The instruction on my course is rigorous and detailed, and I feel it is greatly preparing me to enter the field of publishing when I graduate my MA. My only complaint in regards to the location--which, right next to Snowdonia, is stunning--is that the high street was hit pretty hard economically, and the shops available are pretty sparse. You can find everything you need, but there are no longer any independent bookstores, which is a huge bummer. That said, the university facilities are beautiful and there is always an SU or Campus Life event going on, to make friends or to enjoy a free meal!

I am very much enjoying my course so far, and I feel it is preparing me for a career outside of university. Having entirely in-person classes again after the previous few years has been a breath of fresh air, and both of my lecterers are enjoyable to work with and dedicated to helping us. I do wish we might be able to have a little more time per semester, somehow, to work on our final projects at the end; however, so far I'm satisfied with and proud of the work we are accomplishing! This semester we will be opening a publishing imprint, aquiring a text, and publishing it, which is very exciting. I greatly appreciate the learn-by-doing methodology of my Publishing & Book Culture MA course.

The Ffriddoedd Student Village is very safe, and the location of Crafnant is ideal for walking to class and for stopping by Bar Uno in the evenings. I'm satisfied with my room allotment and with the electronic heating unit in the winter. The halls management team are very responsive to queries and fix very maintence issue as needed; it's only some issues-- like wobbly bathroom shelves --they are unable to fix, which can be frustrating. All and all, however, I have had a very positive halls experience so far.

The university is very good at welcoming you and making you feel at home. However it does have some flaws, but that is only natural as not everything is perfect in the world. The grading system is a little off here at Bangor, you either get given a letter grade 'A-F3' or get given a percentage, which you then have to work out yourself into a first, second, third etc and none of the grades given are consistent, by this I mean they aren't all letters or they aren't all percentages, which can be quite confusing at times.

Plenty of computer rooms around main arts, deniol and school buildings, the library is great however if you have take a book home for a couple of days and some one recalls it you get charged a fine for not returning it even though it's not over due and you aren't even in Bangor. Little disgusting if you ask me.

If you need it, it's there for you. Pastoral care is top notch!

The societies on offer are great, the students who do run the societies put so much hard work into it so everyone can enjoy it. However Bangor doesn't have a students union like other universities do. Pontio has been promised to students for quite a while now and it is still pretty poor that it hasn't been finished. The fact that students who have left have had it promised for their graduation is bad enough, but it still isn't finished now. This let's Bangor down by a lot, and the apology emails from the university don't cover everyone's disappointment. There is no where but library's for students to chill and do work in this university, which is very annoying considering other universities have common room type areas for students.

Bangors more of a town than a city, but it has everything you need bar a bowling alley and cinema, but one of these is rumoured to be going into Pontio.. If that's ever finished..

There are numerous clubs and societies available, with two serendipity fairs so you have a chance to join new clubs and societies in both semesters! Really good for societies here!

The courses that are on offer are good, some more module choices would be nice and the way they are marked could be slightly different. For example we spent (on my course) ages preparing and taking part in a Module debate which wasn't marked at all, and after the debate we had to do an essay which was either 40 or 50% now we would have all preferred if the debates would have been marked and as we found out from older students, this had been mentioned in the past but still nothing had been done about it even with module evaluations, so for me the biggest let down of the courses is that the lecturers clearly don't listen to what a student has to say.

There are plenty of opportunities within the uni to earn money, through open days, library schemes and internships. As well as opportunities to gain experience like course reps or ambassadors!

The halls residences are lovely and new, nothing bad to say about them at all.