Student review [#10699]
for International Development
at King's College London
London, The United Kingdom
Course: International Development BA (Hons)
Infrastructure: the new Bush House building greatly enhances the learning environment (more study spaces, better food & drink outlets), compared to the old Strand building. The Maughan Library has many resources & study spaces.
Course/Education: the quality of lecturers is excellent, most of them being passionate and qualified teachers. The only two minor issues are:
1/ despite this quality, classes are not always intellectually stimulating, often there is an overlap between different courses, and the marking criterion is not always explicit.
2/ regarding module selection, there is not a lot of choice and should you resort to external modules (outside your home department), the process is long, complicated and not always available.
Student Life: making friends is easy since there are many societies, which would correspond to any students’ interests, in addition to being a very international university. Accommodation at King’s is not always the best. The current system allocating rooms randomly does not allow all students to benefit from adequate facilities. For example, rooms at Great Dover Street Apts. are old and poorly insulated for the price paid, in contrast to the newer facilities. It seems that they are trying to change this, fingers crossed for the future!