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4.04.14.01113 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsFantastic campus in a great location, student support services are brilliant also.
Very good facilities with excellent staff. The SU looks and feels very nice, but is still a bit expensive. Overall, it’s a very good course.
Amazing atmosphere to study, all the lectures are amazing and believe 100% in what they’re doing. The only issue with the university is with one lecturer. Other than that I would definitely recommend this university.
Best aspects: course material Worst aspects: none
Every aspect of studying is lovely, tutors are helping with any problems we have. Only annoying thing is the online system which is crushing on weekly basis
Best experience is certainly the support offered
18-24 years
The uni is very centre so easily accessible however with it being York sometimes it gets very busy
Small campus has more of a community feel. Workshops being in sizes of 20-30 and allows for lecturers to get to know you bit more and for you to be able to ask more questions etc.
There are plenty of spaces to study on campus ranging from silent study areas to more chilled environments where group studies are encouraged. The place has a great feel and all the staff are beyond kind and want you to make the best out of your uni experience and for you to do well. To improve I think the uni needs to get better tech equipment. I think it would be very beneficial for the lecture halls to have recording equipment so that students can look back at lectures they may have missed (due to illness not just not showing up). As well as providing more equipment to loan out to students while doing their dissertation. I needed to give students who were completing my study a laptop each to do parts of my study but I could only hire one at a time due to lack of resources
18-24 years
First gen student
City centre location, really easy uni to navigate and lecturers are passionate and friendly.
18-24 years
First gen student
I wouldn't recommend for disabled students they don't have the sympathy or time to assist them
The library could be bigger and have more facilities. I think the overall environment and the teaching is really great and it feels like a very positive learning space. There are dedicated lecturers who help with your learning, and holistically.
Best experience is how much student support they have on offer and how much it is spread around using social media. The worst is probably how the lecturers communicate with each other.
Great location, compact and easy to navigate campus, absolutely zero signal in degray building though. Campus docs are great
Most supporting lecturers imaginable! has the most community like feel and is so accepting and welcoming to every student of any background.. the uni hosts so many events and offers such a variety of societies and clubs it makes it so easy to feel included and find so many friends. the courses are taught in the most understandable way with countless amounts of judgment free support for any and every issue, the feedback given is detailed and personal, showing an equal amount of time is given to each and every student, making you feel valued but also knowing exactly how to improve on anything in order to become the best you can be
I like that there is both a general library floor and silent library floor. Also the group study room in the library is very useful. We are provided with very good independent study facilities. A point of improvement I would say is not having the cafeteria and pizza kitchen close so early. Thus would allow those who have lectures etc that run longer to still use the universities food facilities.
Support from some of the teachers is great while from some other teachers there is little support. The staff is friendly and approachable but the IT equipment is not up to date
Personal first year studios but really small for the large group
Best-meggy moo moo Worst- having to do a presentation
4.4
The university itself is a beautiful and busy place to study, there always seems to be something going on and there’s plenty of societies which serve to help students make new connections. The Student Union is a lovely place, the mood and atmosphere is brilliant. The SU staff are friendly and helpful. There is also a well-being team provided by the school which is incredibly helpful, but admittedly overstretched due to the volume of students. Thus far I have enjoyed my course, and find myself at time genuinely enthralled by the topics being shared. My only problem that I’ve faced at YSJ is the accommodation, and this is a problem in multiple parts. Primarily it was left in such a state then when I arrived I found both my drains clogged and my shower curtain blackened. Additionally the fire alarm has given me a great headache as the staff seem powerless to turn off the noise, leading to waits of over an hour just to get back inside during the winter. Overall YSJ is a lovely place to study, its proximity to the center as well as its outstanding SU and courses have made me very happy to have come all the way from the United States to study there. York as a town is beautiful, and the uni is no exception. My only real issue lies with accommodation, and if I were in a different housing setup these issues might well be gone.
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See previous answer. Fire alarms in central don’t appear to work properly, many times I’ve been stuck outside upwards of 50 minutes waiting to get inside over a false alarm. After one such event we were told the drill later that day had been cancelled via email, only for the drill to be held anyway. The state of my room when I arrived was not ideal. My drains were clogged and if either my shower or sink was used led to flooding in the bathroom, while I have no idea what enabled it to become quite so bad, the contents of the drains was absolutely appalling. The shower curtain was also blackened, by what I do not know.