great university. Newcastle is the perfect student town with a vibrant nightlife. The university is well organized and has excellent facilities for its students. There are many places to buy food and drink and study on computers, especially in the student union. Careers Services works very hard to ensure that each student has access to the information they need and is very helpful when working individually to ensure their resumes and cover letters are up to date. increase. The Freshers Crew and RAG Crew are great additions to Newcastle. So not only did she feel safe here during her first year, but it also gave her the chance to do volunteer work and meet other students in the years that followed.

My time spent at Newcastle was unforgettable. Politics as a programme is extremely diverse, the variation in modules allows students to tailor the programme to their interests. I personally preferred more international relations based modules, and I thoroughly enjoyed these, which also helped me decide on my dissertation topic. My module leaders were on the whole very helpful especially considering the Covid restrictions, which meant all lectures, seminars and meetings were online. They were generally very flexible and active on emails to ensure contact was maintained during our studies despite the pandemic.

The student life in Newcastle was a serious highlight for me, there are a wide variety of societies, and the cost of living is a lot lower than many other universities, which allowed everyone to enjoy themselves with less worry about finances. The houses once out of halls are very good value for money and allowed for a nice living environment.

Additionally, the university has a whole building and programme dedicated to careers. I often used this to discuss with mentors of what I wanted to do with my future they were very helpful with cover letters, CV writing etc. It was an optional service so for those concerned about future plans, it was great but also didn’t apply any pressure to students.

In terms of improvements, I have a very limited number to give. The only criticism I could give was making more of an effort to hold face to face seminars in the latter days of Covid as I had friends at other universities which were given these options. However, this was not a major downfall.

For anyone thinking about Newcastle, I cannot recommend it enough!

The accommodation at Newcastle is very sociable – I was in Castle leazes which although was not the most modern accommodation it was very sociable and met my friends who I lived with in second and third year. I studied politics and specifically chose Newcastle as they were more flexible choosing what modules you enjoyed more or lectures you found more interesting.

Overall Newcastle was a great experience for me. The city and student life were great, really sociable.
I enjoyed my course but feel that it was not worth the debt you get into. I had 6 hours a week of teaching yet you pay the same for people like medics who have 8 hours a day!
Professors on my course were overall good. some seemed genuinely disinterested in helping Students out of lecture time but others couldn’t be more enthusiastic and try to help as much as needed. My dissertation supervisor was one of these people and couldn’t help me enough, I properly wouldn’t have passed uni without him, to be honest.

I thoroughly enjoyed the Politics course itself, the lectures were helpful and had variety of modules to choose from. Newcastle is an excellent city, not only did I feel safe but really enjoyed living in Jesmond both second and third year with an easy walk commute to University and the centre itself.