Design studies, University of Southampton

Student Review: 3.2 /5

Fashion Marketing / Management, BA Hons

By member668504 On 26th April 22 Verified student

I think the subjects of this major in The University of Southampton are not very practical. The subjects of the whole major are more inclined to business, and there is not much knowledge about fashion.

Hard to understand the course

Really don’t recommend this course. Apart from it being such a small uni with nothing going on, the course was so disappointing. Absolutely not worth £9k a year, with only having a few hours on our timetables. I felt a lot of negativity from the lecturers, and didn’t feel them to be very supportive at all. The course was very limited, and misleading to what i saw on the open day, and wasn’t given any opportunity to expand my skills. The only good part being a free trip to London. Obviously this is just based on the graphics course so it may not be the same for other courses. Just don’t waste your time on this course

I’m two years into my graphic design course at WSA and I can sadly say it’s the biggest mistake I’ve ever made and paid for. Where do I begin? Paying for everything eg trips, stationery (glue , scissors printing etc), the extremely rude and negative staff and lecturers, being patronised and made to feel like a school student, the “lecturers” being late, the extremely useless and unrelated workshops or the tiny amount we’re in out of the year. I am so disappointed and let down how it has been nothing like I was told it would be at the first open day. Fast forward me too this time next year when I’m done with the place. Did I say it’s not worth a penny out of the £9250? P.S only in one day a week at the moment - tell me what I’m paying for! Disgraceful

Honestly wouldn’t recommend this course to anyone! In year 1 we were in 4 days a week and saying we’re barely in and now in year 2 we’ve dropped down to an hour a week where only 10 minutes is on our own work. The lecturers are contradictory, with one saying one thing and the next week being told something else by another. Everything has to be paid for by us, trips, sketchbooks etc and the printing costs a fortune with being made to use the specialist printing services due to briefs having specific size requirements (eg A2+) that can’t be printed on the normal printer. Half the time are taught by ex-students instead of lecturers with workshops that are unrelated and waste the whole week when could be done in a day. Lecturers are rude and blunt with feedback and completely disregard the effort put into projects leaving you wanting to drop out in all honesty. The course is no where near worth £9250 and is barely anything like pitched on the open day.

Interesting course with unique view on games.

The course is useful and interesting, lots of information is given by teachers.

I would recommend at wsa, alot better then MA

teachers are very professional.

Great, find it useful

Student Review: 5 /5

Fashion Marketing / Management, BA Hons

By member563530 On 4th November 21 Verified student

A valuable course worth studying.

Student Review: 5 /5

Games Design and Art, BA Hons

By Haonan On 13th April 20 Verified student

Adam is a very nice tutor and director.

Thank you for the help

The course is interesting and related to the modern world. Very creative and fun teaching system. All the tutors are very helpful.

I didn’t manage to make it there

Student Review: 5 /5

Fashion Marketing / Management, BA Hons

By member954686 On 26th February 21 Verified student

Good! Warm and responsible.I like all of things

Student Review: 4.6 /5

Fashion Marketing / Management, BA Hons

By member1354925 On 4th March 21 Verified student

Although it’s teaching online, all of my tutors are responsible and nice.

Student Review: 5 /5

Fashion and Textile Design, BA Hons

By member1257438 On 7th May 21 Verified student

Very beautiful campus, located in the port city of Southampton, south of London, with beautiful views. The postgraduate course is 1 year long. So the course can be quite intense and you will basically have a very full life In addition to British teachers, there are also many foreign teachers who are very friendly and responsible. Due to covid-19, we are still mainly teaching online, but we hope to return to offline teaching soon.

Student Review: 4.8 /5

Fashion Marketing / Management, BA Hons

By member663238 On 27th October 21 Verified student

The teachers are all great! But I still hope to line up on the same day as far as possible.