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

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.

Overall I’d say the education lives up to the hype with very few exceptions. The lecturers are all top of their field and even the assistants (tutorial leaders) show that they are very passionate about what they do and are always willing to put in extra work. The uni environment is great, as long as you go and look for experiences you’d get to meet a lot of interesting people and your social life would not be boring. People are open-minded and multi-faceted what was what I loved about my years there. The amazing location makes it so much easier as well because London is never boring.

One thing I would mention is the general management within UCL. It is relatively slow and there isn’t much communication between the union and the student body, probably because there are around 50k students at UCL. It is understandable and I can see how it’s slowly improving, although it is sad that academic reps are either not turning up for something they signed up for or being active but also getting actively ignored.

I did my PhD research study at the Institute of Education (UCL). I had a very nice supervisor who provided all the support to my research and was always there for my questions. I was able to take all the courses I needed for the research. The admin managers were there for me to solve the problems with visa and programme. However, for the international student who has never done a degree in the UK, the educational system was new. It was difficult to understand who, where and what. I went with all my questions to my supervisor and even he was kind enough to help me I could not ask all the questions as he was quite busy. I missed so many opportunities to participate in the teaching courses, meeting with other students and so on.

I like how many societies and clubs there are open to whatever interests you
I love the student bars and they put on cool events
I love how many open and amazing ppl i met there

The gym should be way cheaper
Transport in Ldn is the devil – way too expensive, even the supposedly ‘student’ discounts for it are extortionate