The best aspect of the university life is the diverse people you meet here and are exposed to so many different perspectives people have on life. It's a beautiful campus with a lot of study spaces to focus and to take a break as well. But as an international student I found it very hard to adjust to university life in my first year with a lot of conflicting emotions. I think the university should try and reach out to students who might not seem to be doing so well. The one emotion that I felt was loneliness and sometimes it can be hard to reach out about such things. I also believe that the university could be improved by making their support services more accessible. The university could also add more transport services for students since the hopper buses as they are now are not sufficient for the transmit of hundreds of students travelling everyday, especially at the early hours of the day.

The best aspect about my course is the fact that we have a very engaging environment in our course and also very challenging content which makes it worth it and definitely prepares us for the industry but I do feel that, our course can cause unnecessary stress to students that just leads to unhealthy sleeping and eating patterns between the students. We are not given enough time to learn the content and finish coursework for 5 modules at the same time. Our course has about 15-19 contact hours in a week with online progress tests every week and offline lectures that last about 2 hours each. We are expected to stay in university from 9-5 most days due to the workload but it can get very hard to maintain this work life balance.

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I could not speak more highly of my experience at this University. Having been here for over 3 years I can confidently say that there isn't much that I would improve on. Although my course is quite demanding, I have always felt that the University offer sufficient support and thus eliminates the feeling of being overwhelmed or as though I cannot cope. My personal tutor is greatly responsible for this as he frequently checks in, and can often point me in the right direction if I need further help. The majority of the students on my course are also excellent to turn to if there is anything small that I struggle to understand. One of my favourite aspects of the campus is easily the extensive choices of where to study. I have always struggled to work in my bedroom as I like to separate my work and leisure environment, but the University offers more places to work than I could have imagined, and after trialling a large selection of them, I have found my absolute ideal spots for uninterrupted revision, places for group work and also areas that have more of a "social" feel for working. Lastly, steering away from the academic side, my social life couldn't have been more perfect. This was through a combination of meeting some incredible people in my first year accommodation and in tennis society, and also through the nature of Nottingham's city night life. Having visited some friends at other Universities, I have found that their Student Union bar is considered more of a "hub" for everyone to naturally gravitate to, whereas ours is viewed slightly less like this, however, that hasn't felt like much of an issue for me.

One of the primary reasons that I applied to the University of Nottingham was because of the structure of the course, as it involves mandatory modules such as Engineering Management and offers Entrepreneurship for Engineers which encourage more of a rounded view on the industry and is more applicable to the real world, as opposed to teaching strictly Maths/Physics modules. There is definitely a lot of content which means having to stay on top of it all, however, I have found it manageable. Originally I was enrolled on the BEng course that included an Industrial year and began the process of applying and I was incredibly impressed with the support that the Careers department offer when improving your CV and Cover letter, however I decided to change onto the MEng course without the placement year instead. I really appreciate the level of contact time with the personal tutor, as the meetings in first year started off quite frequent (since everything was very new and a lot of guidance was initially needed), but I also found it very useful that they became less frequent as the years went on (and I became more busy with work!) while also still being available to go to if I ever sought help. Regarding the lectures and teaching quality, I have found the content excellent, however, unfortunately due to the nature of some lecturers not having English as their native language, it is sometimes harder to follow and requires looking over the recorded lecture again. The fact that most of our lectures are recorded though, is another aspect which I find invaluable as I often like to revisit content and rewind/pause the video etc.

When I first moved into these halls, I felt as though there was nothing that could be improved upon (except maybe the catered food on the odd occasion!), however later discovered that our halls was slightly less sociable than others, after visiting them. This was primarily due to our common room being vacant most of the time while other halls on University Park always had theirs as the "go-to place". Newark hall is situated on Jubilee Campus which is about a 20 minute walk from University Park, which originally felt inconvenient but I later really enjoyed this side to it as it meant that I could spend most of the day on campus working and at lectures, and then come back and relax in halls (separated work and leisure). I mentioned the lack of socialising in comparison to other halls, however, I enjoyed the fact that it was catered as it meant that dinner was a guaranteed amount of time spend with each other. Through this, I met two of my closest friends that I know that I will stay exceptionally close to after leaving uni. Regarding facilities, all rooms were en suites and were cleaned every fortnight which made things very easy especially in first year when you're adjusting to being away from home.