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Some of the tutors are super supportive whereas others are not as much. The facilities are not that great as there is only a library and a student union, I was hoping there would be a gym in order to take a healthy break from studying.
It’s very interesting content and helpful having lectures in person now. However, it’s a shame when some lecturers don’t record the lecture so we can go back and watch it if we missed anything. The course hours are good and lots of contact time
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So I'm going to divide to comment into three main sections: 1. Strikes: During my 3 years at Goldsmiths. I have experienced 6 strikes. 1st year: 6 weeks of strikes (out of 20), this is also when covid began so basically we had less than 11 weeks of studies out of a year. Last year (2020-2021, covid year), we had a boycott mark when tutors refused to give us feedback on essays and works. We could actually improve without any feedback plus with zero in-person teachings. I study art and this is crucial for the course. This year (2021-2022) we had 9 weeks of stikes out of 20. NO FEE REFUND or other support was made both by tutors and their union, and Goldsmiths senior management. 2. Goldsmiths SU- Goldsmiths SU is the most non inclusive. They don't support students at all, they didn't do anything to help students during covid. The university does absolutely NOTHING to protect its students. Goldsmiths SU and in general the university has this hypocritical "safe space" policy where they claim to be pluralistic and support any view, but when this view is not exactly as theirs, it is not a valid view. Tutors and other students try to convince you of their perspective instead of listening to your opinion and encouraging a discussion. This results in just laziness in intellectual views and ideas. 3. Art and career: Goldsmith's art deportment tutors are mostly failed artists. They try to claim that success in the art world could not value by commercial success, and in order to be a 'real artist,' you must be poor and work in a bookshop and in your leisure time doing art. This is not why we study art for 3 years. Also, there is no teaching about the art world, the business of art, the art market, networking and etc. I feel so clueless about the future because I had zero support in that sense. Overall, I highly recommended you not to spend your time, energy and money at Goldsmiths. Does not worth it at all.
Career service is doing a good job, but it is not enough in order to prepare students for life after university. The course quality is quite poor. On the art history side, the intellectual level isn't amazing, and on the art side (studio practice) is even poorer. There is barely any teaching (even without strikes), but with strikes, we are just cow cash, we literally pay £21,000 a year for a studio. (International fees, now are higher).
London is amazing
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Always on a damn strike every week.
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Course content very engaging and not "mainstream". You get to explore topics that really do open your mind and help you think outside the box. Campus ok, could be improved but it's not so bad after all, I like everything is in the same location. Everything else is bad to horrible. Student support is slow or non existent, strikes and covid took away 70% of what I paid for and the university has no intention to refund me anything. Also very very slow with the marking. Overall I wouldn't recommend Goldsmiths, based on my experience.
Course content engaging and thought-provoking. Work placement unpaid, they only provide few opportunities and hardly related to your course. Moreover, it is badly organised, running during periods full of coursework to do and if you already work for a living it makes it impossible. After the first 4 months of year 1, teaching has never got back to normal and lectures are still held online which is extremely annoying. Constant and long strikes have ensured I missed all that was left. Tutor doesn't answer emails and seems very unsupportive. Facilities are basic, cannot complain but nothing extraordinary. Library could be bigger
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The location is amazing and I love how small the campus is yet so close to the city centre. I have met a lot of great people through Goldsmiths and have had some great experiences however COVID and strikes have meant that a lot of the in person teaching I should have had hasn’t happened. This, I believe, has meant I haven’t done as well in assessments as I could have done as there has been a severe lack of guidance. Overall I love the uni, the campus, the teachers and the other students, however it undeniably has its negative sides as well.
Due to COVID and strikes there has definitely been a lack of contact with teachers. I found it very hard to engage with online teaching leading me to become rather disconnected with the course.
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