Goldsmiths, University of London
Literary Studies MA
Horrific. I regret it so much. Don't come here. There is a reason why everyone treats Goldsmiths as a joke. The standard of teaching is appalling, modules cancelled willy nilly, the support is non existent. I learn more by listening to Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time on radio 4 than I ever have in lectures/seminars. The staff knows the joint they're running is a shambles, they just can't be bothered to do anything about it other than make student reps collect complaints they don't address.
Staff, both academic teaching staff and administration staff are not interested in helping you at all. The lecturers refuse to help with essays so helping with employability is out of the question here.
Teaching was weak and unorganised. Lecturers are not forthcoming with help, had an essay consultation with an academic answering in monosyllables for the entirety of the 7 minute meeting. Seems like they go out of their way not to help you. Modules cancelled last minute without apology. Misadvertised the course. Lecturers are arrogant without having any reason to be, the classes are laughably bad. The admin for this course is a shambles. Even urgent emails go unanswered. STEER CLEAR OF THIS PLACE.
6
Really bad. People scrambling for pc's to use. Very poor facilities, not enough toilets. The few that exist are on the ground floor and overused to the point that you can smell them from the beginning of the corridor.
No support. For anything. Seriously wish someone had warned me about this place. It's an absolute joke. Fair enough if the academics were leading luminaries in their field but they're washed up nobodies, so the arrogance and unhelpfulness is all the more baffling.
Goldsmiths, University of London
Drama: Musical Theatre BA (Hons)
As I have dropped out unfortunately all I can say is it was not what I thought it would be. Univeristy life was great and I loved the independence however the course itself was unorganised, missold and unpractical. I was VERY disappointed with the term I have had and could not see a future here no longer.
This was a new course and honestly I did not believe I was able to get work after this course. I dropped out very early on as we were told this course was not as practical as we all expected. We needed proper training in acting, dancing and singing. Bearing in mind we did not have a proper technical dance class, we were not in as sufficiently in order to train to a high standard to compete with other people for jobs in the theatre industry.
I didn’t like a lot of the course. It is VERY theoretical and not enough practical teaching time. A drama school has moved almost 5 miles down the road who offer musical theatre and the course leader could not understand that one day we will be competing for jobs with students with fantastic training like them. Our voice teacher was phenomenal. We had her for an acting module and I felt I learned the most with her and also learned a lot about the voice itself. We had movement (which I think was to compromise dance) which was interesting but we would have liked more technique lessons. I dropped out very early on as I felt like I was wasting a lot of time.
10
The SU is very active. The student bar is great and well placed between the uni and the halls. The bar is above the cafe. There were also a lot of societies you could join, each with a Facebook page for updates.
The halls were lovely. I stayed in Loring Hall and the management team were fantastic. We had a few issues with a flat mate and they were able to sort it all out in 24 hours. However due to lots of students there, I kept smelling something suspicious coming through my window.
If you are an academic then the facilities are great. For a practical-based course there was a lack of dance space although they claimed to have sprung floors. The theatre is a nice open space and is beneficial for drama students with good technical facillities.
Living in London has always been a. Dream and with just a half an hour tube ride into the city I was able to see shows I’ve never seen before. I loved it.
I spent a lot of time in the SU as it was the cheapest option. Being a Northern girl I found a lot of the bars pricey
Support is great at Goldsmiths however I always felt like it was hard to direct help for example I would go to well being and they would tell me to speak to someone else but then I was told to speak to another person so it became a long chain. Tutors gave feedback in an acceptable time frame
Goldsmiths, University of London
Curating MFA
BAD and very regrettable. Not worth the time or money spent. I wish I had known what Goldsmiths was really like, and how many students were disappointed. I wish I had done my research.
There was very little support for career prospects. The only thing the tutors did was forward us emails of opportunities they had heard of, but there was not any guidance or assistance to apply for the roles, and the competition was so intense that most often nobody was successful. The majority of graduates are left job searching with very little direction.
The teaching style was horrible. Tutors were unprofessional and unorganised and unconcerned with helping the students.
12
Not helpful, it felt like they were more inclined to help the university than the students.
Decent.
Lewisham is a pretty bleak town, low income and not much to offer in terms of student outings.
NA.
This is the weakest part. The academic and personal support was horrible and dissapointing.
Goldsmiths, University of London
Psychology with Clinical Psychology BSc (Hons)
I have been here only for about a month and so far I am enjoying it. It is tense and exciting at the same time
Haven't tried out any job
I really like the lectures here. It is interactive and there is always some activity to do which is nice and fun
No idea. I haven't been here long
It is good so far but like I said I haven't been here long
Pretty exciting
No idea
Student centre in very efficient tutorial mentor sessions use help line
Goldsmiths, University of London
Psychology BSc (Hons)
Can't really participate in many of them since, I had to work for both foundation/1st/2nd year to support myself, because SFE messed up my maintenance loan
Idk, Couldn't really get a job in my field yet
Last year was better
Its good although they weren't much help in sorting my situation out
Although you could have free legal representation
Come on, its London
Wouldn't now, must be good from what I've heard
Uni could do with more facilities
Goldsmiths, University of London
Drama and Theatre Arts BA (Hons)
The social elements are amazing; societies etc. But the organisation and support provided by the uni is atrocious
The name alone is a plus but they also have great connections
They're all lovely and passionate, but the organisation is atrocious
Their events are good but are disorganised and completely disconnected to issues
Amazing, but hard to book
Easy links to London
Had a great experience
Not enough support in some areas, they need to sort it out
Goldsmiths, University of London
Music (Popular Music Research) MA
Great staff and students in all modules and areas at university. Inclusive, diverse environment
Career space here not been so useful for me but thats probably due to my personal career path. Resources good.
Excellent availability for tutorials, plus some modules taught by a variety of lecturers to enhance expertise
Good range of food and drink, also helpful being bangin new cross- lots of external facilities ready
Unsure- don't get too involved
Have experienced top support with both
Goldsmiths, University of London
Brands, Communication and Culture MA
Overwhelming but exciting (social life)
Very little
The lecturer is pretty nice and the course is very interesting and useful
Very patient and supportive
The library is pretty good. While others are a little bit old
Enjoy living in London!
Not a big fan of clubs but my friends told me there are quiet a lot of nice clubs around
Low efficiently....but can always get the job done
Goldsmiths, University of London
History BA (Hons)
A really positive experience where I have learnt a lot about myself . It's too expensive, and I doubt I will actually get a better future career as a result
There is a careers department that is useless
8 contact hours. I feel patronised in my 1st year, the foundation year was taught much more maturely
I have zero strong opinions here
Entirely average
Being a Londoner is only cool to people outside London. It's too expensive
Literally never been to one, not a focus @ Goldsmiths
Academic support in History is brilliant. It can be good but a lot of the time overwhelmed
Goldsmiths, University of London
Computer Science BSc (Hons)
Overall course experience has been positive, however, particular lecturers have taken strides to negatively impact my experience
Notoriety poor due to the lack of management and organisational processes
Technical aspects are phenomenal however, use of space could be improved
Understaffed and lack funding, overall little variety
Excellent personal support, academic support, however, is underwhelming
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