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Sort:Latest reviewsgood resources and my course is pretty fun, only issue is lectures reply rate on email.
I find that the lecturers create good content and are concise in what they present.
The course is great and the lecturers always are helpful
18-24 years
Staff always respond to emails quickly and are always willing to provide support. They signpost you to teams that can provide the best advice. In the past, students found travelling to Stafford campus difficult but there have been some helpful changes. There are two shuttle buses (one from Stoke and one from the train station) that take you directly to campus. Student Union has a range of items that students may need, but I think students should be made aware of everything that is available more often. Two campuses that I have been to have great facilities and spaces. Plenty of library resources, great computer areas, social spaces, simulation labs and simulation equipment, and even stress relieving activities such as jigsaw puzzles. There are regular lectures explaining the library services clearly which is excellent.
Facilities are excellent
Good facilities and student support. Parking is limited on certain sides/areas of the campus (older sides).
45-54 years
First gen student
Relaxed atmosphere, welcoming people, friendly faces, but I feel more booths would be ideal for quiet times to study.
One of the best Universities for Film Production.
The best part of this university is how harmonious it is to lean towards game development. It really does feel like a place in which everyone has a common interest, lectures and students both. The only thing I could think of for it to be improved is to have Adobe suite available to us. We have substance painter which is create but have to get it externally from the uni with our uni email. I don't think that's too bad though, what I wish is for us to have photoshop available to us. I'm not sure if concept artists and animation have access to it because of their course, but even so, as a game artist we still do art modules here and there and it would be great for accessibility if we could work from home with the lastest photoshop.
18-24 years
First gen student
Great staff and students, good study spaces and tech, campus nearby to train station and shops, good night life and events and societies.
The facility’s and teachers are great and the campus looks amazing I just feel the lessons themselves are lackluster and not engaging and feel more like being read a script then being taught
Most of it has been built whilst we have been here
The campus is easily reached by public transport and is near to a main line train station. The facilities for my course are excellent, as are the overall campus facilities. The university continually upgrades its facilities by building new resources or upgrading existing ones. The teaching staff on my course are excellent - always responsive and helpful and very knowledgable in their fields of expertise. Feedback is usually insightful and very helpful and the way the course is delivered enables you to build a tool kit of useful skills and knowledge that will take you through your degree and prepare you for your future career or postgraduate study. I am happy to recommend Staffordshire University as a great place to study.
Being a mature student, its a best decision i have ever made. Had no idea about Surface Pattern field. Foundation year played a huge role in deciding what course i want to do. Thoroughly enjoying my course. Looking forward to what we learn in coming years.
well organised course, lots of support, great facilities. down side is the cost of things there, cafeteria is expensive, parking is very expensive especially as it is a university accommodating students who have very small income, at times i have avoided coming to university due to being unable to afford to pay for parking.
There is an excellent atmosphere for learning new skills with fantastic staff—and great support from Course and module leaders. The only thing that upset me was the bicycle-locking areas, as they did not have the shade to prevent the wet weather and unsecured places from locking the bike due to thefts. Many bicycles have been stolen due to poor security, and the messages in the areas prompt them to do whatever they are doing. Several times, my stuff and belongings, such as bicycle torches, bicycle saddle covers, and mobile phone holders, have been stolen and reported. It is a shame such a great university cannot be secure if people like me have no choice but to use their bikes to commute to the university in these weather conditions. Overall, I love Staffordshire University, and it is my life.
The wide range of facilities available to utilize is amazing, even if you do not belong to a particular course you may use their facilities. The course structures could use a rework, it tends to get overwhelming at times and can feel the stress build up
I did a foundation year, and I am now a first year student, I spent my first year here in university ran accommodation and it was overall one of the best experiences of my life, the support from the university, the students union, and res-life made any problems i had much less of a burden. Now in my second year here and living in a house with some friends I met in accom. In fact we found the house through the university's greenpad facility, where they help students find somewhere to live and as a first time renter I couldn't be more grateful for the help. Staffs Uni Stoke On Trent campus is green, beaming with life all the time, the societies they offer and the constant events and opportunities both within your course or through job opportunities within the university, seriously make this place the dream it is. As a current staff member of both the Students Union and Wellbeing Officer for the snowsports society I believe in the university and how they run things, I have received continuous help from the university's well being team, where they have helped me, mentally and with my course. My lecturers have always been attentive, passionate and caring for myself and my peers, whether we are struggling with the course or with anything else they always find ways to help the situation. My worst experiences here are not based on the university and how they do things but from other sources and therefore are not relevant. The university has genuinely done nothing but help me.
I would not consider it the worst; however it is a bit of a distance considering my current circumstances. I live in Dudley (West Midlands), and I commit to two hours away each morning and evening, to come to university.
4.2
The people and course are very good, but other aspects to do with location and housing that aren't directly influenced by the university are not so great.
Everything about the course is positive other than the forewarning on classes, timetables, events and breaks
I was only in the halls as emergency accommodation so I haven't had the full experience but the location and amenities were very good If I had chosen the hall as my accommodation I think I would've been satisfied overall.