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Student Union could do more large events and events catered to communities. Also, could offer support when attending events e....
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Student Union could do more large events and events catered to communities. Also, could offer support when attending events e.g., event buddies. The physical campus is very beautiful and plenty of study spaces on site.
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In class learning is very effective, lecturers respond quickly on email. Unique approach of PBL really has helped me with group work and improving my social skills rather than just reading and writing essays!
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The university are very flexible and accommodating to my needs as a disabled student with learning difficulties. There is room for...
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The university are very flexible and accommodating to my needs as a disabled student with learning difficulties. There is room for improvement in this area, as with all universities (hence the overall rating of 4/5), but they have definitely been extremely helpful through the process of my diagnosis.
They are also helpful with general worries and concerns. There is always support available and they very clearly signpost you to these services. Whatever issues that you have, they are keen to help you to sort them out, whether it be academic, personal, social or mental.
The student life in York is great and I cannot emphasise how much safer it is than other cities. I feel 100x safer in York than I do in any other city. The only issue is the transport. Getting the bus after a night out is a nightmare, especially if you go out on a non-student night. FirstBus is unreliable and irritating, so be prepared to spend quite some money on ubers.
Accommodation is great, depending where you choose. There is a college system which makes it very easy for students to meet similar people. College sports is big in York, especially with the Roses competition that is held once a year. I'm not even sporty but being at UOY has encouraged me to be more sporty, and now I am part of committee on a sports society. The socials are great too.
The only issue with accommodation is West Campus - it looks a bit rundown but they make up for it with beautiful accomodation on East, and I've never really heard someone seriously complain about student accomodation provided by the university.
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I cannot say much about lectures and seminars because I rarely go to them, as it is easier for me to commence the work on my own. But I will say that the ones I have been to have been very useful. The course content in my first and second year ranged from really interesting to dead boring, but they have changed some of the modules for future years, hence why they get 3 stars instead of 2. In third year, the content is much better, so for this year alone I'd give it 5 stars.
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I have nothing bad to say about living in Goodricke, apart from maybe how loud the bins are and the annoying fire drill every thursday! (But these have to be done).
Property management is great, can't say the same for other campus accommodations. Any issues we had, someone would fix them right away - but we barely had any issues. I was allocated a perfect room - much better than my second year house. The wifi can sometimes be a little inconsistent, but not usually. Location is sometimes an issue as East campus is a bit far from West, and a bit far from town - as the university is based in the outer areas of York. This means that you don't get as many takeaway options on UberEats from west campus! Otherwise, I have no faults.
Goodricke is also quite quiet compared to other colleges, but the people there are vieby.