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I studied Medicine at Dundee University for 5 years. I started in 2005, just as the new medical cirriculum was rolled out. This new cirriculum integrated ward based teaching, lectures, interactive learning and problem based learning. It also included weekly dissection with full cadaveric bodies in the first 2 years, the only University in Scotland still to do so. Overall the quality of the course was brilliant and combined new innovative methods of teaching. As we were seen as the 'guinea pig' year, the faculty were also open to feedback on improvements, which i believe to have been improved upon. The variety of teaching methods used allows all types of learner to get the most out of the cirriculum. The teaching faculty are suberp and really take an interest in each individual student. There are small group sessions facillitated by your supervisor which really allows the opportunity for feedback and personal/professional development.

Exams are taken annualy and are fair and representative of the cirriculum objectives which are expected. There is a summative assesment at the end of each year called the progress test which allows for evidence of progression throughout the years. Finals are spread over the last 2 years, with the written knowledge test in 4th year and communication/clinical skills being examined in 5th year.

The 2 areas of the course which are exemplary include the final year portfolio examination and the ward exposure. The portfolio examination combines an interview and portfolio station which prepares the young doctor for the realities of progression in the medical career and the move towards continual revalidation. I have found the preparation for this exam invaluable in my medical career post graduation and have found myself much more prepared for the reality of medicine and the continual development than my peers. Also, the early clinical exposure (1st week of 1st year!) allows students to gain confidence early in speaking to patients and working within a ward environment.

The campus is mainly centred in the city centre with walking distance resources and fascilites for students. The downside is that the medical school is attached to Ninewells hospital which is 30 minutes from the city centre/main campus, thus meaning that a car or bus is neccesary. On the plus, the medical school is undergoing major refurbishment and will have state of the art fascilities to help students.

The town itself is small and friendly, and you can always be guarenteed to meet someone wherever you go! It is termed a 'University Town' and is mixed with a wide variety of eclectic peopl. The social life, although limited in a small town , certainly will keep the average student entertained! The student union has previously been voted one of the top unions in the UK, and regularly will host different events to keep students continually entertained! There is a wide variety of bars/restaurants which cater for all different people and personalities.

Overall I would highly recommend Dundee University for any course, but in particular medicine. It has made be a better person for it, and certianly has shaped me to strive to become the best doctor I can be.

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i aint sure if this is the greatest place to study a course in business studies, or maybe business studies is too general a subject to study - but i had fun on this course and learnt a lot. I do feel that i do need to do a masters though as i need to specialise in a subject.

That is the advice i would give to students starting a business course, find out what you like most because there is a lot you can study with this broad subject but if you are unsure than doing an undergrad in business studies will be good. I know through doing this course that i want to specialise in human resource management - so now i have got to figure out how to afford that and which uni to go to...education is expensive these days!! but i think i am going in the right direction so it will be worth it in the end.

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I studied Theater and Performance at Graduate level here...like most students who want to study acting - i did my rounds auditioning for as many institutions as i could when i was looking for the right program to study. The auditions process is amazing and so nerve racking - but that is part of why i love studying performance and theater...and to be able to try and make a living from this is what I have wanted to do since i was in high school.

The campus and facilities are great, although most of the time we are in a room rehearsing the studios here have been made to help students and they really made appreciate how hard i needed to work on every element of my performance. The first year of the course was crucial, the tutors really helped me to realize my bad habits i had picked up and put them right, it was like I had to undo what i had learnt and my tutors worked hard with me to understand different methods and how to apply them and when. How to work with directors and other departments involved in a production is something you pick up the more you perform, and this was a safe environment to make mistakes and learn and keep growing.

The great thing about this program is the balance between performance and theory...this course has prepared me incredibly for entering the crowded and busy industry. I am now attending auditions on a regular basis, have secured a theatre agent and keep in touch with my friends and tutors here at Chico. Sometimes you need advice from people who have been in your shoes and know you well - i feel i can always turn to my old tutors and friends i studied with here to keep on track of what i am striving to achieve with my profession.

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This was a year long, full time (lectures 9-5 every day, as well as teaching practice, planning, essays, etc) course so there was little time for 'uni-life' on the PGCE! As such, I'm just going to review the course.

