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4.04.04.11050 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviews18-24 years
First gen student
Aston University is located in a very excellent place, in the city centre. There are many shops and the city life makes it a very amusing place to be. Student support could be improved as it takes support services a long time to get back to emails and can prolong an issue.
The campus is not too small but not too big there is a community feel on campus. The level of support is great. The only negative is that there are not many societies, however the current ones do fun things quite often.
Aston university is a great place to study as it has many facilities where you can do so. This includes the library, and also the study areas in the main building where many students go. The study areas are used widely by students for studying and also a great social place too. the library has floors accustomed to your needs so if you require silent study there is a separate floor to the others which include quiet study but also group ones. The uni also provides facilities such as prayer rooms which is significant for many of its students.
Perfect location and a good campus. Best equipment provided to ensure students are able to access whatever necessary. Plenty of study spaces so there is space for individuals to do their work or group work. Numerous contacts for student support and easily reachable.
The support system at Aston is fantastic. The team help to bridge the gap between Alevels and University as well as support you through your studies with thing like referencing, how to academically write etc. I would like to see more modern study spaces around campus and a bigger sporting community. We have the facilities but not enough attention is put onto sporting success at Aston
many staff ready to help, workload isn’t too much as long as you’re not behind
Everything in one building
Coming up from London, Aston University is a great place for a university to sit, as it’s not too far from the city centre and there’s a few Tesco’s near by. Making the shopping experience convenient for many students like me. Having the shopping centre near by and the train station, this provides me and many other students easy access to travel around. No need to cause pollution and take public transport to near by locations, as majority are walking distance, which allows students like me to keep fit and get our steps up. Giving how Aston University is also very close to their neighbour university, Birmingham City, this gives students like me the ability to meet and interact with other students, making the social life in Birmingham more enjoyable, as there’s numerous ways to socialise with different people. If there was one way for Aston University to be improved, this will be through the use of adding a pop of colour to the exterior walls of their building, to give the University a more ‘modern feel’ when visiting the University. This could be a great way of catching potential students attention on whether they should apply for Aston, due to how the way the University takes pride in their students and achievements, they also take pride in the way the University looks.
They need more activities for students
Lecturers are passionate about their subject areas and deliver lectures in an engaging way. I have enjoyed learning here. The content is interesting and there is support available from peers and lecturers if you're stuck. The assessments are fair and feedback is always given within the specified time-frame and this feedback is constructive and helpful. There were less practical laboratory sessions during my time here due to COVID, but the practicals that we did have were fun, interesting, and gave you a better of understanding of the lecture content. During lockdown, they live-streamed a practical to us, so we were still able to get an idea of what that technique involved. I think this worked well. Overall, the COVID response was good and I think the university's approach to 'blended learning' (some pre-recorded lectures followed by live, interactive sessions where you could check your understanding) was great and worked well. I don't feel that the teaching or my learning were negatively impacted. One of the best things is that there are multiple 'student voice' opportunities where students can give feedback about what is working and what can be improved. The staff do act on the feedback too, and if they can't, they always explain why it's not possible to do so. This lead to deadlines being moved, timetables being changed, and more guidance on assessments. The careers team is super helpful and offer lots of help in finding jobs, reviewing CVs, cover letters and application forms, interview preparation, assessment preparation, and general careers advice. I was able to do a placement as part of my degree and it was massively helpful in guiding my future career. The careers team helped with getting this placement by reviewing my application form and holding practice interviews. The campus itself is nice, it's always clean and it's nice that everything is on one campus. The student union building is really nice and the student union staff do lots to improve the student experience, including advocating for better examination procedures, and health and wellbeing campaigns. There's lots of societies so you are able to meet a variety of people. The library is good, it's a nice space with lots of computers and other resources. There are several study spaces in the main building too, which is good. There is lots of student support available but I have only used the self-help guides (which were useful), so I can't comment on how useful the face-to-face support is because I haven't used it. Areas for improvement include having more practical laboratory sessions and improving some of the IT systems, There have been some IT issues in terms of timetabling and access to content but to be fair these were resolved fairly quickly. Sometimes there's a lot of assessment deadlines close together and this can be stressful. Sometimes there's only one lecture on a day, which is annoying where you're a student who commutes. However, I don't think there's any major areas for improvement as overall my experience has been good.
the students union building is great
Best aspect is the student support that’s in place for students to excel. I have no bad experiences to say
I really like the library and the resources there as I mostly use the computer to print stuff out and the social space in the main building is nice and feels comfortable and relaxing. Can be improved if there were more coloured printers and maybe make the library bigger for students to study and use the computers. other than that it's really nice.
The level of education is great It would be improved if we had more sessions on campus
- campus have a nice feel to it - more societies / events to meet more people
Best is the student union
It a good place to study because the lecturers are engaging and always willing to help you understand better. It could be improved by an equal distribution of facilities for all departments.
18-24 years
First gen student
The support they provide throughout the year is remarkable. The location is nice, the people are nice and the whole uni feels united, every employee here is enthusiastic, and professional, and they show interest and effort in everything they do. The uni always tries to improve and meet our needs, they make immediate actions when we complain or suggest some needs, and their decisions are always rational, considerate, and logical. Some improvements can be made in the availability of some student support services, sometimes it can take long waits till the support that you need is made available or received.
18-24 years
The people here makes us feel good and united, the university always take students notes and demands into consideration and they apply our needs immediately, they take responsible, rational, and logical decisions that helps our experience in uni, which is very much appreciated. However, some assessments in different modules doesn’t really help on achieving the modules objectives.
4.2
18-24 years
The best aspect about my university experience is the mode of teaching, no racial discrimination, and the fact that each students have a personal tutor just incase they’re confused about something or they need to discuss whatever situation they are in be it academically or personally For now, I can boldly say there are no worst aspects about my uni experience
The best aspect about my course is that at the end of my stay in uni I get to work anywhere, whether in a psychological field or in a business field. The worse aspect about my course is the workload which every other person who has been to a uni can testify to, but I guess it till get easy with time
I stay in a studio accommodation and as an introvert I’d say I enjoy my space I get to cook my food without nobody taking my items and all I get to read in the comfort of my room without another roommate playing music or something.