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4.04.23.01022 Student reviews
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The facilities are excellent, my personal favourites are the library and faculty of arts buildings, both of these spaces are great for studying and the fab building has a very modern interior. The sports clubs and sports centre on campus have been vital in my enjoyment of the university, with the rowing club being the best thing to happen to me since joining Warwick. The only downside about the university personally is the location, as living in Leamington spa in second year, it requires a 30 minute bus or 20 minute car ride into campus, which when the traffic is bad in the mornings is not ideal.
Beautiful and green campus with a great community feel. So many different places to study, relax and socialise.
Nice lecture theatres with good lecturers
The best is the support of our career.
18-24 years
First gen student
The campus is small but it creates a nice atmosphere and environment. Facilities are good and resources are always available to help with your studies.
Warwick is a great university and the PAIS department is very dedicated to improving student experience. However, I think if I had looked past numerical indicators of the department's success, I would have chosen a different university - the department building is outdated, freezing in the winter, and ugly. While the campus life suits me well, Warwick is a mix of modern and 1960s architecture which I dislike, and the surrounding towns are empty and depressing. I wish I had chosen a more city-based uni. The union and its societies are great, and the campus does feel more lively during the week (moreso in the summer). I love the library, despite its look, mainly for its 24/7 open hours and being one of the only warm places on campus in the winter. Most of my classes are great, and the majority of lecturers and seminar tutors are interesting and engaging. I genuinely do think this is a great place for most students, it's just that it doesn't suit me as well.
Societies: -amazing variety of societies, most feel very open to newcomers and it is fun to have so many events on that you can attend -good support for society exec this year especially, big improvement on last 2 years Clubnights: -decent -kasbah is nearby and a great night out Course: -third year has been very good overall, good teachers, interesting content -neural computing as a module feels offensively easy for a third year module, spending entire lectures on stuff covered in 10 minutes in first year -continued issue of coursework being worth a lot less than the time required to complete it, specifically with compilers, is less the case than last year though (where every module had this issue) -module organisers this year are clearly passionate about the topics they are teaching, and are always happy to answer questions outside of lecture hours
The environment is beautiful
Great campus where there always things to do!
18-24 years
Best - Great social life, transport links to major cities and bus links to and from campus and surrounding area. - facilities on campus are pretty good. new buildings (FAB) are very nice but also a few older buildings too. - Housing also isnt an issue in leam like it is at other unis. Worst - student life isnt the best - poor options for clubbing in leamington and coventry and bars can be pricy at the weekend - especially since our spoons is pretty small to serve our entire student population in leamington. - stagecoach pretty much have monopoly on buses to campus. can be reliable at times but also can be super unreliable too and bus pass is pricey but a necessity.
Some modules are taught excellently such as anatomy, however some modules like Cell tissue biomedicine need revamping
Best - got great looking infrastructures and large studying spaces such as Oculus and the library; school grocery shop is in the centre of school which makes everything a lot more easier, Tesco is also not so far away. Worst - no student canteen, the library cafe is way too expensive; restaurants around the campus are not cheap as well. Rootes grocery shop are very overpriced and the fruits and veggies they sell are not updated on a frequent basis.
The Sports Centre, the FAB, and the Oculus are all great buildings. Many of the others are showing their age, however. Location is ideal if you prefer a more quiet place with relatively easy access to the rest of England. London is only 1-2 hours away, providing easy access to careers events in the City.
everyone- staff and students alike are very friendly. there are always great opportunities around campus to get involved with all sorts of things.
The University of Warwick is in a great location, to start with, and public transport is fantastic. It is easy to get to both Coventry and Leamington whether that be for social experiences, accommodation or travel. It is also a nice looking and well maintained campus, constantly being taken care of, with things such as beautiful flower plantings in the Spring. Many of the buildings are a bit ugly and rather outdated, but there are some nice ones too such as the Faculty of Arts building and the Oculus. There are lots of places to eat on campus too and most are fairly reasonably priced. There is also lots of space to study and it is fantastic how three floors of the library are dedicated to quiet study which I really appreciate. The gym facilities are also really good, especially after having been updated as of this summer just gone. The campus accommodation is also fantastic and I really enjoyed living there in my first year. Student support from seminar tutors and personal tutors is also fantastic. I think that my one biggest complaint would probably be the SU. From my understanding as a member of the a sports Exec team, many SU processes seem overcomplicated and take needlessly long amounts of time to carry out. For example, we as a club take out a monthly subscription to Canva for marketing purposes. By the time the SU has approved each month's payment, the next month's payment is already due, which seems to us as a club to be a ridiculously long time. To go back to sport more broadly the SU also fails to recognise all sports teams. My club is a big club with about 70 members yet does not get additional funding than the bare minimum 50+ members fee simply because it does not compete in BUCS tournaments. To my knowledge non-BUCS sports (including mine) receive no tournament fee support, resulting in far more expensive fees than the low-to-no cost experience by BUCS teams, despite the fact that we compete and represent the University at a significant national level. Nonetheless Warwick is a fantastic uni I really enjoy being at - the SU and its relationship with sport could just definitely do with some work.
There are so many free events around campus, and because I'm living there, it's so easy to go to a 7pm cheese and chocolate tasting, and then play Mafia until 2am- and I can still get enough sleep before my 9am lectures!! My course structure has been great so far, and it's gratifyingly difficult- to understand molecular orbital theory and electrochemistry I need to work at it, but my lecturers explain things well so I cam pick it up easily. I'd say the biggest con of university is that I miss my family.
I love the campus!
Everyone is very helpful, I love the community feel to it and I love how everyone is together in one campus, nearby student cities. it can be improved by having more social things to do on campus.
4.3
Accommodation is very close to anything you need (food shops, lecture halls etc). Seminars support lecture learning and provide more of a challenge, but useful support is provided to help us understand.
Target university for employers, especially for my degree. So many societies available on campus to help with applications. The University also hosts events with alumni and careers events with big firms that we can interact with.
Although there are 16 people in the flat, the flat is relatively tidy and everyone is so friendly. Despite having to share toilets and showers, there are still plenty and have never had to wait to use one.