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4.03.54.3547 Student reviews
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Best was the professors and the classes worst was hall small the campus is
Staff responses to student problems could be improved
The teachers are interesting
The location and facilities are great. The support from teaching staff are great. The non academic staffs are not great!!!
Better facilities for commuting students
I love the overall uni feeling as it is very student targeted and is lively therefore making it quite nice to socialise and study, teachers are really interesting and often listen to student feedback. That being said, student feedback doesn't have much of a meaningful impact as it is assessed quite late into the terms. In some cases, it is also looked at artificially or not being listened to at all when it comes to administrative things.
Good location, admin can be improved
It's very chill , in central london and the subjects are very interesting and decolonial. The lecturers are very good at what they do. It is lacking in huge university events and festivals with most being arranged by societies very rarely.
The new library and casual third spaces seating is great, the sofas were needed and in the library the little booths we need more of those as there is only 3 and it’s always taken
Table tennis and pool in the same room in the jcr is too cramped
Location and the amount of people from different backgrounds make it very interesting
the student body is vibrant and incredible the speed of the admin is awful. everything takes forever always
The good thing I love is that there are many students from different ethnicity and backgrounds and Culture. The community Is really nice. (Societies) The bad thing is that I think when it comes to learning I feel like we just learn the theory of the book and not actually trying to fully understand and that we can use these skills we learned in the future and that it isn’t forgotten for law this could be like actual practical legal learning like role play .
Can be better in student support
The best: very diverse. Lots of different people from all over the world. They offer a variety of courses and teachers help when needed. The worst: Admin is not always the best
What SOAS lacks in reliable admin it completely makes up for in the quality of teaching. The library has recently been refurbished, and there are many different spaces to study in or relax.
Good spot, great professors, terrible admin.
The commuting is the worst, but the location is the best.
4.1
Best for unique perspectives and learning niche topics and opinions
The content taught is sometimes too critical. In that, you're critiquing content that you don't really know about. And immediately launch yourself into being a critic.
It has got the best location, but the amenities are very old school specifically the showers