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Few contact hours. The school building has been under renovation for 3 years so is unusable

Far away ish from uni, but amazing nature, good spacious and modern rooms. Nice level of freedom. Sociable

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Best: I have regular contact with my supervisors, who are approachable and give useful, timely feedback. Being supervised across two disciplines gives me a broad perspective on my research. I have a lot of flexibility to manage my own time between fieldwork, lab work and writing. The training offered through the Doctoral College and Proficio, the university’s research training scheme, is helpful. Funded opportunities to attend conferences and courses are also valuable. Worst: Being interdisciplinary can mean falling between two departments, with less clarity on processes and who to go to for support. Admin capacity has shrunk with the restructure, so simple things like equipment, room bookings and paperwork can take longer than they should. Structured interaction with other postgraduate researchers is limited unless you seek it out yourself.

Hate the online lectures Alot of info Course contact is good Level of lecturing is inconsistent at times

Too much online content at first but our feedback was listened to and this has since been changed

Terrible

Sometimes they expect a lot in one week as homework but don’t factor the fact that commuter have to manage their time more.

Good aspects - Tutors: All modules, expect one, was taught in person. Personally, I prefer in person lessons rather than online. I like to get ready and go to my lecture hall to listen to a lecture as it helps me get into a learning mood. Bad aspects - Tutorials: In first and second year, we had tutorials. I attended most tutorials as it helped me understand the problem sheets that were given the week before. However, number of students attending would keep decreasing. This may be due to upcoming summative due dates or they might not find tutorials useful anymore. In addition, in third year, we do not have tutorials anymore. Instead, we go through problem sheets in lectures. This provides an unpredictable timetabling structure and I usually find out too late when to complete my work. - Modules/content: I am studying Data Science under the school of mathematics. Half of my course is studying maths content. However, this content is never tested when we go into the working world. Data scientist should have more practical and hands-on experiences, rather than learn the theory and proofs of maths. Therefore, I felt that my course and school is mismatched. Also, I am relearning and repeating many topics over the past 3 years, it feels as if i am only learning one thing. - Lecturers: Lecturers can be a hit or miss. They are all academics but only some of them can teach to university students. They often use complicated words and jargon and assume we understand.

Good aspects Value for money: I paid £145 per week. For the location, space, etc, i would say it is very goof value for money. However, they have already increased this price after i left. Room allocation: I requested for all female flat, and this was given to me. I also requested all muslim and that was unfortunately not given but it was not a priortiy for me. Fortunately, my flatmates and friendly and clean. Also, my room is a little small but it had many storage spaces. Overall, happy with room allocation. - Location: 13 minute slightly uphill walk to my main lecture hall. Walk also passes by a convenience store and multiple food places. It is very close to campus. Bad aspects: - Neighbours: As with student halls, students like to have loud parties, even late at night. However, this accommodation does not allow loud noises during exam season, so that is good.

Within the MBA programme, the best part was getting hands-on experience and working with clients, instead of working on dissertations. This gave us real-life business opportunities in a UK setting, especially for students who come from international backgrounds like me. Being able to work more on such projects is definitely more beneficial in comparison to writing assignments, especially for individuals who have already had 10+ years of professional working experience.

My course is well structured and covers a large base of literature. However, sometimes the content on the lecture slides doesn't match what is being said during the lecture.

I felt safe and there was always someone I could turn to for help. However, the heating wasn't great in my accommodation.

The best part of my law course is exploring different areas of law and considering how they apply to real situations. I enjoy being challenged to think critically and develop my own arguments. The hardest aspect is having one assignment per module worth 100% of the final mark. This puts a lot of pressure on a single piece of work. Having assessments spread throughout the module would provide more opportunities to learn from feedback and demonstrate progress.

I lived in Central Village, which is a newer accommodation with a very social atmosphere. The best part was having plenty of opportunities to meet new people and make friends. The most frustrating part was initially not being allocated any of my preferred halls. As an international student moving to a new country, feeling comfortable with my accommodation was important to me. After I emailed the accommodation team, they offered me a hall I wanted, which I appreciated. However, having to follow up to get that outcome added stress to the moving process.