PhD Geography

Queen Mary University of London

Professors and staff are more than happy with give advice and feedback on work and take student feedback into great consideration when adjusting modules. There are plenty of nice study spaces on campus and being next to a canal and nearby parks makes the atmosphere calm and peaceful despite it being in the centre of London. Being a short journey to central london make society socials super fun and gives access to a wide variety of activities without affecting the study spaces of the university. There are frequent events run by the SU and the university itself. Study spaces on campus can fill up quickly and become loud during busy days and the same is seen in social spaces making it harder for commuting students to stay on campus.

Best aspect is the diversity and inclusivity of the university and the support from students and staff in the school of geography The structure of the degrees could be better and the essay support more to help with assignments

The main things I love about QM are its campus and community feel. I love how much effort has been put into the campus to make it a very accessible and comfortable space. The staff and students are also really friendly, particularly those that provide services for other students (e.g Advice and Counselling, SU). I really love how this creates such a community and brings a lot of people together. As well as that, QM is super diverse in terms of background (i.e past education, low income etc.) and culture which makes it feel really inclusive and friendly. Some things that could be improved is the culture of the students' union and works on campus. Although there are always many events and things, there isn't as much excitement and passion about the union and societies. Many societies don't run as many events as I thought they would (joining in September as a first year) and a lot of people don't feel motivated to take leading roles within them. I think this could be improved by creating more of an atmosphere around the SU to make people more passionate and motivated. Also, there are a lot of works occurring on campus at the moment which will be great in the future (I have definitely benefited from improved facilities that have completed refurbishment prior to coming here/while I've been here) but it can be a bit loud (particularly living on campus) and disruptive, but this is minor and unavoidable!