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4.04.14.01113 Student reviews
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18-24 years
The area and university itself is gorgeous, what could be improved is probably my course content, it’s a new course so not everything is fully fleshed out yet, but there wasn’t a lot of practical working in the past few years, it has gotten better this year as new lecturers came in
The student union for sports doesn’t work The library has lots of facilities and is open all the time
One of my best aspects of my university experience is living alone with my own independence of making my way to uni and managing my own finance. My worst aspect of university experience would be the independent expected with university assignments. Lecturers can be hesitant to assist and answer questions vaguely.
Everything is so close, as someone who lives in uni accommodation I find the location so helpful. Furthermore the fact we have a 24/7 library where we can go to work just feels so nice.
25-34 years
First gen student
The fact that the uni is in the city centre and close to student accommodations and a main hospital makes it less of a worry to get to lectures and get medical help when needed. However, there is more negative points than positive. For one, the facilities are not as good as advertised on the univeristies website. The vending machines in the library are rarely stocked, working as well as expensive. Paid apprenticeships are hard to get as an undergrad and not many vacancies are open. Misinformation about funding was given to first years when in the end was then suddenly taken off the site and told it is not for first years or even second years anymore. There seems to be help for those with disabilities and struggling students which is always a good thing for a university to be proud of. Again however, not much help for mature and much older students who have been out of education for 15+ years seems to not exist. How could this all be improved? Admin workers doing a better job at basic admin work in updating information. Especially the SU managing societies is extremely poor and unhelpful to us committe members. Also I feel that the university needs to set up help for much older students as it seems unfair only young students are getting most of the help as us students in our late 30's 40's and over are expected to have everything right when this isn't the case. We are struggling just as much yet higher expectations are put on us to a point we can be ignored a lot by lectures and other staff.
Small campus, so not too overwhelming.
Best: The university has great facilities, amazing lecturing staff, and the food is incredible (and cheap!). The graduation ceremony is beautiful. Worst: Unreasonably large gaps between lectures which cause difficulty for commuting students. Incredible uni for those living in York (especially for those in accomodation), but really exhausting for those of us travelling from surrounding areas. This is especially true for nursing students as we receive less funding for our travel costs because of our distance from uni. I have also heard many negative accounts of life in accomodation.
The best about YSJ is probably its facilities on campus and staff. The place is absolutely stunning, most buildings are new and they take grat care into the gardening, which I appreciate. There’s many corners to sit alone to study, and the student lounge with Starbucks coffee is everything I could wish for. The worst thing might be the accomodations—general problems with clogged pipes, fire alarms going off at midnight, dropped and stepped-on chips in the hallways, noisy and full of people who don’t know how to properly use a washing machine. But this is nothing unexpected, since it is, for a fact, a university dorm.
Great location, and good facilities, unfortunately due to covid my first 2 years were often remote and not as good as an experience
Larger SU to accommodate more people. There have been times where my friends and I have had to stand as there have not been enough tables
The buildings are nice, not much support from lecturers though
The best aspects are the staff and general atmosphere when studying. It feels completely different to school and seems like a much more friendly and open environment. The only thing I think could be improved is the help to students after uni like access to certain softwares e.g. Adobe products.
Best aspects: Friendly and helpful staff Worst aspects: Is a very small campus, no module choices
18-24 years
Location so close to the city centre is fantastic.
Best is location to york. Renting prices.
I need peace study and i have got a peace study in york st john university.
Best were seminars and karaoke evenings, worst was my accommodation
25-34 years
First gen student
Fantastic community facilities are brilliant grate for one to one's.
4.4
Really nice lecturers who really add to the experience.
Lecturers are all really lovely