The Student Experience
The Student Voice
Introduction
These pages attempt to capture something of 'the student experience' as articulated by students themselves. The student essays page contains the entries to our student competitions. In 2010 students were asked to write on A soft option? What is difficult about English Studies or Creative Writing? In previous years the topics were: What makes a good English or Creative Writing Lecturer?; What advice would you give to students starting your course? and How does your experience of your course compare with any expectations you may have had? The essays which emerged are a powerful and sometimes moving reminder of what it is to study English and the sacrifices, joys and sorrows that it can entail.
The videos illustrate what happens in the classroom and in the daily experience of student life. The first series of video clips (What do you do all day?) tries to demystify something of the undergraduate experience for potential students of English and the other clips give a more detailed insight into the experience of mature students and students of creative writing.
The Student Societies page contains some ideas about how literary societies can widen the university experience and give students opportunities to add those all important extra-curricular activities to their CVs.
