MPhil/PhD Sociology

University of Westminster, London

The best aspects are the inclusivity and support and in my opinion the worst aspect can be organisation of the timetable

I feel like if you make it so, you get your money’s worth. The teaching for my course personally is incredible - I have professors that are incredibly smart but have never made me feel like I am below them, and they have gone above and beyond to give us support. Westminster also has a very wide range of amazing services that you’d otherwise have to pay for. Counselling, legal aid, gym, every LinkedIn learning course that you can possibly think of, career coaching, opportunities to connect with employers and more. Most notably, something I have not seen any other university offer, Westminster Working Cultures, in which students apply for international trips funded by the university to learn about overseas working cultures and network. My trip was to Singapore, and it was quite literally a career turning point. There are so many extra things that you have access to as a student. The campus look and feel and location are great. I love walking to campus, and I think Westminster facilities are beautiful and professional. Modern but classic, well equipped and secure. For negatives, I can only really say that sometimes communication with departments is hard and slow. I have only had this experience twice. First with the IT department when my laptop broke down and I needed a long term laptop loan urgently as I had deadlines approaching. While it’s a good thing that whenever you have a problem as a student, the university has means to help you, it was a very slow process in an urgent situation. Second, the visa department. As an international student I needed urgent documents so I could get my VISA that took an extremely long time to deliver. I would have to phone every day at my 2-3 am and it still took so long that I was a month late to the course because I got my documents right on the deadline.

It is a nice place where many students study and work together. You can meet a lot of people and they help you for the future.

Nothing, the university had everything it had to offer. I value international experiences as well in which I was able to do through my university

I am still exploring but so far I had a great experience and there are a lot of opportunities for students which makes the university better than other universities

Best aspects is the opportunities provided through the uni via email. Improvements could be made with some updated technology as sometimes the boards don’t work