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Blended learning is good and being able to rewatch lectures is really helpful

great town to study, work and play in. lots to see and do for free!

Really good and very organised

For anyone wanting to study philosophy here, this University is analytically focused with little to no interest in Continental philosophy. The tutors range from good to useless. Seminars/Tutorials also range from decent to useless. Student engagement is often low, and if you enjoy a module, you're more likely to talk to the plants than a fellow student. Online learning was an unmitigated disaster, making student engagement decrease. Over-reliance on discussion boards, which are hardly/never used.

My course started in 2020 so everything started online and then they slowly started to transition into blended to now mostly being in person. The only problem with this is that most of the time only four students show up to the lectures making it so pointless to go because you're not taught anything when half of the class is missing.

The location of the halls is pretty stellar right on a dlr line that can put you right in zone 1 but that's the only thing that's worth raving over. All of the staff that help you are also fellow students so they don't really seem to care about anything in terms of the room and helping with your problem if you do have to contact them unless its about damage. On multiple occasions I have emailed the residential life team here at UEL and have got zero emails or follow through. Rent between the different types of rooms is weirdly close together. I have an upgraded room with only four people in my flat and only pay 80 pounds more per month than my friend with a room half the size and another person in their flat. The maintenance team and the way they handle anything is just bad. My flats freezer has defrosted three times with the food inside it going bad three time and the team did nothing but put a bandaid fix on it until they absolutely had to replace the freezer as well as we never saw a reimbursement for the food that was lost.

They're still struggling a lot with online content. Most lectures are still completely uninteractive, and the ones that are 'interactive' don't get any interaction at all. Attendance during online lectures was a joke, usually it was below half. I did the course during COVID so your experience may differ though. The tutors can be alright, it's the one time you actually get to speak to anyone at the uni. Usually it's just speaking though and they can't do anything practical to help you. Sometimes a conversation is all you need, but if you need something more then you're out of luck.

not enough on campus, teachers off sick a lot, some lecturers really don’t stick to the content. i like some of the modules but it depends what teacher you get

loved the location and the room was nice and modern with an en suite, downside is that it’s expensive per week compared to alot of places

Great choice of topics to explore good support regarding any queries

Great location great rooms but expensive

I'd have to say that it's not quite what I had expected in regards to assignments, ie, I was expecting them to be super difficult and not very understanding but they have been clear and straight to the point of what you need to do and there's always the option to do more to earn more points if you put in the effort, I think also having the reading weeks has helped massively as this is time to either take time for yourself or asking for 1 to 1 with your lecturer.

The English Language department are all saints. That is why I did my dissertation in English because I knew the staff were so committed and so helpful and it would make the process much easier. Everyone is really organised, quick to reply to emails, and overall lovely. Two of our lecturer's are great, their courses are interesting and engaging and the content is delivered in a way that makes me feel like I understand it first time. Another lecturer's is also excellent, really puts huge amounts of effort into the lectures and content and provides extra resources too. I also like how EngLang lay out their moodles, really easy to find everything. Philosophy is a little touch and go. Some of the staff are gems and absolute saints and really go above and beyond in their teaching and it shows. They are by far the best-loved teaching staff. Their lectures are interesting, engaging, and easy to understand and assignments are clear and easy to get feedback on. Some other philosophy lecturers are a little harder to get hold of and don't reply to emails for days at a time which can be a little stressful if you need to know something for an upcoming deadline. I found the online learning in 2021 really really tough and it was hard to stay motivated, yet despite this the teaching style of lecturers played a huge part. Live lectures on Zoom were much more engaging and easy to stay motivated with than recorded lectures.

Na

Great student life