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4.04.22.82171 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviews18-24 years
The campus is great. Lots of places to socialise and grab lunch/dinner. Study spaces are really good and plentiful. Sometimes the learning and guidance is lacking. When it comes to assignments guidance is minimal and a lot of the time I feel like its left to me to sort it out.
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complex route
Campus has lots of study space, the non academic staff are really helpful
Lecturer slides
Best Experience in the uni life is having cricket training on everyone Thursday.Worst experience is spending your vacations here as everyone goes home campus is dead I spent my Christmas vacations here and they were the worst
Uni location is awesome but the problem is teacher should give to international students to understand the pattern of study bcs different countries have different pattern of study ,burden should not put on international students in begging time .
Great place to study. A lot of support from student and lecturers, always open to questions and very patient with learning. I always feel welcome at the university and would recommend.
Best: I love the fact I’ve come to a campus uni. Everything is so close and mostly accessible! The lecturers are fantastic and the people they have running the SU this year are absolutely amazing! Shoutout to Nifemi for being so kind and helpful. Worst: Other than the new builds, the buildings look a little dated. They’re very confusing, and despite the Find Your Way app, neurodivergent people really struggle with reading maps and getting lost so it’s something to think about. Because the campus is so hilly, it’s not the best for wheelchair access and I don’t think they should be advertising themselves as truly accessible, people with wheelchairs should be made aware of this.
Everything is fine except the location is not that good for students
Essex is a great place to study because of it’s facilities and courses however students are bit rude except britishers, they are really sweet with you .
Worst aspects: Some weird students being annoying Best aspects: Everything else from my time there (honestly) It could be improved by continuing the contest effort they give in this university !
best aspect : living on campus and uni life and worst aspect is disgusting flatmates and lots of noise in the tower
Great facilities, friendly staff. £2 meal of the day is good.
There’s lots of courses available that are very u iwie and can be somewhat altered to a persons interests however the student Union is not very in touch and doesn’t speak about issue such as the rising rent prices and there is little help for students unless they are at crisis point in which case it’s still a 50/50 chance on if you will get financial help based on your home financial situation. It’s great that the university allows all years to stay on campus accommodation, however it’s becoming unaffordable. It also seems like this is an issue the university could solve but not continuously building office buildings or refurbishing things that don’t need to be just so they can up the price. The society’s are amazing and having a club on campus is really good for student life but events that are on this year so far are very out of touch with a lot of students or are not necessarily nights that everyone can go to.
Silberaad is the best place to study whenever it’s a social study space very relaxing.
18-24 years
best is how beautiful campus is and worse is the lack of culture and more authentic cultural foods. Major improvement from the previous years but still.
18-24 years
I love the nature around campus. It's huge and very green and i love it. The student union organises so many things and they have so many ways to support you. My teachers are great and i feel very happy. The only thing is a con for me is that as a town is kind of quiet and small.
18-24 years
It's a nice place, with a decently sized main campus and pretty views. The student experience, at least for me, has been rather underwhelming here, as there isn't many options for socializing outside of drinking and societies. The student's union, as experienced from the inside, is a brilliantly diverse organisation, glowing with potential and blessed with down to earth staff members. All in all, a good university.
4.3
Students union is great, good events and the VTeam volunteering is amazing made my uni experience 10 times better
Content is good, delivering if the content is not- lectures just read off of powerpoint slides it isn’t worth going in person
Great location & nice room, security was pretty bad corridors & rooms were broken into regularly