Arts University Plymouth

Lovely

I have struggled massively with my mental health since before I started university.

Since I began, Arts University Plymouth have been super accommodating and helpful. The support team and my tutors are both extremely flexible and helpful. I've had a great experience studying as I am in my final year and nearly finished, and considering doing a masters as I love learning there so much!

I stayed in the recommendation halls by Host, which are great and quick to sort issues. The Students' Union has been amazing with Harriet joining the team - she's made many positive changes and was amazing throughout Covid. Staff are so friendly, especially the guy on Reveption. University clubs are done by student so can be lacking but it's up to us to make them work - I loved running mine and got lots of support. Collaborative modules are my favourite. Freshers was amazing too and the SU are very accommodating for all kinds of students...they seem very underappreciated by many. Honestly many staff seem like they need more recognition like Emily in the Library.

It was good, really well organised with loads of fun events to help you meet people! Not all of the events were centred around drinking which I thought was great because you didn’t have to be some huge party animal to actually meet people, interact and have fun.

I went into halls suggested by the uni and they were great, not too expensive but quite luxurious, especially when compared to my friends who went to other university’s in more expensive cities

Facilities were amazing! Computers, cameras, studios - everything was state of the art. Library was fully stocked with everything you could possibly need and more.

I could not put into words how incredible I found the course I studied. Every day Was so inspiring and interesting, the subject matters were relevant and exciting and the lecturers were so amazing!

The city is good! Really cheap so great for students. There have been a lot of investments in recent years meaning the city centre is getting more and more modern and exciting.

You have to be passionate and have no doubt in your mind that this is the industry and course for you. It’s very full on and the students who struggled most were the ones who weren’t sure why they were there. It’s not a course you can just turn up to and blag, you need to focus 24/7 and put a lot of work into it.

Whilst it started off nerve wracking due to my age, (24, 22 at the time I started uni)

Uni has been open and welcoming and definitely one of the best experiences of my life. I've learnt more than enough things, and lecturers are relatable and fun to work with.

They have been incredible with my illness (cfs) and have even allowed me to redo the whole year. They are so helpful too

It's great being in a university full of creatives because we seem to have similar ethos' and interests. The lecturers are very accomadation and I am very much enjoying the course because it's been very in depth and has been very influenced by industry standards. There are so many extra curricular opportunities. I am doing fashion design but I've had the opportunity to do glass bead making, knitting machines and graphic design training which will galo me push my course further. I do wish we were taught how to use some more technologies such as the big cameras and the photography studios. The course has felt quite demanding but I have managed to keep up.

It was really good, the uni arranged lots of mixer activities last year and there were lots of events/freebies. It was a good way to meet fellow students and a lot of fun. The college itself doesn't have accommodation but the student accommodation in Plymouth is nice. The facilities are great, always kept clean and looked after. The library staff are always very helpful and the library itself is easy to navigate. There is a lot of equipment you can book to use/borrow for free whenever you'd like to use it, even if it's not relevant to your course. The course is very much designed to fit the needs of the student and there are frequent meetings to discuss how we feel about the course and whether we are happy with it or not or if there are things that could help us more and that really helps keeping the course fun and interesting. Plymouth is a good all round city, it has everything you need without it being too hectic/busy. There's a good balance of city/shops/entertainment and parks/places of nature and usually some good events going on.

It was pretty non eventful due to covid circumstances. Myself and a flat mate were able to go for drinks and call it our “freshers” We have our own private accommodation, as far as my knowledge goes - there is no allocated accommodation specifically for plymouth college of art The facilities eg the studio spaces are nicely spaced out, great contact time with lecturers, library is vast I love the freedom to create whatever I want/there's not many strict guidelines to follow. Lectures are online and campus based this year which makes a nice variety I love the mix of shops and costal areas in plymouth. It's not too big but also vast enough for some exploring. It's also nice because Dartmoor and the beach are a short car journey away

So far, it's been really enjoyable and being able to start my course has been amazing. You're treated more like an adult and you're able to be more independent, helping you to persue the photography style you want.