-Students union is lacking - not much if you’re looking for a good club but the stags is a good social spot and good events on. - Getting mental health support seems fairly impossible as so many people trying to use it Overall great place to get a degree

-Intense degree -lots of coursework/homework every week but they are small percent of grade -all in person lectures and good lecturers

-takes while to get issues fixed -Free bus pass first year helpful -big park nearby

The best part is probably the library. It has a lot of resources and academic supporting you need it. Also the content of the course personally is very interesting. The worst part at the moment is that the heating in some lectures halls is up way too high which makes classes very unpleasant. I emailed support about it but they said to ask my lecturer but he doesn't have control over it so I was just led in circles really. Also getting support can be quite challenging in the first place.

The course has some very interesting content (if you like physics) but it does vary and sometimes seems needlessly complex. There are also very boring module especially in first year. The lecturers vary quite a lot; some are very engaging and make the physics more interesting while others will just read off the slides. I personally haven't heard anything from the uni about internships or placements but the information is around on the website (I think) you just have to find it yourself. The absolute worst part of the course is the lab sessions. They made me completely miserable in first year. They were boring, stressful, had no structure and the demonstrators disappeared after half an hour leaving nobody to ask for help. They improved the lab modules when I went into second year (after years of complaints I assume) which was much better but still very tedious and exhausting. I very much enjoyed the computing modules we did in first and second year because although I'd done coding before I hadn't used python and it's libraries like matplotlib.

The location was very good for getting to the Highfield campus but was a pain when I needed to go to the shops as there's none close by. It's nice enough with a pretty little wooded area and a small stream. I had the cheapest room option and it was pretty good we had three bathrooms between seven people and two kitchen sinks. I wish the kitchen had been bigger though as we often didn't have enough counter space or spots on the hob. I think they've changed the laundry system now but when I was there it was awful. It was circuit laundry and it only washed your clothes when it felt like it and often left them sopping wet which even the pathetic dryers couldn't fix. Half the time they were completely broken and didn't even turn on. There's a bbq space available and a big hall where the dodgeball society plays. It's an overall nice place despite some of the buildings being very old.