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Postgraduate Reviews of Courses at University of Huddersfield

Good place to study for ug and pg read full review
Great tutors. Parking is the only problem read full review

Fintech MSc

UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD

Uroosa - February 2024

The support for students is great, be it assignment-related, well-being or others.

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It's okay to study here; the supervisors work hard to help you, and there is (now) a fairly vibrant PhD researcher community. I am a moderator for an online Pomodoro study group- and that has been a lifesaver both in providing me with a cohort and encouraging me to keep on writing.

I am disabled and would love to study in the library or on campus. I have asked repeatedly for a disabled study room that students registered as disabled could book - of course, if no disabled person had booked it, then it would be free for anyone to use. However, this has fallen on deaf ears; hence, I rarely go on campus as I would be in too much pain after a short time. So the one thing I would suggest to improve facilities for students would be a dedicated study space within the library primarily bookable by disabled students that would have a range of assistive and adaptive equipment located in it. Such as a raisable desk, a variety of supportive chairs such as Hag chairs, a large screen PC and the facility to use voice-to-type software without disturbing others.
We also recently had a well-being week, and I understand things like that are a lot of hard work to organise, but I think one week a year is insufficient and I would suggest it should happen on a monthly basis, as so many people are struggling now with their mental health.
And finally, the support side of academic life here has really deteriorated. Before COVID-19, if I emailed the office, I would get a response within the day; now, weeks can go by before someone gets back to you- usually, by the time they do, it's too late to be of any use. The university recently joined two schools together (mine with another), clearly a cost-cutting exercise, but goodness me, the support staff were trimmed to the bone already, now basically, I do not bother emailing the office anymore as the response time is laughable, and they start every email with ... as you know last September we merged schools... I actually feel sorry for any new starters who have urgent help requests; they must wonder where they have come to! read full review