The lectures were awesome; very focussed, generally entertaining, interactive and thoughtful. The lecturers were excellent and gave very good support. The subject specific seminars were really good and we always came away with great teaching ideas, resources to use and an enthusiasm for teaching.

The facilities at Warwick for the trainee teachers were good as they had interactive whiteboards and loads of technology as well as PE resources, Art resources, and more besides.

I now teach in NZ and this course enabled me to do so and I think Warwick was an excellent place to do my PGCE.

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I only decdided to do the course at UCE (as it was then) at the very last minute. They accepted me with very poor grades, so my expectations were quite low.

The course turned out to have some interesting elements. Many of the tutors were really excellent and extremely supportive when I was completing coursework and my dissertation. The resources available were top-of-the-range at the time so that was all good.

The Perry Barr Campus was a mixed blessing; there were lots of amenities, and it had the coolest lifts you ever saw (paternoster lift - look it up!) as well as a few near by pubs to drink in. However, there was very little green space, and that part of Brum is not the most attractive. Having seen other campuses in Birmingham, and elsewhere since, I realise that Perry Barr is a pretty dreary place!

Birmingham, however, is awesome! I'm a Brummie myself, and now live in the amazing city of Auckland, NZ, but Birmingham has a lot going for it. Great shopping, loads to do, great places to eat, good (!) sports teams to follow, loads of music and comedy stuff happening.

As long as you pick the right course, I think you will have a great three/four years here...

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I studied for a BA in Architectural Studies and can honestly say that they were some of the greatest years in my life so far. The teaching was excellent and I gained valuable insight into the industry and modern practises as well as the theory that is relevant to the subject. A great course with great instructors, although some can be arrogant at times.

The library facilities are really good especially Night Powell which is open 24hrs. Great for last minute revision cramming and assignments, which I wasn't a stranger to :)

Generally the student community is pretty diverse and very friendly. Lots of cool and attractive people doing different things. I learnt so much from the people I met at UCLA and keep in touch with most of them.

Overall its a clean beautiful campus with lots of stores and restaurants. Although I didn't own a car at university I know that parking is a real pain at times.

Make sure you do your research and get as much information as possible about the course you are choosing. Friends that I made did not have the same great experience I did.

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The town of Falmouth as a place to study is great, it's not too hectic like larger cities, but you can still find everything you need within the town centre. I studied at the Woodlane campus, although I did have one module at the Tremough campus. These two campuses are quite a distance from one another, so you need to use transport, whether it’s a bicycle, car, or bus. I preferred the Woodlane campus, and lived just a couple of minutes from it, because it’s close to the beaches and town centre, but the Tremough campus does have better facilities being so new.

The Journalism course here covers many different elements and there are plenty of options to choose from when it comes to specialising in a particular area. The lecturers all had professional experience as journalists and knew what they were talking about, as did the library and technical staff. When my laptop broke just days before I had to hand in my final portfolio, one of the IT technicians soon fixed it, absolute lifesaver!

The only problem I encountered with my progression from student to employment was that there just aren’t that many jobs in Falmouth. It’s a holiday destination so finding part-time work as a waiter or barman is easy enough, but when it came to starting a career in journalism there wasn’t much for me here, so I had to move on to London. If you want to know about the nightlife, to be honest you haven’t got tons of options, but the students make up for it by throwing house parties most of the time. Just walk down Marlboro Road on a Friday or Saturday night and there is sure to be at least one house welcoming in party goers!

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Aston University,located in the heart of Birmingham, is surrounded by the skyline of downtown and is in an ideal location for accessing shops, restaurants and nightlife. However, although the campus is nestled right in the center of downtown Birmingham, access to transportation routes are not convenient which is surprising considering the campus' central location. As a post-graduate student, I did not personally get involved with student life on campus life, but from my knowledge, there are few opportunities to engage in social events facilitated by the university.

The course content was very interesting and highly relevant although the delivery and implementation of course materials was not engaging. Not enough attention was paid to applying theory into practice and students were not given the opportunity to hone and develop their skills within a applied setting with appropriate supervision. In my opinion, the course was poorly organized and poorly structured which unfortunately left myself and many of my fellow students very confused and uncertain as to what was expected in various assignments and projects.

