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4.04.04.5432 Student reviews
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The University of Nottingham is one of the most attractive universities you could study. Every detail in buildings, libraries, design print, even the freshly cut grass, is so pleasing and forces you to go into the study. The campus looks and feels like home; in their own words, "Welcome to your new home away from home". The student life is 10/10. When I was in my first year, I remember going through some explicit difficulties, and my tutor put me through the school's counselling during COVID, which saved my life. I came from a small town almost 4 hours away from Nottingham, and the jump from sixth form to university is quite daunting, especially for someone who did not know anyone attending the university. It's a whole new life, and especially for my cohort, COVID did not permit us to have the normal university lifestyle. From online lectures to online exams, it got challenging not having too many human interactions, and we only experienced a few things the university would offer to a first-year student. However, the support, constant emails, and check-ins from lecturers and tutors kept us up. I love that the university has many societies and things for people to join and do best suited to them. One of the societies I am involved in is Kharis on Campus, a Christian student fellowship. I wanted to join sports societies; however, I could never afford to have a membership every year. The university should have a scholarship or bursary fund for students who cannot afford sports memberships. There should be a bundle where sports membership comes with the uniform. It is ridiculous to pay for a membership of £260 annually, pay for a uniform, and then pay to join a sports society. I understand that it comes with many outstanding facilities and technology people can use; however, it can be difficult, as I have explained. There are many societies students can join and enjoy life in university. I will also say a lot the societies do tend to do socials together at a place where there is alcohol involved, e.g. going to the pub and having a beer. Some course subject societies are no longer helping newer students integrate into university life, helping with their course other than meeting new people and making friends, just having fun drinking at a nightclub. This blocks many students from joining in the social part as not every student drinks. It could be improved if there were some legislation from the student union that societies must participate in half and half-alcoholic gatherings. There are many available facilities for students, hopper buses which take you from campus to campus (although they have started to decrease the size of the buses). The universities have various libraries for people to book group studies and special sections dedicated to postgraduates. The university has recently made all libraries 24 hours again since COVID, which has helped many students. More study buildings are required; the number of students to study space ratio does not correlate; the majority of students prefer studying on a university campus, so the university should tailor to more buildings which aren't in use to be study spaces, Some buildings which have not been in use since COVID. The university needs more streetlights at night; even though it is pretty safe, it sometimes puts me off in the evening. The university park campus has a central food court. The university needs to increase the types of food they sell at an affordable price. It should be reasonable with a good amount of portion. Otherwise, people spend £10 a day on food, and we should increase the cafes and restaurants such as mooch. Loving my university has made me fall in love with the town itself, and I am desperately trying to find an excuse for a job to stay in Nottingham. Everything has flaws, but honestly, the university of Nottingham has been there for me in various ways, with exceptional professionals and professors.
4.3
Beautiful campus, there were sufficient study spaces, good resources for students to support their studies. A wide range of extracurricular activities to choose from, loads of opportunities to participate in events planning to boost personal skills. I personally don’t like my campus as much as the main one as it’s very isolated from everything. I also don’t have much interaction with my lecturers and personal tutor.
Good content in first year to build a better foundation for further studies throughout the course. I wish we can have more animal related practicals as we only had two since the start of my course.
Very isolated as usual, terrible internet. Good management from the company, rooms were new and big.