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Sort:Latest reviews18-24 years
The best part has been getting involved in creating an audiobook for a real author, working with 2nd year students as an extracurricular project organised by my tutor. As well as being able to create a sound design piece of work making use of the labs and studios that are of a really high quality. On the other hand, the downsides are quite bad. The course I applied for was a sound design focused course that would result in a BSc, what I got when I arrived due to a last minute change was a BA course that had been merged with the music production corse that had a primary focus on music. Most of the learning material was music related and sound design was an afterthought of almost every lecture. Only upon starting the final semester and our final project is there now a better focus on sound design with both groups having different lectures at the same time. Overall, an incredibly disappointing experience that I have tried to make the most out of.
25-34 years
First gen student
The university is great for midwifery we are based I Stafford and the skills labs and lecturers are amazing.
The campus is in a good location with it being right next to the train station and not too far from the city centre, but other than that there's not much to do nearby if you have lots of breaks between classes. There's quite a few places on campus for you to get food, and they do have a student bar and club that hold events, but if you're a commuter you may be waiting around for a long time. There are places that you can book out rooms to study, but most people end up just finding a classroom and doing work there. The Epic Games studio in the Cadman building is essentially just a big classroom with nicer chairs, so it's not as exciting as people assume. Overall it's not the best place in terms of campus, but they do have a lot of connections to industry and the teaching in my experience is not too bad.
Best: Staffordshire University provides an excellent set of modules part of my academic course and best suited for developing, growing and extend my existing knowledge in order to become a successful professional in the future. Worst: Module descriptors and assignment information can be at times confusing due to their complexity. Most students have to ask unnecessary questions on multiple occasions on how and what are they expected to deliver an excellent academic work.
Great staff and innovative course structure. Student life has been very easy to integrate into after nearly ten years out of education. The campus is in a great location and lots of amenities to choose from
The best thing for me is the support from other students and from the staff, they check in regularly and stress how important it is to talk and look after ourselves during a heavy and difficult degree like nursing. It could be improved with more time on face to face lectures as online lessons are difficult to concentrate on and make it harder to have help from those around you when you're by yourself at home
Make sports activities to play against each course
The amenities of thr University is outstanding specially the IT labs.
Unfortunately it is in stoke on trent which is something I should have taken into account. Other than that I like that the gym is free to first years, and the equipment is pretty good. The catalyst building is a great place to work. Overall its alright here.
Staffordshire university is a great place to study. I've met many great people and made lots of friends during my short time here. The teachers have also made sure to start teaching us from the very beginning, ensuring that we are all on the same page and that everyone understands the fundamentals of this course. I'm glad to have studied here
The campus is great , fab facilities and everyone is really friendly. Our team of lecturers are all really supportive and provide us with great learning experiences.
There is a lot of student support available which Is very helpful. I enjoy my course but there are a few issues I've found, we don't have enough lecturers, over the summer we lost two, so the few lecturers left have been struggling with so much on their plate, which isn't fair on them as although they try not to show it you can tell they're struggling. Another thing is I believe the performance centre is very run down and needs more funding to improve it, compared to other buildings on campus our building needs serious improvements as I belive the look of it may put future students off.
I think this university is one of the best unis to go for. All the staff and reslife team are amazing when needing something done or you need a bit of help with accommodation faults. I think all my lecturers are amazing and have already helped me and educated me and I’m only in the second semester of year 1. I’m feeling very positive about this uni. Although I’m happy with this uni i feel like the student wellbeing team could be quicker, from my own experience and others i know of have not gained the right support leading some people to leave uni and prioritise their mental health. But overall, honestly a great university. I’m happy I’m part of Staffordshire
Staffs University is a great place to study because if the range of accessibility in the courses and source materials, it's located centrally and offers great job opportunities. The staff are friendly and helpful, the campus is clean and excessable.
Great - accessible environment. Support from a multi disciplinary team. Variety of Opportunities to learn and practice. Dedicated areas to study/relax. Connections between both sites made it easy for me to relocate. Not so great - accessing the right teams for assessments for additional support, it’s not flexible enough for single working parents on a full time course. Parking is horrific and expecting student nurses to pay a term of parking when they only use half a term on top of everything we do for little to no money already is not okay. We already pay for university i should not be expected to pay parking as a student accessing the education I’m paying for
25-34 years
First gen student
I feel that the course is varied so far and enjoy the different elements, however when asking for support regarding the course and just wanting to speak to someone for support it's no existant with possibly one exception. The facilities are nice but the desktop computers in my opinion are lacking speed which is frustrating
Don't really have any experience of student life as a mature student but I am aware of lots of activities available for those who can join in. There is not much I have seen for the mature student/single parent student. Lots of available space to study, booking rooms easy but wish there was more allowed time. 2hrs per week goes very quickly. Lots of resources, library returns easily done and in lots of places.
The faculty are very welcoming and very supportive. The acting studios are very spacious and comfortable to work in and lets you have the choice of working in natural light or not.
lots of support is provided for students, lectures are also really helpful and friendly, they give help during lessons and outside of lesson on Teams. There are also lots of weekly event that takes place and the place is in perfect area near lots of shops, so I don't have to travel far to get things. Bad things: first year felt like there was lack of support but that is due to the fact that there seemed to be less staff, however the 2nd year is nothing like that as a lot of support is being provided with almost quick response to any request being asked.
4.2
My lecturers are fantastic and while the drama department doesn't have the best facilities, they totally make up for it.
Fantastic permanent and guest lecturers, eye-opening and challenging for those who want to be challenged.