York St John University

Studied for 3 years. It’s a small university just about in the centre of York. It is easy to make friends and offers quite a few creative courses. Staff are friendly and the social life is amazing. I lived in halls and made friends for life there. The only issue I had is that the staff on my course were sometimes unprofessional such as things were not explained fully, staff would not show up, I also had a a huge problem where I had my last assignment and was given a mentor who never contacted me I had to follow it up turns out they had left university. I was given a new mentor but missed out on 2 months guidance which resulted in my work being rushed. Also doing a film & tv course there is restricted access to equipment and less freedom to be creative. It seemed mostly filmed based and less tv. I did learn a lot from it and have worked on a film because of it but I don’t feel the course was worth the debt I am in. Yet great social life and some great society’s to join.

a smaller freindlier university, you get to know a lot of people and your tutors get to know you. Offers more creative and vocational courses than York uni, and offers a wide range of course. Most courses allow you to select your own units but talk to students about what they took first as information is sometimes missleading. Some tutors are very much better than others and who you end up with will undoubtably affect your grades. The union is tiny, closes early and events are all very samey.
A good range of sports and societies although often emphasis is put on sports.
The university halls are varied in price, distance and standards but surpass the level of other universities.
Location wise the university is excelantly situated just outside the city walls, far enough out of town to be quiet but only a few minuites from the city centre.
The university has excelant links with the local community although often these are not quite as well advertised as they should be.

I studied here for 3 years and really enjoyed it, it really suited me. It’s a smaller friendly university where you get to know almost everybody. The vocational course I did might not have been a traditional academic course but after graduating I went straight into the industry I wanted to work in, so I was very happy with it.
On the downside, it’s too small to support many societies or much social variety, so there aren’t many clubs and teams to choose from compared to somewhere like York University down the road.

I studied here for a year and didn’t enjoy my course although I did enjoy the student life. It’s a very small university but it’s friendly and it has some good societies. I recommend the Musical Theatre Society, I really enjoyed being in this and there were some good socials. The Union is small but pleasant.