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4.04.04.51855 Student reviews
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An amazing campus, with a really nice feel to it. Has a great sense of community. You can tell that there are many subject leaders at this university seen in the research and some modules. Some schools are better than others in terms of facilities, sports facilities need improving and students union are very very poor. Really good support for placements!
A lovely, bustling environment. Slightly rundown, but great events and bar/cafes.
The university does a good job of providing all the relevant resources for students to succeed. However, the issues surrounding pensions and diversity that lead teachers to strike almost every term prohibit this being fully effective. The key area in which the university could improve would be to focus less on appearances of change but instead actually instigate change within courses. For instance, the university pretends to care strongly about mental health but group work, presentations, and audience participation in lectures is very frequent and often makes up a large part of student's grades. All of these things are highly stressful for people with any form of anxiety which most students will experience at some point in their university experience. For some courses this makes sense but for the majority this is unnecessary as the field of study students would be going into is not built on cooperative work or talking to an audience. It seems some teachers only know how to prepare other people how to be teachers when most people will not be choosing that career path.
18-24 years
First gen student
Best aspects - location, research opportunities, the students Union Worst- student support, support for staff, funding for uni itself
Worst paying normal fees during covid and strikes
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Best: the location, the opportunities, the facilities Area of development: student support in lectures and in other aspects, deadlines, halls
Transportation to the University when you live off campus!
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love location, very fun and fresh
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4.3
18-24 years
The best at the University of Sussex I would say is the student support, they are constantly trying to improve and hear student voices which is really excellent. Some facilities could be improved and more businesses like cosy coffee shops could be offered.
The classes now are taught in person but also recorded, in case you miss it. It's really flexible and the lecturers are very approachable.
I stayed in East Slope (Bod) last year, my room was perfect, it had a lot of storage everywhere, so it was never a problem. I shared the bathroom with another flatmate and she was lovely (but I guess that will change, and it depends a lot on luck) .