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Professional placements play a huge part in the course

Taught online over the year easy to get in touch with the tutors, got help from lecturers on assignments respond on trends within half an hour

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Haven’t been able to access resources this year due to COVID

Lots of support for mental health especially during COVID times

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The careers service has given so much to our students, they are constantly updating their systems and emailing constant updates about the potential activities and opportunities that are coming and are available. If it wasn't for the careers service, I would not be completing my first internship and I would not be partaking in the ACE award which has given me valuable skills and knowledge.

The course has been taught online and when accessible in-class, the lecturers are the best by far and have really changed the format of teaching during the pandemic to ensure we are successful and gain as much information as possible to make the journey through second year memorable and enjoyable.

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Each part of the university is cleaned regularly, the amount of opportunities that are available due to the accessibility increases students chances of attending and feeling welcome at all times. The library staff are always cleaning the desks and computers and are always facilitating the needs of students. The food area is hygienic and cleaned regularly and have allowed for diversity within University by providing vegetarian and halal meals. The needs and wants for facilities are constantly questioned and allow for new facilities to be provided to ensure everyone's needs are met.

The university have amazing staff support when it comes to all things internally at university and externally within the environment. They are always prepared to go above and beyond when it comes to supporting students when they are confused, or when they are in the worst places. The support given at Newman University is the best I've seen and heard about, no matter is too small nor too big for the university. Everyone is thought about and even if you are not asking for support it is always there and will present itself when you need it most.

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UCL is a top institution, so there is no shortage of career opportunities. There is a job fair before Christmas which I would highly recommend students to attend. There are always speakers who come in and give a lecture on the work they are doing in industry, so make sure to attend some of those and network!

I was enrolled before the COVID situation and most, if not all, of the course was taught in-class. Lecturers would also offer office hours during the week to pop-in and ask questions

Absolutely fantastic facilities. The VR department has access to some of the most advanced kit, headsets that are worth thousands of pounds are available for students who want to use them.

Yes. I like to think most of the teaching staff care about the well-being of students. You are also assigned a personal tutor, which I actually never met but I know some of my classmates did.

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It was entirely online this year, and I was only satisfied with 3 of my modules and how they were taught. The other 3 of my modules were either poorly taught or I could not find the correct resources to support me to do complete the module to the fullest of my ability.

The equipment rental is very generous, the library offer free laptop PCs and books for students that need them.

There are many resources on the personal portal that is to do with one's wellbeing.

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There was a few guest speakers mostly based around further education. I did do a placement year however, I had to find the placement myself with no help from queens.

Before COVID I had 8 teaching hours for the week. During COVID everything was online and there was only 5/6 teaching hours. Barely any contact with tutors, in first year it was twice every semester. In final year meeting with your tutor was more frequent however was still quite limited.

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Library is 24hrs and stayed open throughout the pandemic which was super useful. Also able to access facilities elsewhere on campus during covid.

You are provided free counselling if needed and there is also a student wellbeing centre that you can access.

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I personally didn't use these services a lot but have been signed up to receive emails about prospective jobs, which even though I won't be using are very helpful to get an understanding of job job requirements and what certain jobs look for.

For my final year and last semester of my second year was mainly online. I was lucky to have the experience to study in Germany through my course at Newman and had lovely support from a now ex-lecturer. For most tutors being able to contact them with questions, etc. is easy and good responses when they are available to, which is regularly when on teaching time.

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I lived in two different halls through my time at Newman, which I enjoyed the experience of, thankfully I had mainly nice flatmates so didn't have to worry about cleanliness of shared spaces. Services and facilities have been easily assessible, as someone that is more productive in the evenings with library closing late it was helpful. I didn't hire any equipment, but it seemed easy if I ever needed to.

As someone that struggles with my mental health, being able to access mental health support and counselling was helpful. I used these services up until my last session the other day before finishing my degree soon. I didn't go into sessions with any agenda but these services were very helpful to give clarity and have someone I could talk to.

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They offer lots of help, but I am doing a masters so never bothered.

The lecturers themselves were amazing despite everything being online. If things were in-person, it would have been 5 stars. My one criticism is that sometimes there were lectures after the submission date for the final piece of work for the course, which makes no sense at all as that information was useful for exams/coursework. May be timtabelling issue I don't know.

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Great amount, no complaints here

Never used personally, but seemed to be a lot of variatey.

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