MA Careers and Education Guidance Work

Overall score

The course was fantastic, meeting with interesting people from the publishing industry, learning new stuff everyday, really good projects, lovely tutors. I enjoyed every single moment and wish i could have stayed more!!!! I chose this course first of all because i enjoy book reading and second of all because my family has a publishing house and it was one big motivation!! I would recommnend the course to future students that ofcourse enjoy books, reading, creating and love working into groups!!!

Study experience

As it was the first time that this MA took place in Kingston University (Sept 2007), I'll have to admit that there were a few flaws at first. But as the time passed by, tutors and students learned how to connect with each other and share opinions and ideas. I found that the assesment methods were really good despite being the first time for this MA was taking place in the Uni, the projects were very interesting plus the placement at the end of the course that gave us an idea of how things work in the outside world. I have to admit it was worth every penny. My parents funded the course for me so I didn't need to get anyother financial support.

Facilities

I didnt had the chance to visit the sport facilities of the institution but the standards of teaching and IT were excellent. As far as the library concerns the only thing I remember is that there were NOT enough PCs to sit and research.

Postgraduate life

I was lucky enough to have loads of friends from Greece that I already knew, and of course meeting with new people (not Greek) made my experience even better. I loved the fact that my campus was only a 2 minute walk from where I lived and around 10 from the city centre. It spreads the feeling of loving suburbia which I enjoyed a lot, it was safe enough, and had a lot of things to do around town. I was member of the Greek-Cypriot society which organized the so-called Greek parties where all of us would mingle, drink and have a perfect time.

Job prospects

When I graduated from Kingston Uni, I decided to come back to my home country and look for a job in advertising (I have obtained a BA in Integrated Advertising). The MA has helped me a lot in my way of thinking before acting, and generally has offered me a lot of qualities that have helped me through the last 3 years that I work.

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Overall score

I decided to do a master's as i wanted to continue studying my subject in greater depth. I found the course interesting and enjoyable and i would definitely recommend it.

Study experience

Lecture and seminars were informative and challenging and we were given lots of free reign to pursue our own individual interests.

Facilities

All excellent, and easily accessible on one campus.

Postgraduate life

Lecturers and students socialised out of lecture time and the course was an opportunity to meet like-minded people. The university campus and hall life is great, although i lived in a house during my MA.

Job prospects

I think having a master's has been useful in interviews and so on. I didn't really utilise the university career's service as much as i could have.

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Overall score

I enjoyed this course and found a lot of the theory I learnt very interesting. It is a very theoretical course and if you get annoyed by a certain degree of intellectual postering this might not necessarily be for you! I did the MA as I had slighly naive ambitions to 'work in the film industry'. If you want to work in film, this course is related but it is not practical in any way. That said I am pretty sure one of my course mates ended up working in the film industry. The course is probably more useful if you want to go into film journalism, but although it will certainly increase your knowledge of film, it will teach you how to write about film in an academic rather than a journalistic way.

Study experience

The lecturers on the whole were really good, and all showed a passion for film. I have a whole load of notes and course material that I've kept, so we weren't short of a hand out or two. I remember when I did my dissertation my lecturer was pretty involved and helpful, although I seem to remember it took him a little while to get back to emails, but he was a busy guy. I think the course was value for money in that I learnt a lot, but I think I would have been better off spending the course fees on a more practical course. But this was more related to my own ambitions rather than the course itself. If you love film and simply want to do a course in order to learn more about it, then this is a good one to go on.

Facilities

I was a part time student and didn't really access any of the facilities at my disposal. The campus at Harrow looked pretty nice and shiny though. Thinking about it, it was a bit of a schlep having to go to both the Westminster Campus and the Harrow Campus, but that was the nature of the university.

Postgraduate life

I met a couple of cool people on the course who I spent time with whilst I was studying, but who I haven't kept in contact (more a mark of my laziness than their personalities). We'd often go out for a drink together after class, and the lecturer would join us (one of the advantages of being a grown up postgrad). The two campuses that I had to get to were on Regent Street and Northwick Park. Loads to do in Regent Street and bugger all to do in Northwick Park. But Northwick Park was a self contained campus, and if I had been an undergraduate student there I think it would have been OK (I certainly got a heady dose of nostalgia every time I had to walk past the university flats. Ah, the life of an undergraduate...)

Job prospects

To be honest, I really don't see this MA as being especially vocational. It gives you knowledge, but then it's up to as to how you utilise it. Other than being able to bore people about sexuality and the Hannibal Lector trilogy, I don't think the MA taught me anything that would have been essential for me if I had wanted to pursue a career in film in some way. But it was really interesting none the less.

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