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I love the city. Edinburgh is big enough have the cosmopolitan element of a city, but small enough that it is not as overwhelming as most cities. It's beautiful and full of history. The university itself is great, all my teachers are supportive and available to help with any questions immediately. I think that mental health services could be better.
I love my course - the content is good, lecturers are great, contact hours are frequent and lecturers are always on hand to help. There aren't much opportunities for work placements or internships: I found my internships personally.
I thought that the food was decent (I was a vegetarian and they had decent options everyday). The rent, considering that they provide both breakfast and dinner was reasonable. I was very lonely there, because it's more of a dormitory rather than flats so it was hard to make friends.
The university has all best technologies and services for students access bit they lack on students support services as they tend book teams appointments instead of face to face as the student asks and hard to supporting that'd thier let down.
It's was all class based
Everything is great really not much crime activities in Central parts of Edinburgh but more in scheme estates which are best outside of town
its great uni
its good!
Edinburgh is an open minded and welcoming city. Most people you encounter at the University of Edinburgh will be willing to help you out and get settled. Its a very prestigious and academically rigorous institution, however the university provides student support throughout the whole academic experience.
Its not compulsory to have a placement/internship as prt of the degree, so it is up to each student to pursue this.
While I enjoyed living in Edinburgh, I would not recommend studying at the University.
While I love Edinburgh, I cannot recommend the Psychology of Mental Health MSc (Conversion) to anyone considering studying psychology. The administration was entirely unprepared for my cohort of students and there were constant miscommunications between the administration and students. Despite COVID restrictions, they accepted their largest ever cohort, and consistently failed to deliver quality distance learning. The administration does not appear to take student concerns seriously. Issues brought to the administration would be acknowledged, but no action would be taken to correct the issue for our cohort. I had several good professors, but many were almost entirely removed from the teaching process. I think it is truly ridiculous to expect students to pay upwards of 20,000 pounds (international rate) to watch prerecorded lectures, receiving only two or three sentences of feedback on final assignments. Some of the professors left extremely rude feedback on my colleague's assignments, none of which was constructive or helpful. On another occasion, a professor admitted in an email that she felt too tired to grade her student's papers, then copy and pasted criticisms between papers. It seemed disrespectful to not extend us the courtesy of individual feedback, especially given the fact that we would be suspended or expelled if we were to copy our own work in a similar fashion. If you are considering a psychology conversion program, I highly recommend you look elsewhere. I'm fairly confident other's in my cohort would say the same. I do not know if this problem extends to other programs in the University. The city is wonderful, but the University was extraordinarily disappointing. It seems clear that the administration does not respect its students. The University's very low satisfaction rating appears to be well earned. I would recommend students look elsewhere.
I would give minus five stars to this University. I was warned about classism, professional neglect, and lack of support, but I didn't listen. How could this University be improved? A complete overhaul of its teaching method, autonomous learning is another phrase for professional neglect. I am going elsewhere for post-grad, and I wish I never came to this University. Edinburgh does not provide what it says it does. The city of Edinburgh is not that great (sorry to spoil the illusion), and come to think about it, if a University advertises the city as its main attraction, what does that say about the University? Stay well clear of this University.
For anyone wanting to study philosophy here, this University is analytically focused with little to no interest in Continental philosophy. The tutors range from good to useless. Seminars/Tutorials also range from decent to useless. Student engagement is often low, and if you enjoy a module, you're more likely to talk to the plants than a fellow student. Online learning was an unmitigated disaster, making student engagement decrease. Over-reliance on discussion boards, which are hardly/never used.
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Great staff and lectures.
Interesting topics. Lecturers are accessible. The university has managed to provide in person lectures and online access.