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3.05.09 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviews18-24 years
First gen student
The campus is located in central and being able to live in London is a amazing experience, meet so many people from everywhere and have had access to events and places I could only dream of. The only downside to being located in London is the price of everything and how expensive nights out are but all in all its a amazing expression
Second year was a wonderful experience and I learnt a lot, however we were given no teaching or pastoral support in final year. Would be a great Uni if the standard of teaching was consistent. Would recommend considering Hertfordshire instead.
Very chill. I am focusing on my work more than making friends, later on in events I might meet some people. Escape Studios is the best hiding spot for nerds. Joking only but as the name mentions escape. It allows me to Escape my reality and focusing on making another one while eating on Planet Earth.
First year was just an eye opener. Now on my second year im loving it, because im getting to know more and more about animation. This is for the students that are coming out of the Uk, its going to be a life changing experience. You have to be very strong, because being very far from the family is not easy, and get in your mind that you will have to work and study at the same time to be able to live in london, because its a expensive life environment, so start saving know and you will be ok. But the overall its great.
It's great. The first year was a bit chaotic, probably due to this course being new (My class was the first FIRST undergraduate class to take this course). Second year was much better and by the end, it was so good I wished it didn't end. Last week we started 3rd year and it seems to be as good as the 2nd.
I love it so far. Classes are very peaceful and interesting, the teachers are experienced in what they're teaching. Most of the things we do make sense and you don't feel like you're wasting your time.
My experience at uni so far has been good. In my first year was scary since I'm in a new environment with new people but that soon changed as I started to talk to people and realised everyone is really nice and friendly. There was so many events going on and I attended a few and I always had a positive experience. At the moment, I'm in my second year and so far it has been okay just a lot of work to do but still having a good time here at my uni :)
Uni is great Holborn is quite nice location, lots of shops and places to go. Escapes got very nice place and good facilities. The teachers are mostly friendly and understand if you have problem (sometimes). Wish there would be a bigger canteen with student friendly prices.
3.0
25-34 years
Tutors with real-life studio experience who know what the Industry is looking for and what techniques are relevant to make studying at Escape Studios worth it. The worst aspect is the crunch culture, which consists in having to deliver the project in a very short amount of time with all students skipping sleep and just stressing all year long about deliveries, although it mirrors the Visual Effects industry according to our tutors even when some modules overlaps while they could be distributed better.
The best aspect is that the knowledge we get is fundamental to getting an entry-level job, once graduated. The worst aspect is that some subjects are prioritised over others, for example, those who study 3D Visual Effects get more knowledge starting from an "Intro to Maya" in the First Year, while 2D Students get 1/4 of the modules about compositing and do not start learning it properly up to the end of the second year and the majority of learning is self-study during the third.