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I think the social aspect of it could be improved with more events going on. But the facilities caters to everyone. It’s a convenient location to get to via the train

Nice

Amazing uni, very supportive

Best Aspects: The facilities at Knights Park are excellent - the workshops, studios and resources make it a really good place to study art. Location is another big plus; Kingston is a nice town with the river by campus and easy access to London. The campus itself has a good creative atmosphere and I like the look and feel of it. Could be improved: Student support is generally good but can be a bit inconsistent depending on the tutor. Student life and the Students' Union are decent (the bar and some events are fun) but there's room for more consistent events and a stronger sense of community across the year. Overall I've had a positive experience and recommend it for art and design.

Close to the town center and a safe environment.

Kingston has a great library for students. It’s got multiple floors tailored for all crowds such as the quieter floors for independent studying and floors for group studying. As well as private rooms with white boards that you can book for yourself and your friends. The lecture rooms are also spacious however as an improvement they could make bigger lecture halls since some rooms are quite small.

The location being next to a highway and being very isolated makes it seems bad

The best experience so far is meeting people and working together in interactive tasks throughout the lectures while we learn key information. However it can be really hard to socialise because is a new place, new faces and you don't know many people.

A mixed bag. Poor induction - partly because it turned out I was the only student on my degree pathway, so was added to small groups of students doing unrelated subjects. Some good teaching - some really quite poor. Some marking feedback useful - some indifferent and once even insulting. Poor experience for my mental health - a lot contributed to increased anxiety. I needed extensions for some assignments, but these were not available - I was forced to use 'mitigating circumstances', which meant I got zero pending committee review. A very stressful experience.