KCL Postgraduate Applicants/Offer Holders 2015 entry

Ah no. I've applied to the MA Medical Law and Ethics programme. What about you?

Just got my offer! What a relief.

Just got my offer! What a relief.

Congratulations! :-)

Congratulations!

Thank you! What are people thinking for accommodation? I've been taking a look at halls, but I'm really not sure.

Currently doing MSc Neuroscience. Happy to answer any questions I can

Thank you! What are people thinking for accommodation? I've been taking a look at halls, but I'm really not sure.

Hey! Well done I guess I'll be seeing you in September! I am totally clueless with regards to accommodation. :/

Hey i recieved an offer for the MSc Neuroscience last week. Anyone else got an offer for this course.



I was just wandering if you could give me any information on A) class sizes and how busy the timetable is, and B) do you know any Psychology grads on your course, im currently studying psychology now and whilst im confident in my ability i was wandering how much of a shock to the system some of the pure bio stuff is?

Thanks

The bottom line is, wherever you stay in London it will be expensive. London is an expensive city to live in. There are definitely pros and cons to staying in halls or renting privately. An advantage to halls is being within walking distance to the campus and also having all bills included. However, halls can be quite pricey especially for ensuite rooms. Also most masters courses run for 12 months as opposed to 9, so when looking at the yearly fee for halls, take into consideration that those fees may be for 9 months. A reason often cited for staying in halls is that it facilitates the process of making friends. In reality postgrad is different from undergrad. You're exposed to several other postgrad students (to be fair King's postgrad community is brilliant). It's extremely easy to make friends with your coursemates, there's not a single person on my course that I don't get along with and it's a big course for postgrad (c. 100 students). And you'll probably find that most of them are renting privately or living at home, as I'm doing, if they're from London. It may be cheaper to rent privately but travelling in London can be expensive unless perhaps you invest in a bicycle. Might I suggest making a pros and cons list?

I can answer all of those questions

A) This year our class size is huge, roughly 100 students. We're in 4 days a week (Monday to Thursday) and in all honesty it is hectic. There are 3 fundamental modules (A1, A2, A3), an optional module and then the research module which is the biggest of them all. The A1 module took place over a month then we had study leave followed by an exam. We also had an essay to do in that time. The A2 & A3 modules were taught simultaneously so we went through over 60 lectures in roughly 20 days I think. Not fun. Then again, exams and essays. I've just finished the lectures for my optional module and I'm on study leave for those exams then the research module starts in April. That all sounds very confusing.

Here's a link to the MSc Neuroscience homepage. I was on it a lot in preparation for the course. I hope it's helpful: http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/sites/neuroscience/?id=53

B) Yes there are quite a lot of psychology grads on the course. You'll be fine with the bio content. They were quite good at trying to get everyone up to the same level. Of course for those such as myself who did biomed or a similar degree for undergrad, we have an advantage there. But you may be interested to know that the programme leader told me that in his experience, the psychology grads tend to do the best overall. This is something that I have observed also. You've got nothing to worry about, trust me

Let me know if you've anymore questions or I haven't answered properly

Hey guys! I've just received my offer to study a Master's in Space Physiology & Health at King's this September, I'm starting to panic a bit about accommodation r.e whether to privately rent or to look into halls - has anyone got any advice regarding which might be the better option? I see that halls might often only be for a 9 month contract as opposed to the 12 months I'd need, so does anyone have any advice as to what the best way might be to go about privately renting a flat / house / apartment or possibly if they know of any reasonable accommodation nearish to Guy's Campus / Southwark?
Thanks!