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It’s a great place to study as there is so much support and resources for everything you need, not just including your studies but personal life too. The only improvement I can think of is more areas to be able to relax when on shorter breaks and you don’t want to stray too far for the lecture room.
Overall I am enjoying so far, no issues. The course is taught in a mixture of ways including , in-class, online, virtual classrooms and work placements. The course hours are very reasonable and help me work round my family life. Again there is so much support around the university and the lecturers make you aware of it. They are also very hands on and available easily to be contacted in different ways.
The staff are super friendly and the equipment is great
Online learning was a but rough, and there hasn't been much on work placement. Overall pretty good course
Not going to lie, it's pretty bad. I reported my leaking window 3 years ago. still hasn't been fixed. Rent is way too expensive, the building is a bit tatty but the staff are nice enough.
Beautiful campus situated on Ipswich waterfront. Terrific library with digital access to most books and really good student support with assignments, study skills and literature searches. Engaging and enthusiastic lecturers who are experts in their field. A range of student societies available and many free sports sessions available. The student union is vocal and helpful, often putting on for example free coffee mornings which are a great opportunity to meet other students.
Dedicated Health & Wellbeing block with state of the art X-ray room which can be used for teaching and research. Top quality lectures and tutorials. All notes and presentations available digitally before lectures. Fantastic placement in a range of superb local hospitals which give the opportunity to link theory to practice. Helpful and enthusiastic lecturers who are always keen to get the best out of students, and respond to emails speedily! A course specific society which regularly organises social events. Opportunity to revisit lectures as they are all recorded digitally and uploaded to the student space. You can also do this live if you are, for example, unable to attend lectures in person due to self isolation.
The location is great, the support from the staff is massive and the student union is by far the best I've ever seen. They have different support groups that are willing to help. And there are different activities available all year round.
The staff are helpful and we receive our lectures at the renowned Adastral Park in Martlesham.
University of Suffolk is such an amazing university that I found in United Kingdom when I start researching about universities in UK. It's a high recognized and reputed university in UK. Main reason that I choose this university is it's providing high quality degree programs with qualified lecture panels. All modules are really valuable to our future career path. In spite of that I realized the beautiful view of the waterfront building. As well as University of Suffolk is providing lots of facilities to the students. University is support to growth and development of students career path with good education. It has large lecture rooms, Auditorium, Seminar rooms, Students Center, Study Spaces and beautiful café. There are another few buildings also affiliated with the University. such as, *Waterfront building - Heat of main campus in Ipswich *James Hehir building for sports and clinical skills. It has exercise laborites and Bio science and teaching facilities *The Art building - Hub for humanities subjects. such as Architecture , Art, Graphic Designs, Film, Photography also it has Computer laborites and Digital suites *The Atrium - It's a home to Suffolk business school and main teaching building for technology subjects. It has Radiotherapy training suite, 3D Productivity suite, Laborites for phycology, Games designs and Network and software engineering subjects for study. *Library building . It has various kind of learning resources like single and group study areas. *Hold building is supporting research, training and public engagements. Specially for international students there are student accommodations. Athena hall is providing all facilities to student accommodation. There are out door and in door social places to meet up university friends. In conclusion I would like to recommend university of Suffolk to all international students to build up their career without any doubt in University of Suffolk. There are very dedicated, Friendly, hard working staff always here to support you any time. They helped me from the time I submitted my application to the time I arrived to the university without any hesitation. Choosing the University of Suffolk was the best decision that I have ever made in my life so far! All the best for everyone! May all your dreams come true. Ashani Paris From Sri Lanka Studying Msc in Strategic People Management (Full Time)
I'm studying MSc in Strategic People Management and it's really valuable course for who is working in Human Resource Management and Business Management field. Most important thing is it's CIPD ( Charted Institute of Professional Development) accredited qualified program. It has best and useful modules to study, 01.Introduction to Msc in Strategic People Management 02,Acadamic skills 03.Understanding industrial physiology for maximum organization impact 04.People resourcing and talent management in the organization 05.People analytics and financial planning in the organization 06.Understanding research for organizational development 07.Leadership strategies and change management in the organization 08.Managing employment relations and employment law 09.Contemporary skills for people managers It's blended learning on campus lectures and online lectures. All lectures are highly qualified and very friendly. They are teaching very well with actual examples in the work places. So it's really support to understand the lesson. Teaching methods are really useful and supportive. Each module has assessment to complete. Lecturers are always here to answer your questions.
University Suffolk is located in Ipswich IP4. It has a beautiful waterfront surrounding. View is really attractive and it's near to Ipswich town center also. There are lots of supermarkets. clothes shops. cosmetics shops, restaurants , pharmacies and so on. you can easily enter all of these places. As well as it's near to the railway stations and there are lots of bus stands also in that area.
