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4.04.22.82171 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsLove the student life, and SU, many events and shows are organised and well executed by the SU, many shops, restaurants, bars and even prayer rooms available. Campus isn’t really inviting, rather dreadful to be honest even though some facilities like the Sports facility, SU NightClub, Lecture halls computer labs and Library are incredible the University also truly excels with student and staff wellbeing facilities and also open and private study spaces. Campus security and cleanliness is also top notch. Classes are decent, not very interesting or captivating though, and you will most likely spend your entire First Year trying to navigate the maze that is Colchester Campus. Finally, for paying as much the students do, we should be allowed to decide whether or not we want to truly take advantage of the opportunity, if one is already knowledgeable in a domain and still wishes to study it no matter which level they choose to study, they should be able to do so and not be rejected on the basis that they’re “too knowledgeable”.
Great facilities. But poor student life
The Colchester campus of the University of Essex is simply perfect. It is located in the Wivenhoe Park which has an amazing view during sunny period. Students' Union is always ready to help and organise the best events ever. In my opinion, student life is without the doubt one of the best in the UK. Campus is full with bars, places to eat, shops, coffee shops, a nightclub, a cinema and many places to study. Student support is extremely fast, usually fixing your personal or education related problems the same day.
A little more support would be greatly appreciated! Sometimes information and signposting seems a little scattered.
-Meeting new people and making new friends -Learning new skills -Lack of guidance (e.g. when trying to find support in certain areas such as attendance) -Lack of casual, less time consuming recreational spaces for free time
18-24 years
First gen student
Environment is good and lecturers are helpful (respond efficiently). However, sometimes lecturers have been cancelled last minute and I have already began travelling in.
It has a great community feel to it but could do with more events going on on campus for students to get involved and mix more. The night life does get a little boring so new events would definitely go down well. Overall though it has been a good experience
There are lots of different places to study and many places to get food on campus. Worst aspects is the transport system as there is no efficient way of getting home at night. Maybe a student night bus would be good considering there is a club on campus.
18-24 years
First gen student
Amazing social life, really friendly and supportive SU, however need more private, soundproof pods to do silent work in.
I hope the infrastructure of the school will be more perfect, because I find that each classroom is far away from each other, and the courses adjacent to it are not in the same teaching building, so it is very troublesome to have classes.
The location is quite unfortunate as there isn’t much to do in Colchester, however the Uni itself is pretty good.
Worst - very difficult to get access to any help/emails take ages to get any replies Best - great student atmosphere
I love how everything you need can be found on campus, shops, sports facilities such as gym and Astro pitches (I absolutely love the silver/ gold membership schemes for sports, I think they’re brilliant), etc. what I don’t like however is how much of a hassle it is to get to and from town, but this is only an issue when you don’t have a car, which I sadly don’t.
Apart from providing high-quality education, the University of Essex is the place where everyone feels welcomed. With students from over 130 countries, the University of Essex is a truly international community. This diversity creates a vibrant and inclusive learning environment that enriches the educational experience which I, as an international student, truly appreciate. The university is also committed to supporting its students throughout their studies, offering a range of services such as academic and personal support, career advice, and wellbeing services. In other words, there is always someone who you can go to. Last but not least, the University of Essex has a beautiful campus, where you can both study and relax.
It is sometimes hard to find the building with the building being called 5 or 4. Student union is awesome and very helpful.
The events that are always on to accommodate the lack of stuff to do in Colchester. Theres always stand of fresh goods in the centre of campus
It's fine there's things they could improve on like support with dissertations but otherwise they're okay
The facilities such as the library, sports arena, and even the food market on a Thursday are great. All members of staff are friendly and very helpful.
Great campus
4.3
18-24 years
First gen student
There is no financial support for international students which makes it hard. There is also not many facilities at the campus so it would be nice to have a gym to use
Teaching is not that good as they read from the slides.
There is a lot of diversities in the area which is nice as that is familiar to me. Public transport such as trains are disappointing and expensive even with railcard