University of Roehampton
speciality: Performing Arts

I overall enjoyed my experience at Roey, but a few years ago they scrapped so many of their humanities degrees which resulted in them no longer offering the degree I studied. My degree is a BA in Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies / Film Studies. Whenever I remember that they got rid of my degree I feel both infuriated and like I’m going to cry. I was incredibly fond of this uni, but now I don’t know how I feel.

So many of my lecturers (PA Skantz, Glenn Odom, Stacey Abbott, and Leslie Hill to name a few) were amazing and being in their classes was possibly some of the best experience of being at Roey. But now most, if not all, of them are no longer there.

The parts I didn’t like about studying at Roehampton were mostly about the general party vibe of campus life (especially during first year). I am not a party person and living on campus my first year was difficult. However, the campus is gorgeous, the distance from central London is decent and I met the best people and made true friendships while studying there. I’m always going to be upset at the choices the school made regarding several degrees, including mine. I’m sad that new prospective student won’t get the same chance to experience the arts at Roey the way I got to.

My experience was great at Roehampton, even though my second year was impacted by Covid.

As I was enrolled on a practical based course, doing class was tricky, but the university really did their best to be able to adapt to the times. The staff are kind and patient and genuinely want you to learn. One of my teachers on my course did not have a high tolerance for joking in class but in hindsight he was one of the best lecturers I experienced there. For example I am a kinaesthetic learner, sometimes needing ideas explained in different ways – the lecturers and teachers 90% of the time will find ways to explain concepts to ensure the entire class understands and grasps said concept.

As an added bonus, the people and the social life were fantastic, the student union was where me and friends would mostly be after classes were done. I made so many friends for life there thanks to the course and of course, the student union.

Beautiful campus, great facilities and a really great overall feeling for the lifestyle. But I had a nightmare experience with the accommodation.
I stayed at Spring Mews, where I experienced strange men being allowed to walk into my flat, and more constant intrusion. Unkept promises and very rude staff. There were maybe around 3 members of staff who were kind and understanding but the rest were awful. No aircon or heating in my room for the entire year. Anything I’d report as faulty would never get fixed, or if it did it wouldn’t be done to a basic standard.
Misleading prices for the rooms. Myself and another paid the same amount as everyone else but received box size rooms whereas others got extra big rooms.
Very disappointing.

Roehampton is a gorgeous campus with amazing places where you can take a book to wind down a little or hang out with your friends or simply relax with a cup of coffee/tea in hand. The library is well stocked and if you study dance you’d be happy to know that the resources are endless. Roehampton excels in theory however there are certain practice modules within the university that do lack energy and could you with a revision and pushing of students to truly do well in the practice sector as they do in the theoretical. That said trust that as a student you will have an on campus experience that you will treasure for the rest of your life.
On another note living in the off campus accommodation that this university offers, as an international student it allowed me to live in central London and made it easy to commute between the accommodation and the university itself.