Norwich University of the Arts

Course

The first year was shambolic because the course content changed and even the tutors didn't know what we were meant to be doing. We had very brief introductions to adobe software then we never used them again. In the third year all the tutors keep saying the importance of knowing how adobe software works then they get surprised when we remind them they never taught us properly! About twenty students left in the first year because we weren't learning anything or making anything worthwhile. The briefs did not make much sense as there was not enough structure on the course to make sure we covered the learning objectives. In the first year they encouraged us all to stay but by the second year if we said we weren't happy on the course they just told us to leave!! The third year has been ok so far as the teaching quality has massively improved. No one told us about the format of the dissertation or how to use Harvard referencing. We were given a website link to learn how to do it ourselves but it only worked on the uni computers so we couldn't access it at home. Even the week before it was due in we weren't given any last minute tips on how to set up the document and what all the different sections meant. We had to find this info at the end of a long pdf document that was difficult to find on the intranet. Overall its been really bad

2018, 3rd year, Creative Arts & Design Not Elsewhere Classified

Accommodation

I have been staying in a private property with my landlady for three years about fifteen minutes away from uni. 5 minutes from Tesco metro and Roys on Magdalen street and about half an hour walk away from Lidl.

2018, 3rd year, Creative Arts & Design Not Elsewhere Classified

Scholarship

£500 bursary every year from the uni. I shared my financial details with the uni when I filled out the student loan application online and I got a letter that I would receive the money about a month before it appeared in my account

2018, 3rd year, Creative Arts & Design Not Elsewhere Classified

Accommodation

Quite far from university, half an hour walk, but cheap rent and a nice safe area that has a pub at the bottom of the road and a bus stop 5 minute walk away to city center

2018, 3rd year, Fine Art