23 reviews for The Northern School of Art

The course is very good for focusing on and developing your place in the commercial artistic world and should prove a great help for future progression ( we all have to make a living so best to do it with something you love doing ! ). From a personal view point this does sometimes feel like it's drawing ( no pun intended) you away from the practical artwork at times , this may be due to the fact that I'm predominantly an analogue artist and am happiest with traditional drawing and painting, although this course has greatly developed my previously very limited digital skills ! Classroom sessions are generally informative and interesting whilst remaining fun to partake in and the uni Moodle platform always provides detailed workshop documents for reference and catch-up. The lecturers and tech assistants are usually very happy to make themselves available for help/assistance even if not during scheduled class time. The classrooms/studios etc are in the main well equipped and bright and airey although, again from a personal perspective , they are very digital orientated and lacking in space for working at a painting easel ( but I am in the minority so can usually create a space ). There seems to be very good links and networking with industry professionals and institutions to try and provide the platforms to progress into the working art world after uni . Overall so far ( I'm just starting final year ) the course does exactly what it says on the tin, and does it in a very enjoyable and fun way !

Good contact time. There is lots of techniques shown, if you like embroidery.

The illustration course has allowed me to learn new skills in what I want to do and has challenged me to progress within illustration.

The course is always in person, face-to-face meaning if you need to chat to a lecturer about something that you don't have time to email, someone is almost always there. You're scheduled in 2 and a half days a week, however you still have access to all the facilities and lecturers (if they're not teaching a class) on the other days that you're not in (bar weekends). The lecturers here are also usually very prompt with email/teams replies if you're not in and need to know something. You always have accessed to the slides that the lecturers create so if you didn't quite catch something the first time, you can access it later on. There isn't really an option for work placements or internships, however in second year there is an opportunity to work to a live brief, working with actual clients so you can get a feel for it. This provides you an opportunity to see how you interpret a brief and how you find working to it.

The quality of taught sessions, I always come away from them feeling inspired.

Course is amazing ! Tutors are always on hand to help, lots of choice when it comes to briefs and doing what you want!

The community in the flat and location in regards to distance to the university building

Lack of support, student are overworked

Dangerous most racist town I’ve ever been to

Teachers amazing, not a lot of work experience available but that might have just been rona

Dead cheap to live, students seem a bit out of place compared to the locals

Rooms were massive, that's about where the positives stop, not the unis fault but the people they let run the housing are shockingly bad, if you don't have people to move in with you'll live but if you have another housing option I strongly advise you to take it. Break-ins they don't care about, faulty systems, poor customer services just to name a few of the many problems we dealt with.

Print rooms are a great size, for those who focus on print screen techniques. Your tables in the studio are small and squashed together. There is no designated computer space for textile students, you just have to hope ones free in the building.

The support is where this university lacks big style, I found it extremely difficult to source out help during my time there. Overall feel completely let down by their system and my time spent here was the worst.

I did not enjoy the course how they were taught. Very few tutorials were held for Further improvement development on yourself. The dissertation module Was the worst I’ve ever went through, with no academic help provided and being told To write it all at once over a summer, with no guidance from your dissertation tutor. I felt the course only focused on those less Fortunate than others with the achievers being sidelined to further less able Students.

8

The uni made minimal efforts to increase employability in the careers department. Work placements were only told in brief with no further info provided and ledge told in two minutes before moving on to other information, felt there were no opportunities from the course itself.

Facilities are great. Mac on each desk and your own space that you can decorate and make your own. All the software you need- all really good.

All great, could ask for academic help any time I wanted. I didn’t use any other support. Student union was good.

I most liked the studio and staff. Least liked the dissertation, but has to be written.

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Im really pleased with what the course did for me. I learnt loads of skills and I loved working in a studio and having a space to work every day. The course was really open so I got to choose what I wanted to do for the third year. Having a graphics studio to really work in- and you get a Mac- was really good. Most other unis don’t give you that. Staff were great too. Really knew what they were talking about. It’s a small uni- but so much better getting time to talk to your lecturers!