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What an amazing place to study. The library is 24/7 and it such a great space to work from. I go for a run on the beach every morning,...
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What an amazing place to study. The library is 24/7 and it such a great space to work from. I go for a run on the beach every morning, shower, do some work and then enjoy all that Swansea has to offer. What a life ay! The nightlife is awesome too with something for everyone and the new Swansea arena means there's constantly big gigs and concerts coming to the city. If I could do another four years here I would and I may just find a job here too. All my lectures and mentors were awesome too with always time for me when I needed them. The biggest thing I would say is that the Bay Campus, whilst spectacular, is a bit out of the way and I found the busses a pain when I first lived there. But now I live closer to Singleton campus and its much more practical. Honestly, I can't recommend Swansea enough to anyone.
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My Psychology degree has been engaging and interesting with a really broad range of topics. I think the biggest thing I would have liked, and this was perhaps more Covid effected, was more placements or out of class assignments. Psychology is such a people based subject and I had to go and get work with Mind and Samaritans independently alongside my studies to provide me with this understanding, when if this could be brought into the course then it would be damn near perfect.
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Swansea is an amazing place. Pretty much everything is walkable. And of course we have an amazing beach here that I go on most days. In those periods where we have hot weather (we do usually get at least three weeks!) it's genuinely like being abroad. Swansea on the whole is such a laid back and fun place and I'd recommend to anyone.
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From a physical room perspective, it's awesome. Lovely rooms and desks, WiFi good, toilets too. And a huge kitchen.
The bay campus however is so out of the way and I feel like you lose a lot of how amazing Swansea actually is by staying there to begin with.
Still it's a good base to begin and had good facilities.