective emails. It would be nice for academic advisors to sponsor the support and help and offer options, as well as maybe a more decorated social media presence surrounding support. The Student Union too, is well advertised and has events which cater to those who predominantly drink. I reckon the implementation of a social club ,perse, avoiding alcohol, and more activities or taster days introducing students to new and exciting skills could be beneficial to overall mental health and wellbeing for a vast majority of the student body. In addition, I think communication could be better. A lot of assessments, criteria and procedures seem to be in a grey area. And that’s at no fault of the lecturers, a large amount of it is because the wording of briefs can be ambiguous or interpreted in a misleading light. But for the most part Chichester is an amazing university to be a part of. The student body is thriving, social life is incredible and it’s a treat to study here. I wouldn’t have chosen anywhere else. Of course there are areas for improvement, but that’s a matter of opinion over fact.

The location and how peaceful it is. The community built in each course. The free rooms that you can book to rehearse any time you want. More student support with housing and things for student life not just university life.

Traveling from london is hard later at night Contact hours have been a bit all over the place and theres not enough discipline and feedback Other than that, my skills have grown and I am quite happy here