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Course content is very full on, timetabling is jam packed, lots of walking to lectures dotted around. Placement bus was late, communication not the best with that either. Lecture quality is good but sometimes pace is too fast due to limited time. It might help to split year group in half as having lots of people in one theatre can be distracting. Subject facilities are good in terms of provision of scrubs, facilities etc.

Being right next to a road is hard when trying to sleep but other than that location isn’t too bad since it’s right next to campus and has green spaces around. Fees quite safe and happy with room allocation and flatmates although an improvement could be to put people with similar religions. WiFi is usually fine but occasionally it stops working which is hard when studying or having online lectures. Value for money is good however the cheapest options are still quite expensive. Property management is good however the job wasn’t working for a few days when we arrived.

The course 100% lives up to the hype it gets! In my time here, the improvement in my skills as a creative writer, and critical reading, has been amazing. There's a huge selection of modules, and you have so much free choice over what you study that the course ends up feeling really tailored to you and your interests. That being said, the contact hours are extremely low - now I'm in 3rd year, I receive 6 hours of teaching per week, with the rest of my time being allocated for independent study and reading. The teaching is in person, and is always incredibly engaging - I get a lot out of it! But I do feel that the low contact hours are a real negative. Additionally, there is currently no dedicated building for arts and humanities at the university, so my classes throughout the three years have been all over the place in really random spots, and often the location changes week to week, which makes them hard to keep track of.

I stayed in the village in my first year in 2024/25, so some of this information may be out of date! At the time, the village was the cheapest accommodation option at the university, although it was still really pricey and I would have gone for something cheaper if it was available. I lived in a flat with 7 other students with one kitchen and ensuite bathrooms for every room. It had just been renovated when I lived there, and you could definitely tell! The bathrooms are amazing, with hot, powerful showers, although very small. We had a cleaner come in once a week to empty bins and clean the kitchen, which was amazing. The only building issue we ever had was with the heating, and this was resolved within a day of reporting. Honestly, my only complaints about living there are the distance from the uni, and the other students I lived with (which I can't blame on the uni - it was just bad luck).

You are able to learn transferable skills that are embedded in your course, so you don’t need to be doing extra stuff optionally (future skills) which is great, and makes you as a student more likely to be employed. I think in the beginning they really push down on you what they already expect (regardless how friendly they are) which isn’t a bad thing but things like deadlines and assignments that are due (further down the year) that you are made aware of which can be daunting when you are a fresher and know absolutely nothing starting out. I think there should be better way in explaining that there are assignments coming up and not already thrown at you in your first 2 days of induction.

There’s a shopping centre not to far off, many different ethnic shops around too. You can easily access it using TfL if you don’t have a car. TfL may need some buffer time, I often commute from Croydon to Kingston and I really need to aim to be 20 minutes earlier then when I want to get somewhere. You get to meet lots of different people and there’s just a lot to do near by.

The people are great really. And it just seems you are able to be as independent as you want to be, no one is constantly looming over your shoulder unless it’s your parents checking in 😭 Like I mentioned earlier the halls is almost being neglected it has potential to become very high quality especially to how close the halls is to the campus but it seems very overpriced for what you are getting, issues with small insects like silverfish and the shower heads do not move. As a black woman that doesn’t need to wash my hair that frequently or have other factors that may not apply to men. It doesn’t seem like the halls takes these factors into account and I find showering super uncomfortable.

I’m glad theres not too much online teaching and some of the classes are great but there also aren’t many contact hours and I think there should be for the money we’re paying.

I was paying for the cheapest accommodation and it was still way more expensive than either my 2nd or 3rd year accommodation and not as nice as there wasnt a living room or anywhere nice to sit and the rooms were absolutely tiny. I was next to a noisy house mate who I complained about and nothing happened about, the kitchens were basic and ugly and I wouldn’t say it’s good value for money. Saying that, the location was good and it was a really good way to meet people to live with in the next years and to make friends, so I was grateful for that.

Lots of support to start and move through the course - not many contact hours, but lots of independant learning.

Close to campus, bus stops etc. Wifi is fairly reliable apart from a few spots. We pay a lot for what we get. No oven

I'm very grateful that in an educational landscape where many drama courses are shifting to becoming more 'theatre studies' oriented due to financial restraints, that the drama course at UEA remains committed to staying as practical as possible.

Shower pressure was amazing.

The course has been great and a really good place to start learning. However the mixture of all the business students in the first year makes it difficult knowing we will separate for our second and third years based on our degree and module choices.

I love that for the first year, the content covers a wide variety of topics and periods in history. The lecturers and seminar tutors are all lovely and patient, and they present information in a clear structured way. I have 6 lectures and 3 seminars each week, which is perfect for me because it has taught me to become much more independent in my learning and structuring my day. My only issue is that all of my seminars are on the same day, Friday, which does make that day a bit more stressful as I am moving about much more, and have to do a lot more discussion work; something that I struggle with on account of my anxiety.

I most like the location on campus. It is close enough to the other facilities that you don't need to go far to attend lectures, or visit the library, or go to the shops etc. but it is still in a separate area, which is nice for me because it means I have somewhere to go that feels like an escape from my academic work. I least like the shared kitchen just because there is only one sink with two taps, that has to be shared between 12 people. This means that I often go to the kitchen to get a glass of water, or to cook some food and then need to wash up but I am unable to access the sink because there is a queue of people waiting to use it. I think it would be better if there was one other sink in my accommodation, like there is in accommodation in the village, for example.

The tutors are exceptionally knowledgeable and helpful and there is always something going on to do with our course content as an extracurricular

I think my course is fantastic, great tutors, very understanding. It would be better if we were informed before the year started when contact hours were