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The best about the university is how welcoming is for international students. The staff make you feel you truly belong here and they also have activities for every student at any level. At the beginning is a little bit complicated to find the rooms you're taking class but they even developed an app that helps you. Wherever you go at Uni, you will always find a friendly face. On the other hand even though the campus is relatively new (60 years old) some board's room need to be replaced. Also I think that the buildings need to be adapted for people that could use wheelchair.
Best: There are lecturers that are truly passionate about what they teach. (Hager and Will on the media team are a delight) The location is in a nice and quiet suburban area which I can appreciate. The people here are really friendly! Worst: My course is very mismanaged. They don't appreciate the humanities. Hard to get from central due to the lack of tube lines.
I think the student life of uni at Essex is one of the best things about it. How much the uni host events for students to come together and meet one another is great. However, although the strikes that went on were for a good cause it has significantly impacted certain students. Missing out on core classes will affect us into the following years. Another massive improvement the uni could make is the price of food and drinks provided on campus. Many students struggle with money meaning what we buy must be worth price we are playing for it. I find myself struggling to find cheap affordable decent food while on campus studying. This is something I think most people can agree with me on. Another positive however is the free shuttle bus the campus provides after a night out. This has definitely been used by my friends and myself on nights out especially during the cold nights we are not having to walk home in the freezing cold to avoid paying the cost of an uber. The staff have always made me feel safe and welcome even in my somewhat drunk and vulnerable state. The night life of university is certainly one of the most important things students take into account so this small things makes a masssive difference
Best : the night life, the amount of societies, the amount of study places Worst aspect : the night life and events seems to fade up through the year
the university is a very warm place, and had a great atmosphere. i have an amazing set of teachers who keep lectures fun, interesting and i know i can come to them if i need it. the student union is amazing and ensure every student is included, and have many events on throughout the year - i dont think theres been a day without an event,
Professors are approachable and friendly. University has everything going one for all sorts of interest almost, so never feels boring. Student support is very easy to reach out to. University halls are great places to live and very easy to make friends with all the community activities going on, residence assistance has been really helpful as well.
Best aspects are the study spaces, quality of teaching and the overall look of the campus. The worst aspects are the cost of living with a lot of the accommodation being very expensive and the overall cost to live being quite high
The campus is a very nice place to study; there are lots of options for food, places to hang out and work. There also always interesting pop up events and stalls happening on campus. There are lots of cool societies doing their own events and everyone here is very friendly. The worst part of the experience is definitely the fact that funding was cut with many humanities staff members having to leave, which was completely unnecessary.
Love the student support team, very very helpful. The SU is great as well. They’ve got lots of social events, mostly during the first few weeks of uni and it helped me a lot in meeting and getting to know new people. The lecturers are very responsive and will assist you if you are ever in need of help. The library is great.
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It is a good university with a modern academic staff, which is quite adequate for the department I chose.
PROS - The university has been absolutely stellar at providing opportunities to those who put in that extra effort. - Support, particularly the maths gym provided by the uni for ...
