Student review [#22816] for Graphic Design
at University for the Creative Arts - UCA

My tutor has been very helpful and informative, and contrary to the reviews I’ve seen- my feedback/criticism wasn’t harsh at all and was very validating for me personally. My tutor was immediately able to see what I excel in and what I need help with and responded with a mix of confidence-building praise and constructive feedback so I knew what I needed to work on in my next assignment.

As my degree is online/remote and part-time, I’ve not yet had the time to speak to my classmates but from what I’ve seen on the forums, they’re very friendly and help each other with feedback for assignments and design briefs.

My only concern was with the staff and how hard it was to reach them due to “covid” issues. It took forever to get my enrolment sorted and it was near impossible to reach the staff- no one answered any of the numbers I called and the average response time for an email was one-week minimum. It was stressful and frustrating, to say the least. There was also some very important information regarding maintenance loans and units/credits that I was not made aware of until after I started the course- meaning I have to find a job despite basically studying most days of the week, so it’d be in your best interests to do some THOROUGH research beforehand.

As for the curriculum, it’s fairly simple and straight forward in my opinion. I feel like it would be better if there were pre-recorded lectures and links to more information included/more accessible in the VLE (visual learning environment).

But overall, it has been a great experience and I’m enjoying the course thus far.