What's different for you?

For me, the university experience offers a lot more independence, so you have more control to decide your own timetable, what you're going to be doing for the day, who you're going to be seeing.

When you're in sixth form, it's more like one mode of learning, a classroom, same teacher. So at university you have a lot more free rein to do what you'd like to do with the day.

At sixth form, you're packed in a small classroom with just your classmates and it's definitely a smaller cohort. Whereas here you have a range such as lectures, seminars. For lectures, you have a bigger hall with students across your year, and for seminars, you usually have a small class of 20 to 30 people. So, it's definitely a different size compared to sixth form.

In university life, there's no one to remind you constantly, there are no school bells, there's no teacher calling you to class. So, it's all up to you what you need to prepare beforehand.

For me personally, it's just sort of allowed me to do exactly what I'm interested in in particular, as opposed to in school when you're doing, you know, set curriculums, set stuff. And in uni, obviously you do your modules, but when you want to learn something or have got interest in anything in particular whether that be anthropology or even outside of the discipline, you talk to your tutors or email anyone around the university to talk about it. There are experts in everything here.

I’ve had a lot more close connection with some of my lecturers. It's not like college where you go home, you know, and you don’t really talk to your tutors. You can go to office hours and email them whenever you need them, and they’re always pretty on it. So it's good to have that accessibility, I suppose, to your lecturers and to really pursue your interests.

Starting from choosing our course, it’s definitely a lot more personalised. It really leaves you to foster your own interests, so I think that's great for you to be able to develop what you'll be interested in as well.