The University of Glasgow - UOFG
speciality: English Language & Literature

Primarily, the University of Glasgow has the most beautiful campus in all of the options for Scottish universities.Its large gothic centre piece playing a key role in persuading the upcoming students to chose it. However, as a student originating from Glasgow, most of the students were from abroad or some from maybe a ‘higher’ class than I was from, so would sometimes come across as more ‘snobby’ in some cases. Aside from this, having the experience of meeting such a large variety of different people from diverse backgrounds allowed me to grow and understand the world more than just my little bubble in Scotland, so I would recommend trying to make conversations with the people in your lectures and seminars, as you could find some similarities you might not have found otherwise. English Literature as a course has been excellent, with its mix of professors with different outlooks on each novel- all of which I have enjoyed thoroughly, as I feel like there was a good splash of genres included from Frankenstein to Giovannis Room. I would highly recommend studying English literature here.

Overall I liked my time at Glasgow. I was a home student, so didn’t find it quite as easy to integrate. Tutors were nice for the most part, but the ones that were good were absolutely amazing and will do anything they can to support you.

Glasgow university is a very modern university with modern views, they have a wide range of LGBTQ resources and they have really good diversity standards. I enjoy learning at university despite the fact that some classes seem much less planned than others (for example: the level of resources made available, etc.). The school itself is beautiful, but it seems that the university lacks study spaces (many study spaces are overcrowded with people sitting on the floor) so this could be improved on. I truly believe that Glasgow university is an amazing university with an amazing past and I’m glad to be a student there.

I have enjoyed my course, however, I felt that with COVID-19 restrictions, I did not have much experience on-campus. There was not much offered by the University to alleviate this, and furthermore, in my second year, during which time Covid restrictions were beginning to lift, there were certain subjects that recycled poor-quality pre-recorded lectures of years previously.

I really enjoyed studying English Literature at the University of Glasgow. I personally found the third and fourth years the most enjoyable due to the course selection available. Options such as: Children’s Literature, Victorian Literature, Fantasy and Realism, Romanticism and Revolution, where all courses I really enjoyed and each covered a wide range of literature from their prospective periods. I found the mandatory courses, were also beneficial in allowing me to further develop my critical and theoretical understanding of texts. The compulsory set texts throughout the 4 years were also very diverse and supplemented one another well in terms of comparative essay work. Overall I really enjoyed this course and its teachings.

It’s in my home city, offers a wide range of courses and is high ranking: a great university. The student experience in the city is, under the right circumstances, unrivalled and this is matched often by the quality of teaching.