Leaving home to go to a new city to study is inevitable to be daunting however you’re up North… Not once person I’ve met in Leeds is going to fuel the daunting feeling. Everybody is so genuinely kind! But it isn’t just this that makes Leeds a great place to study, the possibilities for students are endless. Leeds is one of the best cities to be in when you’re a student. It’s bursting with life but not to a point where you feel overwhelmed. The bars and pubs ranging from the city centre all the way up to Headingley are always bursting with an exciting atmosphere full of welcoming students. The transport around Leeds also couldn’t be easier to navigate, it’ll take you wherever you want to go! Now, aside from all the partying you’ll be doing as a student, there will be studying too. At Leeds Beckett university, the staff are incredibly supportive and welcoming, making the student experience a bit less scary. The campus is big and clean with lots of fantastic societies available to join. The worst parts of my university experience have been the race to find housing post student accommodation. The need for housing for students is immense and so many great houses get bought off the market so quickly. It was difficult for me to find somewhere to live for my second year in Leeds. However, after the panic of the first few weeks trying to find a house, us students in Leeds soon realise that there’s plenty of housing for all of us, in student areas such as Woodhouse, Hyde Park and Headingley. A lot of students also stay in student accommodation for their second years.

At Leeds Beckett University, the course tutors appear to genuinely care about your student experience. Inside and outside of course hours, my lectures have been very involved with my studies. All have made it explicitly clear that they are available for extra help and support at any time, whether that be with personal or educational matters. My course is exclusively taught face to face. This enhances the learning experience majorly, ensuring I am maximising my degree and further emphases Leeds Beckett’s involvement in their students studies. The worst aspects of my course are based upon personal feelings toward presentations. As a quieter student, I feel extreme resentment toward tasks that involve speaking in-front of a group of people! However, I am also glad that this is part of my course as it enables me to gain confidence for my future.

Mill Street was about a half an hour walk away from Leeds Beckett University, but when you’re eating packets of noodles for daily, I didn’t mind getting the steps in! Despite the accommodation being a bit further out than the others, it didn’t hinder anybody socially. The flats in Mill Street were big and diverse, guaranteed to meet someone you’d at-least enjoy chatting to. Due to personal reasons, I actually didn’t make any proper friends in student accommodation and I only did find people to chat to. However it wasn’t the end of the world, due to what I mentioned before about the good location. I was able to easily access the city centre to meet with people I had met outside accommodation. The accommodation had security all day and is gated, accessible only by a fob owned by tenants. Never once did I feel unsafe at Mill Street. The staff at reception were exceptionally friendly, making my stay very pleasant and adding to the safe feel. Regarding value for money, Mill Street was excellent. For my first year I stayed in a six bed flat. Each tenant had their own en-suite with a toilet and shower with a shared kitchen. The bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchens were spacious with no faults over my stay. The only problem my flat had was the heat detector alarms going off quite frequently however that was quickly sorted by the staff on hand at all times. There was nothing I disliked about student accommodation at the hands of Unipol or Mill Street.

Great experience, would recommend

Bad Wi-Fi good teaching

Great experience