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2171 Student reviews
It’s has a lot of student support and has very advanced facilities for athlete students. The night life is great aswell
My uni experience so far has been excellent. The staff here are very supportive and encouraging towards new endeavors which is really up lifting. They inspire you to achieve your fullest Potential
Love the environment but lecturers tend to just read off the slides
Our university is excellent except the location
great government department and student support
18-24 years
First gen student
The best aspect are the events held by My SU and the support they provide to all students with different backgrounds. The worst is hard to say cause it’s so nice but I would say a more helpful accommodation team when it comes to helping with flatmate disputes.
worst experience some lecturers are not good at teaching and sometimes i wonder how they even got their job. best experience is making friends and the freshers events they hosted.
18-24 years
First gen student
The University is great with great food on campus with great £2 deals but sadly there isn’t much to do in Colchester and SU food is quite pricy
I was extremely anxious about returning to education as i am a mature student, however i was pleasently suprised by the amoumt of support recieved from both staff and student union. Essex has great facillities and a lovely feel to the organisation. I am very privaliged to be studying at eseex university.
Sometimes I feel things are slightly repetitive but other than that I really love how easy it is to meet people are around campus
18-24 years
First gen student
It had lots of really lovely study areas and social areas, the accommodations were also pretty good too when I lived in them. They have lots of fun things going on and markets which have really great stuff. Things to improve is the lack of communication from teaching staff, emails are rarely answered and when they are they tend to be unhelpful, the feedback I receive from assignments aren’t usually very helpful either.
Great campus, good security with lots to do. Support with studies and mainly good lecturers
Best community Worst racism
It is a beautiful place but it needs to take better care with incidents that happening in Sub zero
It’s just a really nice supportive campus, it’s a home away from home
very good but we don’t have too many fancy food in campus most of them are burgers
The campus feels very safe and the student life in general is great. Studying feels much better when with friends at the library or anywhere else, there is a lot of place to study. I think it could be improved with more help for students regarding coursework because I think it lacks a bit of academic help from teachers/lecturers sometimes, specially with the strikes
The university has a great atmosphere and excellent facilities to go about your studies or even work on personal projects. The look of the University is always being looked at to ensure everything is at top quality, even small things such as repainting lines and cleaning windows. There is easy access via some busses, although a little out of the way.
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Best being the support that student receive from staff and the involvement of the student union. Worst: the location is not the best
Best: being taught by lectures who enjoy what they teach Worst: the workload