University of Suffolk, is a new university and they are trying to accomodate student by providing world standard service. They have amazing newly built state of art buildings, where student can have a world class lecture experience. On top that, lecturer are also well renowned and sound in their field, they are expert on their topics and published articules in renowned journals.
In university, my courses are taught in class with small size of students. Lecturers are amazing, every time they are more than happy to help us and if anyone have any doubts they are their. This course's teaching method is blocked hours, where, we have to seat long hours in fews days in a week only.
University of Suffolk is a great place to study. The environment is calm and well protected with it’s technical security system. The lectures are easy to assimilate because we take one course from the module per month, so you’re not under study pressure. The student support from non academic to academic staff is top notch. The only thing I feel could be improved on is the sitting arrangement of the lecture rooms; a theatre form would be a lot better.
The course hours are great. The lecturers consider the rate of assimilation of the students and know how best to continue. The lecturer are easily accessible and ready to assist as much as you need them. Online classes are smooth and clear.
The University of Suffolk has great tutors who take their time to coach as well as mentor you throughout your chosen career. There are friendly staff members always ready to help out with whatever concern you have. As an international student, I'm proud to say I made the right choice and I recommend the University to other international students.
Adult Nursing course is delivered with the highest standards and in accordance with the NMC. There's no shortcut, and the lecturers ensure that students are well equipped to be the best when we eventually qualify as Nurses.
The proximity to the university is what I like the most, especially for international students coming to Suffolk for the first time. The distance to the university is only 3mins and can save one some money and less worry on bus fares. The only clause is the challenge with laundrette, as you still have to pay to launder clothes after paying so much as rent.
Due to it's small size and the fact that it is a new University the SU could have more societies and social events. Also, there is not a wide variety of food/café options across campus. Especially not affordable ones. The small size of the uni is also a plus in that you feel like a person and not a number. The small campus feels very tightknit and connected to the town in which it is based. The uni is also growing meaning that new buildings are in development. One of these, The Hold, is a very good space with lecture theatre, seminar rooms and is a joint venture with the local council meaning that there is a good link between the uni and the outer non-uni world. You do not feel isolated and it is clear to see the positive impact the university is having on its town.
The course offers a range of new theories that progress really nicely from the theories and concepts you encounter as an undergraduate. There is a strong relationship to using the skills the MA will give you in the real employable world. For example, the course runs Talking Shop events which invite members of industry (authors, agents, publishers etc.) to give talks and workshops. This builds a sense of community and offers good opportunity for networking. The variety of modules and the flexibility of choice is another great thing about this course and was one of my main deciders when choosing where to study at postgraduate level. My favourite module was the Children's Literature module because it introduced me to a world of literary theory that I had not previously thought of. The combination of creative and critical is not just in the course title but runs throughout the course with the modules offering a good balance between critical theory and creative writing opportunities. In particular, I really enjoyed and thrived on the approach of blending my assigned between the two. It was a whole new way of writing, offering pieces of creative prose then immediate critical attention to those pieces which opened up a dialogue between the two I do not feel would have been achievable in the more traditional critical writing style. I found the the in lecture time to be both intense and informative. I particularly enjoyed the 3 hour seminars on the compulsory module (creative and critical writing) as it offered a good amount of time to discuss and debate the ideas raised in the readings, especially heavy topics with dense writing that can be hard to understand on your own. The course is also flexible in that you can follow one project through all the modules or you can try out new ideas in each. I went for the latter and found this really interesting as I did not at the time have a solid idea on where I wanted my focus to be. With the skills, theories and writing experience I gained on this course I now know what I would like to study at PhD level and I would not have had that without my experiences on this course. The academic staff are knowledgeable and approachable. All of the team are very accepting of everyone and push you to test yourself and experiment in a way that seems out of place in the traditional stereotype of academia. They are wonderfully kind and supportive centring you and your ideas and I feel very lucky to have been taught by them. The only negative I can give on the course is there is a lot of content and would recommend doing the course part time (which I did not).
The MA in Creative and Critical Writing has the best lecturers who are genuinely invested in both the wellbeing of their students as well as their work. The modules are intellectually stimulating whilst remaining fun. I would strongly recommend attending lectures in person even if there is an option to participate online. The biggest problem for me was that the library does not have access to some academic journals I would have liked, but other than that my experience was 10/10.
There was a blended learning approach and the lecturers always delivered exciting and engaging seminars, even online! There is a lot of contact time which is extremely helpful and fosters a sense of collaboration and community, something which is essential to creative writing. For the best career prospects, I would recommend the Writers in Residence module. It builds so much confidence and gives you professional practice and reflective skills.