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I love York as a city and Being right near the city is amazing. York is small enough that getting from campus to the city centre is very easy. The history of art department at the university of York is fantastic. The faculty are all interesting people that want to share their passion and knowledge with you and help you succeed. They will put in the time to work with you if you are struggling. They have created an environment where one is passionate about learning more at 9am rather than dreading getting out of bed. What could be improved is the library facilities available for the department. We pay the same fees and yet there are 60 students trying to get a hold of the single copy of a book we are all required to read. This was made even worse during the pandemic because only 40% of our reading material was digitally available. I had to spend my own money to have access books that are required for my degree but I could not get a hold of because the university doesn’t believe my degree is a priority. After speaking to people from other facilities like the sciences I see that my tuition fees are going to them completely rather than to support what I am actually studying. This is an issue talked about with every art history student over the years and even something the faculty complains about. During lectures they would constantly ask us to put in requests for more copies of books we needed because these are complaints they get every year.
I studied history of art because I find it so interesting and I knew that I would be interested solely studying it for 3 years. I was right, I was so happy to learn about history through the lens of art. This experience was made better by the wonderful faculty who all have different specialisations. I was given the opportunity to learn about all different styles, Periods and movements through the history of art and learn from passionate experts who want to engage in a conversation with you about it. The worse part of my degree was the university’s lack of interest in giving us the material we need for our degree. All of my tuition fees would go towards funding the sciences when I was not able to read my materials for lectures because there was only one copy to be shared between 60 students. The faculty were aware of this and would constantly ask us to submit requests for more copies of each book. Working virtually was made worse when I could only get a hold of 40% of my reading list and had to spend my own money to buy books that should have been provided to me.
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Great uni
Lots of strikes but other than that great
Best college
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Outstanding support from the uni regarding mental health career etc. Fantastic facilities in sports, the library has extended opening hours in exam season, several shops on campus, many workspaces outside etc. Pretty location with fun student life, easily can travel to Leeds for £5.00. The campus has relaxed fun vibes, a very enjoyable place to study.
Course has a wide variety of content, a careers advisor, a high standard of lectures,all lectures are face to face as well as seminars no virtual learning. Lectures are recoded so you can watch them back easily. Goof subject facilities and good study spaces.
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As I did this remotely, I cannot comment on the facilities or support in person, but I can comment on the enrolment process. It did take a while for the enrolment team to get back to me with an update on my enrolment status. There was no good communication to keep me up-to-date with how it was going. I only found out that I was enrolled close to the date to start the course. If you do sign up for this, be prepared for weeks of silence before finding out if you're got a place or not.
This online remote MSc Computer Science course is relatively new, so I knew going into this there would be teething problems for UoY to rectify as the course went on. I happened to have taken this course up during the covid period with all the lockdowns and sudden policy changes at UoY as a result. I took the pure Computer Science route with no specialisation. This has 10 taught modules at 15 credits each, and an Individual Research Project at 30 credits. What I found interesting is that each taught module varies in support, teaching method/quality and basic knowledge of some commonly known IT methods. For instance, some modules have interesting and well narrated lesson videos, but the support was limited and assessment was terribly organised and unfair. And then we have modules with terrible videos where I could barely hear the lecturer and subtitles had strange typos, but support is great and the assessment is more balanced and fair. If you decide to do this course, just keep in mind that you may be going into it with a professional background in a field that the lecturers and tutors may only have a surface understanding of. This means certain things you may think is 2nd nature within the IT world and should not require thorough explaining may get not be understood by the person marking your work and not be graded. Even introducing approaches not in the taught modules but are being used in real-life scenarios may not be recognised. You will have to follow the actual taught content and follow what it is the markers are looking for within their narrow viewpoint of the subject for best results. Complaints about received grades is a waste of time, because once the person marking it has made their choice on your grade, it is highly unlikely to change. There is also a feeling that the course is over-enrolled, as support can take a while to reply, and the period for getting back to you with your grades for assessments has been extended by 2 weeks. IT does feel like UoY are taking in students purely for monetary reasons, but due to the pandemic causing economic issues everywhere, I can also understand the thought process behind it. The best part of the course is the Slack channel for the students to communicate and shared thoughts and concerns. It really allows us to share what is going on with the course and university, and share ideas - within reason - with each other to support other students within the course. There are discord channels we can join to discuss topics and revise for exams or assessments. If it wasn't for the student support, this course would have fallen apart for me a long time ago. I seriously considered leaving the course after my 4th taught module, but the support from here kept me on the course and attempt to complete it. Overall, this course to me is a mixed bag. It is a bag of licorice sweets, which I despise, and chocolate buttons, which I adore. I give this course an average grade at best and I hope they make many improvements going forward to help future students signing on to have a better experience than I did.
