The University of Glasgow - UOFG
speciality: Performing Arts

the lectures and seminars are insightful and up-to-date with modern cultural, political and social events. The course I am speaking of is the MA theatre studies degree in which we learn about theatre practitioners, theories of theatre making and putting it into practice by devising. This being said oftentimes it can feel as if the lecture or tutor feels uncomfortable or out of depth when talking about certain issues of racism in theatre, or other cultures and their theatrical practices given the fact that majority of the teachers are of White European decent.

My time at UoG has been a very happy one and every Glaswegian I have met has been very friendly and has given me a deep sense of affinity. I majored in art and had very few classes, but the teachers encouraged us to develop freely, especially in my dissertation which I experienced a lot. My supervisor never denied my ideas, he only encouraged me to think more and always opened up new research ideas for me, and most of the teachers I met were very nice. during my interdisciplinary course selection, the teachers I met from other departments were often interested in my situation and remembered my name from the first class 🙂 the only one I didn’t feel quite right was Many Chinese students, especially after the 2022 expansion, will have a relatively poor experience. (I am a Chinese student and I graduated this year)

Studying Theatre Studies at the University Of Glasgow has allowed me to learn about several dramaturgical and Theatrical theories ranging from semiotics all the way back to Ancient Theatre. This course for the first half takes you on a journey through the past of theatre and why it is important, it involves politics and the mundane every day to show how greatly theatre spans to our own lives. I would recommend this course to those interested in the way theatre works from the backgrounds and the ideas which stem from typical theatre that we see on a stage today! Furthermore the staff and Convenors are always there to lend a helping hand many of them hold office hours or will stay behind on seminars to answer those burning questions. All around a brilliant course and a decent workload.

My programme was very practical. We did not undertake any kind of tests, we were graded based on our assignments. For me, this was a con, since for most subjects each student ended up learning something different. However, this increased our creativity and pushed us to do more independent research. The subjects were overall intertwined and the teaching staff was very qualified. I very much enjoyed my time here.