8 reviews

NO communication between students and tutors, tutors and tutors, or even the university and third parties such as the owners of the studios. Four works were removed by a student and then removed from a tutor without being told. (Work was put up the week before the Christmas break and I found out the week I returned) Hosted a presentation which ended with a very healthy, civilised, and friendly debate. But was later told the presentation was offensive and there was no discussion at all (was told by a tutor who never attended said presentation) Was almost given a disciplinary because the of the two reasons above. Was told the university has no free speech by a tutor (after reading the universities rules, and the LAW, turns out they would have gone against the law if I were to be disciplined) Had to attend a meeting with two tutors about the four works, was told by one that I’m and white man and therefore can’t talk about certain discussions like racism (as if I haven’t been a victim of racism myself) The same tutor had called me a white man before, as if the colour of my skin is all I am (due to this incident I never felt safe going to meetings with tutors unless I was recording the whole thing, legally I and whoever else fears they need to can) Furthermore, assumptions were made on my character despite not knowing me, some assumptions were down right sickening. Talked about the Karl Rittenhouse incident as an example of the media being either accidentally or purposefully wrong to misinform the readers. I was then called a conspiracy theorist despite all my sources either coming from primary accounts, mainstream articles, or raw data from sources like the Government. I was suggested of being far right due to my essay being pro free speech and liberty (I criticised censorship from the Church, the 20th century right wing, and compared it to woke ideology in todays world) I was able to show this tutor I’m not far right, but the fact I was labelled it is a disgrace. None of my blogs were ever read by the tutor whose literal job was to read them. This happened in my second and third year. Absolute disgrace as it explained my ins and outs of my project work, but instead of reading them I was characterised as a villain. I have also heard from several students from my year and ones before and after me, that the level of care when it comes to marking is poor. I received no emotional aid when I mentioned I had lost sleep with the name calling I had received from tutors. The university charged full price during lockdown, despite the workshops being closed. I have seen accounts from two other students who have said their work was removed. All appear to me to be because we offer either centralist or slightly conservative opinions. During the process to clear out the studios for the last exhibition, my tutor suggested we place the chairs and tables on the stairs to create a health and safety issue to therefore force the owners of the building to place the furniture in the basement (I have no idea if they went through with this but it was not said in a joking manner) I had to re-plan my end of year exhibition three times because they moved where I was to be placed. I was told by my own tutor that I would grow out of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon historical artforms. A tutor left mid-way through the year twice. A number of students and tutors presented a strong anti-Anglo-Saxon agenda (would be fine if the opposing side was welcome) The lack of teaching there is inferior to what you are taught in GCSEs. All I can say is that if you are remotely free speech, want to present Christianity in a good light, or have centralist/conservative opinions, I would stray far away from this university. Or, if you are ready for what I experienced, understand the law is on your side for free speech in universities, and I wholly encourage looking into the Free Speech Union if you are ever in the need for legal advice on said matters

We are provided with lockers for our materials but these are small and more space for students studying art could be provided with more space to store valuable materials.

The Aldgate campus is ideally located close to a number of art galleries and places of cultural importance, social and economic importance. Located in an area of London that has a rich and vibrant culture with a diverse population. There are excellent transport links close to campus. The area has a high poverty index core and moderate crime rates compared to other London boroughs. That said I have not felt unsafe in my four years attending the university.

The best about the course is helps me to work my own pace and the worst part is working under pressure.

The tutors are amazing and really care for the students success. I feel as though a big issue is that they are stretched for time. We have tutorials, and can always get in touch with them for help if needed.

As I am doing foundation. This course is very easy for me to do. Online classes are, in my opinion, the best one so far where everyone can leave a comment and ask around freely while in lecture room, they just listen to the teacher silently. Also with this course you can freely do whatever you want to do. You can visit museums and exhibits.

Online the course was going excellent, quality of teaching Onside is the same. Quite bit confusing tutors' working time is, because is different for everyone of them

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From what I remember from my first and second year, the facilities were always clean and they had great protocols to prevent injuries with the machines. The facilities were never packed to the brim and everyone respected each other.

I feel like my professors were so understanding because they were feeling the mental impacts as well. You could see on their faces that some days were just a bit harder than others. So it was a mutual understanding of not feeling yourself sometimes. In terms of disabilities from what I can see the university appropriately caters to people who live with them. They have motorised lifts to avoid stairs and an elevator. The campus isn’t huge since it’s what I guess you would call a sub department of the main campus. I personally have not used the mental health support at London met but I do recall some sort of organisation link to providing help with people who are struggling

I have been online since March 2020. This is my last year and it has been the opposite of what I expected. Being inside made it a lot harder to reach out to new people in my class, and remember who is even in my class to ask about work assignments or to see other people’s work progress as the University keeps it confidential. On top of that trying to connect with a black screen makes your motivation to make new friends decrease with each class. In all honesty the way the class itself was run, was very boring. It very hard to concentrate at a lecture when you’re home and you can’t really tell if everyone else is interested and your professor is speaking at a monotone voice for 4 hours. With that being said my professors themselves were very kind and understanding regarding the mental weight of everything going on so in turn it made creating work a lot less stressful and demanding.

The career service is easy to use. I have used it recently to find work experience related to Art therapy. I haven’t had a one-to-one session which is what I was looking for, they just referred me to fill in my details on an application form and whenever they had availabilities I would receive emails and I would take it from there myself.

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