1,194 reviews for Aston University, Birmingham

Course are actually good and course hours are flexible to study.

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Time for each module is really good. It feels the class is interactive and most of the thing are covered in module.

Good.

Fab, fab thoroughly think they have sorted through the PhD course content and availability of support.

Best - the support you get from teachers and lecturers when you are confused. Worst - online recordings can be very bad, bad quality, mic cutting out, screen not even recording. Content is very hard, lecturer moves very quickly.

Most - it's on campus. Least - constant issues with water flow, alarms beeping on the ground floor, does breaking, poor room quality when I moved in.

The course it bit taught if you are not from the computer science background but the professors are really helpful.

Uni’s hall are safe and its really close to all the lecture theatre and the students union.

Good support from staff. However, some of the modules are quite poor for this course during the time of review. The Team project is a joke module. No teaching just expect you to go learn yourseld using online free resources - why am I paying for that when I can do it online for free. What makes it worse is that it is a 30 credit module. This is a 1/4 of the taught modules. This means your paying thousand for a modules that barely teaches anything. However, I'm aware they have now reduce this modules to a single 15 credit module so this would be better, but it still needs to teach actual Web development and not expect students to learns from free resources that anyone can find online anyway. The Data Mining module provide very little weekly time with lectures/staff. The modules isn't really beginner friendly either. It should be tailored to students who are new to the field (as this is part of a conversion course) but instead it expects pre existing knowledge. It also is taught along side AI and data Science students who it seems to be more tailored towards. However, this is a optional module and can be avoided but still it is disappointing none the less. The Software Engineering module needs to be more extensive and needs to include lecture notes. The Human Computer Interaction module was good but again too short (not much taught) should include more on UI design not just UX. The best models were Database systems and Data Structures. Database System was a well created module with good amount of information (as far as I'm concerned it's one of few modules that was actually made for this course as most of the modules are just taken from the BSc programme - a very lazy approach to minimise work for staff but maximise profit for the Uni). As a result, the Database system module was very enjoyable and provide very good support to students. The Data Structure and Algorithm module again covers a good amount and provide fantastic lecture notes with makes this module very fun and interesting. Good modules. - Database systems. - Data Structures and Algorithms. Decent modules. - Human Computer Interaction. - Foundation of Object orientation Programming. - Software Engineering. Poor modules. - Data Mining. Rubbish Modules. - Team Project. However some of the modules have changed. The course no longer has HCI and Data Mining modules.

Best aspect, well explained by the lectures. Plus there’s always available recordings in case you don’t understand the topic. Worse aspect, sometimes it’s hard to find the suggested books from the lectures.

Most like, the people. It’s easy to make friends. Least like, nothing.

The course content and quality of teaching is very solid. There's plenty of opportunity to book appointments with staff if you need to speak to them about something. Lecturers have a tendency to run over a little, which is annoying if you have to catch a train because you have to leave early and miss a little content. Content is split pretty much 50/50 between pre-recorded podcast and actual in person lectures.