As an international student who has made a monumental decision to pursue my academic career at Aston and having spent a large sum of money to receive what I was expecting to be a high quality education that would bring me a step closer to securing a career, I was very dissapointed with the quality of the education I received at Aston, and specifically the programme which I chose to undertake. From the teaching staff and course director who were, in my opinion, very unorganized and who provided little helpful feedback, many students on this course were left to their own devices to make sense of the unclear and muddled course content which ultimately led to poor performance and which served to demotivate and rather than inspire.

I would not recommend Aston University to other aspiring international students nor recommend the MSc. Health Psychology programme of study. You're better bet would be to apply to University of Birmingham which seemed to offer a better quality of education in more beautiful and picturesque surroundings than Aston.

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Bangor university campus is really nice, the city itself is very small. Student life in general is very dull as there aren't many options available, however, this means that you can actually focus on your studies. People in Bangor are very friendly and you can easily get to know people around you. I enrolled in MBA (Marketing) year 2008/2009, it was one year program. This was the first time that Bangor university had initiated this course. It was not very well organized at the time and the faculty was novel as well. Generally the staff was helpful, but there wasn't much learning support available for international students. The modules were not up to the Master's level if compared with other universities. The institution itself was good and active in terms of organizing social events etc. The city is very small, you can travel the whole place by foot in a day's time. But Wales is known for its beauty so it was a lovely experience living in such a scenic place. In terms of part time jobs, it is not very easy to find a decent part time job as there are very few opportunities available.
After my graduation, I went back home and joined Barclays bank as Relationship Manager. Currently, I am working with an IT company in U.K. I believe that if I had chosen another course in Bangor instead of Marketing I might have achieved my level of expectations, or if I had chosen another institution for the same course. I would recommend that if anyone is interested in Marketing in particular it might be beneficial to choose to another university than Bangor. However, Bangor is very known for some of it courses like Banking & Finance, Psychology, Marine biology, Forestry etc. Within Bangor there are only few clubs and pubs for socializing and enjoyment, I would say which are pretty decent. Bangor is known as city of learning, which indicated that the focus is highly on education rather than other things. Another advantage of being in Bangor is that it is not as expensive as London, Birmingham etc.

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The course is a 3 year part time course split into post grad cert, then diploma then MA HRM in year three.

The first two years I found very similar to my GSCE in business studies with only a few modules taking the content and learning any further. I must give some credit to a law lecturer who was one of the few that really engaged us.

Most of the lectures repeated week after week with little in the way of varied teaching. I realise at MA level the emphasis is on us as students but the teaching staff did little to inspire.

The administrator of the course is unhelpful and can be very short with very delayed reponses most of the time. The organisation of the course was awful - we had an exam length changed as the exam began (which I complained about as Student Rep and got all our marks adjusted).

The role plays were repetitive, the forced Q&A sessions each week tedious and the repititon of three or four key theories every week tiresome.

Guest speakers were fairly good with a few making up for the lack of content from the University.

Some of my peers had very mixed messages about MA dissertations resulting in one person deferring.

I wouldn't say it is the worst Uni in the country, but I certainly would never study there again.

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University of Wolverhampton has always been very clear of its mission to support widening participation by welcoming and supporting students from all backgrounds. It is a university with a focus on teaching, but it has also developed its applied research agenda. When I was there in the 1980s, research was in its infancy, but research students were supported well.

The University has a good Business School and offers opportunities for young researchers to gain research degrees and and employment opportunities in research and teaching. The university and Business School has many international students who are well supported.

