Biochemistry and neuroscience

Anyone going to study biochemistry and neuroscience at Keele University this September?

I actually just posted in another thread. I am a biochemistry/neuro combined hons student at Keele. This is what I posted:

I'm currently studying neuro/biochem combined hons at Keele. I actually signed up to reply to your thread.

All lectures are online. The lectures were recorded during the pandemic, so are highly variable in quality. Some of my lectures were classroom audio recordings from 2018, which were very difficult to hear. Some weren't uploaded, and we were told to watch Youtube instead. Some of them are from lecturers who left years previously. Obviously this is not the expertise I was hoping for.

The student support I have received is nil.

Having online university in 2023 severely curbs socialising and collaboration if you live off campus.

It's not 'the university experience,' I thought I would receive. For example, I have not met, let alone had meaningful interactions with, the majority of my lecturers who have taught my lectures. Online university is extremely impersonal and isolating.

For what it's worth, I regret my decision to study at Keele. I would really urge you to consider somewhere with full in-person learning, especially for neuroscience, because there are so many unknowns in this relatively new field that are worthy of discussion and debate with both your student peers and your lecturers. If you impress a lecturer, there's always the possibility you can volunteer in a lecturer's lab. This would be an immense privilege to participate in scientific discovery and develop experience for the next step in your education. This is an opportunity denied to me.


I really hope it's a different experience for you, but online learning is here to stay at Keele for the forseeable future. I wish you luck in your educational journey.