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Chichester is a good place to study as it has a very home feel but also has a very high levels of learning
I am a musical theatre student and we do more than 30 contact hours a week and are pushed very hard to do are greatest
Stockbridge was a great place to eat with lot of shop around
It is in a beautiful location and there are staff members who truly care about the teaching they provide to students. Sadly, the university promises more than it can deliver. There are not enough dance spaces, practice rooms, contact hours or 1-2-1 feedback provided, leaving any sort of training half finished.
Good idea for a course and 1-2-1 teaching is good, however there are not enough contact hours.
It's a city that feels like a big town. Nothing is ever too far away and it's a very pretty and wholesome place to live. The nightlife is not great. If you want to go out clubbing every night, Chichester is not the place for you. There are plenty of pubs and bars and then one 'club' (The Vestry). Portsmouth and Brighton aren't too far away but not realistic if you wanted to club till 3am frequently.
I had plenty of space in my room and enjoyed being slightly away from the other blocks (I was in Block E). My shower was also one of the better ones where it stayed on till I turned it off rather than being on a timer. I wish the common space was nicer to use - not enough seating and felt awkward if more than one group was in there as there weren't any sort of dividers in the room.
I think a lot of the campus feels dated in some regards, adding character to the site. However, this makes the university feel second rate compared to the modernisation of UK universities. The BOC could do with a revamp, the main lecture theatre feels like I’m stepping back in time compared to my previous university! The staff are probably the best part of the uni. All my lecturers and seminar leaders are a delight and seem as though they actually enjoy their job, unlike lecturers I have had in the past!
All in-class unless weather or adverse circumstances change that. Around 3 hours a week per module seems to be enough for this semester. However I feel like the majority of the cohort would agree that more practical elements could be implemented to our anatomy module. The facilities are what let down the department. The physiology labs are decent but could be better and the seminar take place in these rooms on plastic chairs with no desks even if the outline of the session is all content based! We have a few days a week where we only have one 1-2 hour lecture a day. This is rather annoying for those commuting to campus and attendance and engagement would definitely increase if we had more on on less days as people wouldn’t have to travel for an hour seminar on a Friday.
UoC is amazing with its inclusivity and support. It feels really personal. They’ll cater to me rather than me catering to them and the lecturers genuinely want me to succeed as opposed to just doing their job and moving on. I suppose the “student life” isn’t great however I’m not bothered with the party scene so I’m happy with that. Also the canteen is overpriced but that’s only a minor detail.
All lectures are in class which is amazing also the hours aren’t outrageous. However somtimes I find myself coming in for just an hour most days which is a pain
The campus is gorgeous, it has a quirky charm to it that made moving from home a lot easier. I play music, so go to the music block a lot to practice, and the facilities there are brilliant. You can book out a practice room which makes things a lot easier. The lecturers are lovely, and there's a big emphasis on mental health, which is incredibly reassuring as I tend to get overwhelmed with things pretty easily. There is efficient communication between students and lecturers, and the course itself has great material. The restaurant food is consistently good, and my only criticism of the uni would be that I wish they had a salad bar there so we could have more greens with dinner! The library on-site is brilliant as it stays open til 2am right now, so we can do late night studying/work. This is really handy for me as I have a couple days where it's busy and full of lectures, so being able to get in a few hours late at night just helps me to not stress as much about workload the next day. I live on campus, and the accommodation is a little outdated, but as far as living goes it does the job. The Springfield rooms are pretty spacious, with good amounts of storage. There is cleaning things already provided for you like a hoover, mop, dustpan and brush, and the bins get taken out once a week or every two weeks by on-site staff, and they also replace the toilet roll when needed. The city itself is beautiful, albeit a little sleepy. Luckily, that kind of thing is perfect for me - there are a couple of clubs for the student nightlife, but for the most part it just has loads of lovely small businesses along the streets, with plenty of cafes and restaurants too.
I have 12 hours of contact time each week, the rest for independent studying. It really teaches you to make sure you're on top of the reading that is mentioned in lectures. The lecturers themselves are great, I have no faults with them. A couple of the workshops are taught by PhD students, and those classes are easily the highlight of my week - they're just so down to earth and the most relatable.
These halls are catered, so we get an allowance on our student card to spend each day. Unfortunately this money doesn't roll forward to the next day, so on days that I have to go to work or travel back home, I lose that money. This is one of the more pricey rooms, and I would've chosen other ones, but as I didn't choose in time, I got allocated a room that was going spare. Unfortunately there is no communal space in the halls, but my flatmates and I just tend to hang out in someone's room, especially considering that the rooms are big enough to facilitate it. Living on campus is a huge lifesaver, especially after nights out when you struggle to get up in the morning, because then you're 5 minutes away from your lecture. It's ideal!
Close to everything Great help from lecturers
Good contact hours Enough time and space for rehearsals Modules cover a variety of things
Recommend more than catered halls Good location - close to everything
The lecturers are quite nice and accommodating, but mental health is not taken very seriously.
Good amount of hours per week, but the uni has been making some of our main lecturers redundant
I love the friendliness of the staff, the events and student life is good. The food is so expensive however- definitely needs to change.
Degree apprenticeship- as much help as I can get all the time, fast email replies, lots of resources
Can be very alone and feel as though there is little support but overall love the uni and course , social life can be difficult. Maybe having student meet ups or like a club for like coffee and a chat type thing would be beneficial
Course content is a repeat of A level can be quite hard to stay motivated as repetitive
Nice room
My course is definitely the best part of my uni experience, my lecturers are passionate and helpful and there’s a wide range of professional equipment for us to use. I also appreciate the modernity of the (Bognor Regis) campus as it’s very high-tech. The worst aspects of my uni experience would be activities for students to do such as society’s to join. However, the student union does host many student nights but I wish there were more.
My course is amazing, I love how my lecturers teach and the equipment they provide for us. They give us a lot of support and always ensure we understand the course content. However, the worst aspect of my course is how often we have lectures. In my course, I have three sessions a week (roughly 3 hours each), I would prefer more sessions a week in order to progress faster and further.