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very student friendly campus, and accommodation halls are very welcoming. The town centre and locals are all very nice.

course staff are helpful and have gone about introducing the course in a very logical way

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My course took place at the Millenium Point campus and we were the first students to actually use the building. Millenium Point like a lot of big budget new builds promised alot but unfortunteley at that time delivered far less then promised.
The campus itself did not feel like being at uni at all. It was big computer room where some lessons took place but cause you were basically being taught while other people socialised or did their own work it was not the right enviroment for anyone to learn.
We did have some classes in actual closed rooms but again the teaching itself let it down with the tutors who probabley were great proffesionals but were not great teachers.
Knowing we were no way near the actual main site which was at Perry Bar, I felt like we did not live any uni life and the campus here was forgotten.
They were alot of teething problems and it was difficult to study and be inspired in basically a big metal box of a building. But being the first time users I can understand the teething problems,
I visited the building recently and it looks to have come a long way with other tenants moving into the building which has made the building come alive.
I dont know if the actual campus has improved but I hope it did. In closing if you were looking to enjoy uni life and meet a mix bunch of people then this was not the place. If you like your learning straight forward with no flair, no distractions at all then I would recommened it.

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My experience at ssfc was great as it enabled me to not only to gain a valued education and qualification but also introduced me to some amazing people I now class as my closest friends, whom I am still in contact with today.

The teaching style at the college was very relaxed and the connection between students and teachers was like nothing I had experienced before. This enabled me to open up as an individual and grow as a person. It helped me crack my shel and introduce myself to the world. I have never looked back.

The location of the college is also great as it was so close to Solihull town centre and we were never short of places to go to for food and drink.

I would strongly recommend this college to anyone as it is a great stepping stone for getting you on your right path for the future, whatever that may entail.

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I studied part-time for my PhD in Marketing in Small Firms whilst working full-time in a demanding role. The Business School put in excellent supervisory term in place and it was up to me to make the best of their time and expertise. My supervisors were always available to meet with me whenever I needed their help. The Research Methods training was well designed and delivered, It formed the bases of the field work and the analysis.

Aston has excellent learning and student support facilities. The library was excellent in terms of helping with sourcing difficult to find literature. The Campus - in the heart of t he City is most appropriate for part-time students. The availability of car parking on the campus was and will continue to be challenging, but there are many public car parks near by.

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MA in Visual Communications could have been a good course, but it failed at many levels as there was no strong learning objective defined. Every tutor brought with him his own school of thought and it made it very difficult for students who were guided by one tutor but assessed by another.

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This Uni has been good to me. I studied here and graduated from the MSc Marketing Management course. I spent some time deciding which institution to go to, and the vocational training was appealing to me. I wanted to learn more about the practical aspects of management and marketing rather than the theoretical, so decided against a place at one of the cities more prestigious Universities.

I got on the course after doing a Knowledge Transfer Partnership role with the Uni - this is where you work at an organisation with the support of the Uni - i worked on a research project for a charity and after 10 months made recommendations, a research report and a presentation to the board...i was 21 and it was a great experience!

Although some lectures were lacking in the ability to inspire students, many were great - and there is always one professor that has a lasting impression - i always looked forward to the classes where he used to explain organisation behaviour to us through the works of great artists - its almost ten years since the lecture but i still remember what he was teaching us!

The campus is large and caters well for the number of students there...but it certainly aint pretty (perry barr campus), but you get to experience student life and meet some great people from all around the UK and the world. There were a good number of international students that I studied with, which was great. There are fantastic campuses for other subjects, like health studies, performing arts, art and design, engineering and tech - these campuses are closer to the city centre too. ??When I was studying there the sports facilities were lacking, but they have invested in good facilities a couple of years ago. ??

After graduating from here, it took a little while and a lot of persistence to get the job that was right for my career in Marketing. The uni will support you, but this has to come from within! ??Made some great friends here and had a good uni experience!

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I look back at my time at Wolverhampton with fond memories, I remember a strong supportive community both on my course, in the city and within the halls of residence.

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I really enjoyed my time in York. The university has a high standard of teaching and I would highly recommend it to anyone thinking of studying there.

The City itself, although perhaps not the liveliest student city, has enough to offer students and with Leeds only a short train journey away this isn't really a problem.

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This was a great college to study at. Staff were great and teaching quality was excellent. I made so many friends and grew up a lot in the 2 years I was there. The campus was modern and had the latest computers, equipment and software.

The teaching staff were always on top of their game and were there for you if you needed.

I have not been back to the college since I left but have nothing but good memories so I would recommend this college highly.

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