sussex cancelled my course!!!

I think he applied for Comp Sci and management, at least that’s what I think his signature read when I first had a look at this thread earlier today.

Count yourself lucky you didn't find out about the real extent of the crap resources / lack of funding until you chose it and got here like me!

is it that bad?

No, at least I don't think so.

It is a bit fashionable at the moment to go on about it though. It's a shame, I think its a very impressive uni indeed and it is sad to hear people bitching on...

Probably a good idea the VC leaves though...it will give everyone the chance to start afresh

Excuse me, I'm not 'bitching on' or being 'fashionable'. If you go to the library to complete urgent essays and all the books you want to take out are either taken out already or missing and there are only 2 long loan copies of an important text with no core or short loan alternatives between 900 + psychology students, I think there is good reason to moan.

It is well known that the library resources are pretty poor across many subjects and I've heard many complaints about it. With a subject like mine with an intake of 300 students a year, it kind of affects me a lot!

I was really enthusiastic about Sussex before I came here, I'm not a sheep but I'm not going to hide my head in the clouds and pretend everything is rosy either, cos it's not.

Fair enough. No need to lose your cool.

I do disagree with you though. There's a huge library with a massive selection of books and in my experience (if I am reasonably careful with my planning) no problem getting copies of them.

I am not in your department so I don't know the situation with your course. But I do think that in general, there is a bit more whinging going on than there are problems.

given that sussex has been badly managed, given that it is in debt, given that there have been cuts, given that, yes, the library is often found lacking when you are looking for books you need for an essay, it is not unreasonable that someone should point out the failings. my friend works at the library, he has had library jobs before and previously been to another university, and in his words, sussex library is '****'

well, i don't want to paint an overwhelmingly negative picture. my sussex experience has overall been very good, and sussex has very well regarded courses in a number of subjects (meaning, generally, that you should get good teaching and resources in those subjects). if you apply to sussex, you should enjoy it and if you apply for a course which sussex is high in the league tables for, it should be as good as is suggested. however, just because we are sussex students it does not mean we should be sycophantic about the university. we are paying for the service, and we have a right to complain if, despite the positives in the course, there are negatives which disadvantage us.

This thread has ruined my rep. how nice of you all : )

Just to mention. From all the unis i have been looking at sussex is the only one that seems to be mentioned multiple times for having problems. It was in the times top 10 worst student satisfaction table. So im guessing some of the problems people are talking about are real. I therefore have decided to withdraw my application and look at a different uni all together.

This thread has ruined my rep. how nice of you all : )

Excuse me, I'm not 'bitching on' or being 'fashionable'. If you go to the library to complete urgent essays and all the books you want to take out are either taken out already or missing and there are only 2 long loan copies of an important text with no core or short loan alternatives between 900 + psychology students, I think there is good reason to moan.

It is well known that the library resources are pretty poor across many subjects and I've heard many complaints about it. With a subject like mine with an intake of 300 students a year, it kind of affects me a lot!

I was really enthusiastic about Sussex before I came here, I'm not a sheep but I'm not going to hide my head in the clouds and pretend everything is rosy either, cos it's not.

Zoe, if this is a subject specific issue, have you tried speaking to your student rep, head of year etc? Or how about trying to kick up a stink in the badger? You need to get on a serious moaning spree, I certainly would!

Also I think some of the reason Sussex gets moaned about a lot, is that it has a lot of students who like to get involved in activism and trying to make the uni better. The fact that the issues at Sussex have been brought to light is positive really, in a lot of unis nobody would even bother.