University College London - UCL
speciality: Education

I would recommend UCL. It is a global university and offers good education for students. I enjoyed my course and had nice lecturers. The campus is in Central London so close to many shops and attractions. Glad I came here.

It goes without saying that UCL is a highly ranked, top 10 global university with outstanding research and academic rigour. What I have personally enjoyed the most during my time here is the intellectual stimulation and the ability to think critically, without anyone forcing certain conclusions. I wish there was more student interaction at the postgraduate level like there is at undergraduate level, and that administration would respond to queries quicker, but all in all, I would recommend this university to anyone in a heartbeat! The professors are highly qualified, empathetic and willing to help.

UCL is an amazing place in the sense that the staff and students are all so friendly and genuinely want to help you and make sure you’re settled down well. Particularly, in my course, the teachers are really passionate about their studies and you can tell that they really want to guide your understanding by prompting questions to further spark your interests. However, one thing I dislike is the inflexibility of the admin aspects of the course. Being new to the university and asked to choose modules for the entire year will inevitably lead you to make some wrong decisions. After realising that some modules are simply not right for me, I am not allowed to make any changes to it. Hopefully some adjustments can be made in the future to make the course, and the uni, more suitable and enjoyable for every individual.

I am studying at UCL/Anna Freud centre. I would highly recommend this course, it is completely different from other psychology courses I have studied. You train as you work and get to apply theory into practice

Educational Leadership (pre service) was a newly delivered Programme from IOE designed for students who have little or none work related experience and want to enter the industry.
Yet lot of our modules are shared with in service students, and many assignments made assumptions that we have professional experiences.
Apart from that, it is a highly informative and reflective Programme that allows you to explore aspects most interesting to you regarding assignments and module selections.

My master’s programme is only two semesters long. But the remaining six months are fully devoted to the dissertation programme. I often go to the UCL campus to write my dissertation because the student centre really has a more academic atmosphere than the dorm rooms.

Actually, I enjoy the programme as the professionals are nice and give lots of support to me not only in my study but in my emotions as well. I am also the representative of our department and the working experience has been also nice! So many chances to share what I thought and want to do.

I like my program, which is an MA in Education and Technology. It has all the lectures online so that we can review the lectures anytime we want. It provides students with a lot of space to learn at their own pace, which is what I love to do. I believe UCL is a pretty international university since there are so many international students admitted to undergraduate and graduate programs. I could meet a lot of students from my country, and that released a lot of stress while facing a different country compared to my home country.

Due to COVID restrictions, around half of the classes were moved online. Plus, during strike weeks (3/10 this semester), the seminars were also conducted on zoom. Online courses impaired my learning experiences. For instance, I found it hard to concentrate and was more prone to stay silent rather than speaking out my opinions compared to offline lessons.

All the teachers are very kind but some don’t show enough proficiency in the field. Teachers should not only read PPTs in the class but also give their own sights. And I hope that courses can be increased. In addition, school strikes are a little too frequent.