University of Westminster Speciality : Art & Design
programme: Digital Media Arts

I was personally amazed by the universities approach to education. It is way beyond the traditional sitting in class and taking notes, exam style. Westminster encourages student to go out in the real world and gain experience through the projects and assignments, as well as extracurricular opportunities, such as career oriented workshops, trips, guest speakers, competitions and mentorship. My favorite aspect was the customizability of the course you are studying: while there is a number of set core modules, your degree can go in any direction based on the optional modules and electives you choose. Also, it encourages creativity, entrepreneurship and global futures through various schemes that support your new ideas through mentoring and financial funding.

The university was a great one course-wise, I graduated with a Bachelor in Contemporary Media Practice, its diversity in choice of media that we could experiment with allowing students to get experience.

However, the campus I was on was in Harrow, making it hard to travel and not having the student life that I thought I would.