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4.04.14.0629 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsLiving near the beach, forming close friendships.
Best food Worst transport
Nice food
I like the events! I wish there was more!
The community and the friends i’ve made.
More parking
Nice spaces to work
As a final year student, reflecting I can confidently say this course has been a great place to study and grow both professionally and personally. I love the course and I have made some of my closest friends here in Bournemouth, which has created a supportive and collaborative environment throughout my time studying. The teaching staff are highly knowledgeable and have had so much experience in the industry to share, they are approachable and genuinely invested in our toolkit. One of the strongest aspects of the course is the opportunity to collaborate with the Bournemouth Film School. This has been an invaluable experience, allowing me to work on graduate films, understand professional screen practice, and begin building industry connections before graduating. Overall, this course has been an extremely positive and formative experience, and I would highly recommend it to any student looking to develop their craft! Go for it!
This course prioritises it's external image over the needs and wants of it's students. The graduate show was 'curated' in an apathetic manner, giving some students much more space to exhibit their work than others. In future, the course should allow students to have a more active part in the final show design. It's a shame because the course had been very good up until the final show.
AUB is great for creatives— in my first year alone I was introduced to industry experts such as those at Lush Cosmetics, as well as the opportunity to design for local charities. I have also found the student support services, such as wellbeing and study skills, super accessible and helpful if I'm stuck with what I'm doing. I would say the events could be improved slightly, just compared to BU there isn't as much going on on Freshers events, for example having poster or plant sales.
AUB is great place to study because it is smaller in size compared to most unis, this means that you get better support throughout your studies and any additional services you'll need while at uni. There is excellent access to equipment and opportunities to learn outside of your course. The ways that AUB could be improved is reducing costs of on campus food and provide more study/work areas that aren't the library. I know some courses have their own studio spaces but some don't.
Really feels like youre looked after with the activities and events that are on, it always feels like theres something going on. The campus is a little far from much other life or the town centre, but with super regular busses, if youre willing to get a bus card, you can get anywhere. Cant say how good the student support is becuase i havnt needed to use it yet, but i can say at least for my course, modelmaking, if you are struggling to complete a project there are second chances to hand in work and guidelines provided by the lecturers to help you out.
The free counselling service is a masterful stroke. I know so many unis do not have it despite university students being at a point in their lives where they are really struggling mentally and the counselling service that I have used several times has helped me more than I can express.
I really like the environment and other students here at AUB, staff are friendly and have built up good relationships with their students on my course. Our subject material is always interesting and flexible to our needs and wants as student to better our skills to better prepare us for industry. I only wish we had more mandated in-person sessions with our amazing teachers and had more opportunities to use our universities facilities, for example, I know i would greatly benefit from more life drawing / still life drawing sessions, perhaps with smaller groups where the teacher is not afraid to scrutinize and evaluate work one on one with students.
The best part about this uni is the endless collaboration opportunities that are relevant to the creative industries and professional environments. The student union is also amazing. There’s so much support available and so many kind staff around, you can tell they actually love their job which makes studying here easier and a more comfortable space. The small campus is the perfect size as it doesn’t feel overwhelming to get from one side to the other and it allows all creative courses to be together and it feels you aren’t limited to only connecting with people in your own class. The worst part about this uni is definitely the student accommodation, all of them have quite big flaws that do affect your life. I stay In home park and there’s water issues and silver fish and I’ve heard things about the other places. However the staff are lovely at home park and always putting on engaging events plus 24 hour security is very handy.
I love how it is very art and creativity oriented.
4.3
Less chance to speak to techs or see our staff due to lack of ability due to the unis choice to lower their work days
Too many lectures in first gear not enough physical work
Should not allow students above age 30, too many issues