1,485 University of York reviews

I think it’s pretty good, but I haven’t looked much into it.

It’s all online at the moment and although all the lectures and content are there and there are plenty of q and as it very hit and miss

Very good facilities for use, although in the pandemic we haven’t been able to make the most of it.

There is support available but I don’t have much experience with it

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I do receive many emails regarding job opportunities and links to sign up to seminars

The course has obviously been a bit different to how I imagined it would be when I applied due to covid, but one of my lecturers in particular went above and beyond to make sure our course was still excellent value for money by giving up a lot of her time to create innovative learning activities to supplement the content. I would give 5 however I feel that on one or two modules in the management school (the course is taught across two modules) the support could have been a lot better

I can’t give a comment on this as due to covid sadly I haven’t been able to visit campus which is of course disappointing

I have received many personal emails regarding mental health support when I have asked for extensions on assignments, signposting me to useful resources

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15

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No

In the beginning of the year I had my seminars in person and the lectures online; however, with the escalation of the pandemic everything moved online. During the year I used to have 6/7 hours of lecture per week and 5 hours of seminars. In the last term (summer term) since I had only one module I had 1 hour of lecture per week and 1.5 hour seminar. All my exams were 24h open book exams, apart from those, I just had essays to write and submit. My tutors and my supervisor, however, were always available, through email and through zoom.

6

Yes

Lots of talks and opportunities and internships and all sorts

It’s good and really interesting and I do think I’ve learnt lots I just think there a variation in how much some lecturers link things back to edu action so more fixed approaches would be beneficial

8

Supervisors are great and really lovely but I have to say the mental health support is non existent

No

So many opportunities and they encourage you to start planning early.

We only get four modules a year and low contact hours so I don't feel that you learn as much as you could - I learned way more when on my year aborad in Canada

4

Overall pretty good but West Campus has a lot of older, ugly buildings that diminish the feeling of being at a top university.

No

Provide many sessions and modules relevant to the career path I am interested in

Have transitioned well to online university, regularly keep in contact to keep us up to date and provide support

3

Library can sometimes get full during exam season but there are other computer rooms on campus that can be used 24/7

Never required personal support but I feel well supported if I needed it bad know where to go

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14

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The university engages with an excellent job system called handshake targeted at both graduates and undergraduates. It helps find excellent job opportunities suited to the calibre of student both full time and part time. This also covers part time internships and work experience across a number of fields to start gaining real world life experience from the first year. The university also has some grants available to students to make a proposal on a study they might want to do and, if approved, they can then spend a summer completing this study with full funding to support it which really bolsters a cv. On top of all this, their is an email contact in each department to discuss career opportunities with and they will aid in improving a students cv.

It’s been alright thus far but everything has been online all year so I haven’t been able to do any of the practical work this course promised. As a result, it has also been very difficult to meet new people so when we had to partake in group work it was very awkward. This was only worsened when we were all going to get the same mark on the group project irregardless of individual efforts, this led some group members to just not try. Despite this, the teaching hours are mostly good, with online stuff it’s usually released a good few days before the live lecture with the lecturers them self which gives a good amount of time to watch and absorb the information in your own time. The live lectures usually follow very sociable hours and our spread out quite evenly during a week anyways. The tutors make themselves available to contact via their email at all times (apart from holidays) and have quick response times and can often be available for one on one zoom calls where necessary.

6

The university pages are really clear about where to access which necessary supports. Each department provides their own small subset of services but will then also refer you to all the correct places of you are unsure. These services include both mental health but also places to help solve any household disputes when you may be struggling there. The university has also made it very easy to report any problems which often get solved within a week. There is a lot of access to shared spaces across campus which is kept relatively clean, this includes two large sports facilities appealing to every kind of athlete. In addition, for emergency situations each college has its own reception and receptionist which is open 24/7 for a student to seek immediate help at any point whether to help report something to the police or because they simply got locked out of their room. This is an issue as of late though, the colleges being added to the university means a reshuffling of staff, so the reception now operates on a fixed schedule.

The university itself offers a voluntary service called night line which students can call at any point to talk for mental health reasons. This service can also refer students to places that may be of more help to them. However, the university mostly ‘outsources’ this kind of thing to council led services, which is just as supportive and led by more qualified individuals, but it sometimes feels hard to get mental health recognised. The university has a number of societies many of which cover personal services such as well-being groups and they all contribute to a very supportive network. Additionally, lecturers are very understanding surrounding issues and mental health and well being and genuinely act to help the individual.

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