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The environment is incredible. As a campus university, it provides incredible scenery, lakes by your door, and a nice central hub for learning, so everything is in one place. They are just about to open a new building dedicated to industry, being an intersectional research location, with social sciences, tech, and sustainable development all being clear aims of the department. It has spaces it will open up to national companies and governmental departments that will allow development of AI in a space that is aiming to be carbon neutral and robot friendly. This interdisciplinary element of the building stretches beyond throughout the university, with many optional course modules being options between two departments, not only allowing interdisciplinary learning, but also interdisciplinary interaction, with students from both groups learning from each other as well as the professors. The university also offers many study areas, from more relaxed to more serious. However, I believe there are two things that the university could improve. Firstly, I believe they could utilise the different campuses more. For those on campus East, I’ve found there’s often a reason to go to Campus West, from the more extensive library, larger number of societies etc, but Campus East has little to ‘go for’ other than being the place where the rich kids live. It’s a beautiful campus, and the lake there is lovely, but there needs to be a few more aspects that make it nicer to go to. Perhaps an on campus cafe type venue in the Piazza, with fresher and friendlier alternatives than the expensive and long packaged Ron Cooke options. This could also be solved with a library on campus East, perhaps with a selection of more specific books or a focus? Secondly, utilise the facilities they already have better. Offer a few more events? Or even simply upgrade the room booking system. Options to be aware, sort through rooms that have specific requirements/options or room capacities. I believe these aspects would go a long way to improving the university overall. But in general, the campus, facilities, environment etc are excellent. Just splitting them up a bit more for variety and making them more easily accessible and increasing awareness for them would help
Almost taught entirely in person, with options to rewatch lectures, the course gives some aspects of flexibility while also offering focused high quality teaching. The course could provide slightly more workshop based teaching, at both the start and the end of the week, the system allows for flexibility and structure. The course at York offers a PBL structure, providing a unique problem insight into the legal system, developing understanding and knowledge more cohesively and comprehensively. While some compulsory modules can frustrate some students, with optional modules being limited in some degree, the degree still allows for exploration within a number of the key modules. The main restriction is the guidance for PBL tutors, as frequently the exact aims of the problem will result in some tutors requiring exactly that list, which can have a negative impact on learning due to the restrictive structure. I think the idea of the PBL is excellent, and can be very informative and helpful, however due to the delivery, it can allow PBL tutors to be too restrictive, ‘encouraging wider reading’, but only wider reading that they see as relevant, which can lead to students feeling disappointed and unmotivated to do this further research, as it will not be looked on supportively.
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The lecturers, the department, the facilities and the subject
Tailored to the needs of the student
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Faculty and staff are always supporting and helpful
Everything is great
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I love the campus and the uni. The student life is great. The clubs are pretty decent and the people are great. I love the independence this experience has given me and going out and having the freedom to do whatever I want has been so good
I think covid has hindered teaching as some modules haven’t run in a few years and they have forgotten how to run them and the teachers don’t communicate very well.
It’s really nice accommodation. A bit far out but really pretty and posh
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its a really friendly, safe campus with some beautiful views (and some less beautiful ones) and its situated in one of the most beautiful cities in the UK. The terms are quite short and there is good student support, a good range of societies. The campus could potentially have more of a lively nightlife , and they definitely could improve support for living off campus in second and third year.
Blended learning worked well, and the lecturers and tutors were always really helpful. contact hours are generally minimal but that's standard for this kind of course resources are easily available and easy to find. Sometimes for joint students there is less choice in what you study, but getting to do both subjects makes up for it. Also, sometimes there could be more communication between different departments especially when it comes to deadlines - but for the most part the course is great !!
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The teaching I have had from my course has, by and large, been very supportive. However, reaching out for help is often delayed and slow. Moreover, despite the enthusiasm of teaching, there is often a dependence in seminars for students which eliminates much teaching beyond just student discussion.
The teaching is enthusiastic, but often it feels very limited. Over dependence on power points which are often not expanded on. Seminars can feel more like a book club rather than any teaching. Lectures that were missed during strikes not compensated for and the actual facilities given to English students is basically nothing. No funding which results in everyone having to spend so much on books that are seldom needed.
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