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4.04.14.01113 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsThe place to live is really a beautiful city and the grange accommodation I’m based in is a quality price for what you get, especially the location. I have enjoyed my course so far and the content I have been taught has been in a good manner
The uni itself is wonderful. The teaching style is great and the student community is super fun. However, it is so ridiculously expensive to live in York, given the insanely high student housing prices, that its unsustainable for most students to live here.
18-24 years
York ST John University offers a great variety of facilities which make learning far more comprehensive and goals feel more achievable. The library offers an abundance of useful resources which help with one's own field of study as well as reading for pleasure or assignment research. The Student Union offers great student events weekly, as well as great refreshments at affordable prices, on top of being a great place to sit and study as well as the library. The campus itself has its own history, with it being big enough to feel interesting yet small enough as to feel intimate and compact - though not to the point of claustrophobia. Everything is just a quick walk from each other, and any resources are available at one's fingertips.
Great and extremely helpful lecturers, great location, the student union could however hold more events
18-24 years
It’s such a lovely campus with friendly staff and great resources
Just needs more areas for quiet revision and work, library is great but very busy and not very quiet
I’ve been here two months and am yet to have a bad experience with the university. The university is beautiful and the staff are all great, the accommodations are all close to university and in the city meaning there is access to nightlife.
Always support available and the lectures are informative and helpful. Lecturers are always willing to slow down in order to help any student by answering questions or going back over things.
18-24 years
First gen student
York St John is an amazing place to study! The university provides amazing support for students who are struggling and you never feel embarrassed or ashamed to reach out for help. The union is always having events and there is always something to do. There are many societies to join and there is something for everybody so you will find a society you’re interested in and you will meet some amazing people with the same interests so it is easy to make friends. The uni is in a prime location as you are only a five minute walk from the town centre so if you ever have a gap in between lessons you can always pop into town. The courses are amazing as they are all exciting and interesting and the lectures are great as they are very supportive, helpful and friendly and if you are struggling in your studies you never feel scared to ask for support. The campus is good as well as it is modern but there are also buildings that are older so you have the best of both!
The fact of it being a small university really makes you feel valued by your peers and tutors. The intimate feel is what ultimately made me choose YSJ.
18-24 years
First gen student
The well-being support at YSJ is one of the best aspects and has been so helpful with coping with uni life and other issues. From my experience, I don’t think anything needs improvement.
Good teachers and good campus placement. The toilets get clogged almost everytime so if something could be done about the plumbing it would be great. And more places to wash hands other than toilets would be nice.
The University is a very inclusive space and has easily accessible support available. The facilities and the teachers help me be able to get the best I can from this course and I've felt like I've already learnt so much even though I've only been here under 2 months. The social aspect is also really good and there's lots to do around York as well as the student union offering lots of weekly activities so there's always something to do. The only thing I would improve is more advertising for the activities in the student union, such as through email, as sometimes it is hard to find if you don't have them on social media.
York St John is honestly such a great place to study, the campus is lovely and all the staff are really supportive. It’s also very close to the city centre of York.
Support for students is great. Amazing discounts that are helpful for students living at uni (or in general). Affordable accommodation for 1st year students. The only negative thing is that the university does not give the same accommodation options for 2nd year students.
I love the community feel of YSJ, just wish we had more campus space as campus is very busy!
It’s a lovely university with some great lecturers. However the timetable is not set or suitable for people who travel to uni.
York is a close knitted city and always has some events going on making it have a home feeling and also has a good night life if you enjoy going out . On the campus there’s an area for everyone although the campus can feel small. The staff are very helpful and courses are able to provide lots of experiences that you may not have else where such as the sim bs
18-24 years
First gen student
York St John is a great place to study as it’s close to so many different things like supermarkets, the city centre and places to eat. Because of this it’s very tight knit compared to other universities meaning it’s soooo much easier to make friends and socialise with them. However with improvements, I’m not too sure. I love that YSJ have those weeks where they host like vintage sales and flower sales and everything and I absolutely love them so as long as it’s continuous then I have no qualms :)
4.4
18-24 years
It’s a small campus but that means that it’s easy to get around and isn’t overwhelmingly busy. The only problem I found was the student accommodation in first year wasn’t always kept up well and things we were paying to use were broken and unusable for quite a while at a time.
The lecturers are really helpful and engaging and give great feedback and help with assignments and other tasks in modules. However, the theories and some of the topics have generally been the same which makes it feel like I am sometimes writing the same assignment again even though it’s a different module.
The uni is located just outside the city walls which means it’s really easy to access all the attractions and amenities around the city. However, due to the cost of living crisis, rent costs in the city have skyrocketed and rent is becoming almost impossible to afford for many students
My accommodation in first year was located around 15 min walk from campus. However it was located right by the city centre making it really easy to access all of the amenities and attractions of the local area. The issues I found were with the laundry facilities and the wifi. The laundry was costly and a lot of the machines were broken a lot. The WiFi also went down quite a few times throughout the year I was there and this meant that we couldn’t get work done in our own flat and had to go elsewhere, this was at one point for an entire week without wifi!