Choosing the best university for Film

Hi, I'm currently a year 2 student in college and I'm having trouble deciding on what two university's to accept. Ideally I want to take a film course that offers an equal amount of film theory and practical work, though I do favour theory.

I've applied to the following 5 university courses:
Anglia Ruskin University - Film (unconditional offer)
University of Reading - Film and Television (conditional offer)
London Metropolitan University - Film and Television Production (conditional offer)
University of Brighton - Film (conditional offer)
University of Salford - Film Production (awaiting reply)

I have applied to one production course (that I do regret a bit now lol) but the majority of courses are a mix of theory and practical. If you're attending or have ever attended any of these universities (even if you weren't a film student) how was your time there? What I'm mainly looking for is a interesting course with good professors and hopefully kind peers. On a lesser important note I would love to attend a diverse university as I'm a POC who's attended majority white schools, so having more peers from different backgrounds would be cool!

Any replies or advice would be amazing! Thank you

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Original post by Cybele06

Hi, I'm currently a year 2 student in college and I'm having trouble deciding on what two university's to accept. Ideally I want to take a film course that offers an equal amount of film theory and practical work, though I do favour theory.
I've applied to the following 5 university courses:
Anglia Ruskin University - Film (unconditional offer)
University of Reading - Film and Television (conditional offer)
London Metropolitan University - Film and Television Production (conditional offer)
University of Brighton - Film (conditional offer)
University of Salford - Film Production (awaiting reply)
I have applied to one production course (that I do regret a bit now lol) but the majority of courses are a mix of theory and practical. If you're attending or have ever attended any of these universities (even if you weren't a film student) how was your time there? What I'm mainly looking for is a interesting course with good professors and hopefully kind peers. On a lesser important note I would love to attend a diverse university as I'm a POC who's attended majority white schools, so having more peers from different backgrounds would be cool!
Any replies or advice would be amazing! Thank you

Hello,
I am currently a student at ARU who is also a POC and I would say ARU is very diverse. Multiple nationalities are attending the uni. In fact, we have Global Week every year and there is a huge variety of countries and the diversity is visible around the campus. I am enjoying my time at ARU my faculty (the faculty of business and law) is outstanding so that helps. However, apart from my faculty, I would say ARU offers a good social life. We have the Student's Union with so many societies based on various interests such as dance, k-pop, academic pursuits, manga etc and you could even create your own society. Cambridge is a very safe and student-friendly city. There are student discounts everywhere and transportation is very reliable. You can walk to almost anywhere if not there are consistent busses. Cambridge itself is a diverse city with various ethnic shops around.
-Sali (3rd year law student)

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Original post by Cybele06

Hi, I'm currently a year 2 student in college and I'm having trouble deciding on what two university's to accept. Ideally I want to take a film course that offers an equal amount of film theory and practical work, though I do favour theory.
I've applied to the following 5 university courses:
Anglia Ruskin University - Film (unconditional offer)
University of Reading - Film and Television (conditional offer)
London Metropolitan University - Film and Television Production (conditional offer)
University of Brighton - Film (conditional offer)
University of Salford - Film Production (awaiting reply)
I have applied to one production course (that I do regret a bit now lol) but the majority of courses are a mix of theory and practical. If you're attending or have ever attended any of these universities (even if you weren't a film student) how was your time there? What I'm mainly looking for is a interesting course with good professors and hopefully kind peers. On a lesser important note I would love to attend a diverse university as I'm a POC who's attended majority white schools, so having more peers from different backgrounds would be cool!
Any replies or advice would be amazing! Thank you

Hello,
I am currently a student at ARU who is also a POC and I would say ARU is very diverse. Multiple nationalities are attending the uni. In fact, we have Global Week every year and there is a huge variety of countries and the diversity is visible around the campus. I am enjoying my time at ARU my faculty (the faculty of business and law) is outstanding so that helps. However, apart from my faculty, I would say ARU offers a good social life. We have the Student's Union with so many societies based on various interests such as dance, k-pop, academic pursuits, manga etc and you could even create your own society. Cambridge is a very safe and student-friendly city. There are student discounts everywhere and transportation is very reliable. You can walk to almost anywhere if not there are consistent busses. Cambridge itself is a diverse city with various ethnic shops around.
-Sali (3rd year law student)

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Original post by ARUStudents

Hello,
I am currently a student at ARU who is also a POC and I would say ARU is very diverse. Multiple nationalities are attending the uni. In fact, we have Global Week every year and there is a huge variety of countries and the diversity is visible around the campus. I am enjoying my time at ARU my faculty (the faculty of business and law) is outstanding so that helps. However, apart from my faculty, I would say ARU offers a good social life. We have the Student's Union with so many societies based on various interests such as dance, k-pop, academic pursuits, manga etc and you could even create your own society. Cambridge is a very safe and student-friendly city. There are student discounts everywhere and transportation is very reliable. You can walk to almost anywhere if not there are consistent busses. Cambridge itself is a diverse city with various ethnic shops around.
-Sali (3rd year law student)

Hi,

This was beyond helpful and insightful, thank you very much, I've been leaning towards Anglia Ruskin for some time now so this definitely helped! Its great to know the city and campus are diverse, I was worried wanting a diverse campus would sound superficial, so this made me feel a lot better! The societies sound awesome and you even listed some of my own interests, transport was also a worry for me so that sounds perfect. I didn't think I would get any replies so I really do appreciate it, thank you again. Good-luck with your law and business studies, hope it's going well for you!

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Original post by Cybele06

Hi, I'm currently a year 2 student in college and I'm having trouble deciding on what two university's to accept. Ideally I want to take a film course that offers an equal amount of film theory and practical work, though I do favour theory.
I've applied to the following 5 university courses:
Anglia Ruskin University - Film (unconditional offer)
University of Reading - Film and Television (conditional offer)
London Metropolitan University - Film and Television Production (conditional offer)
University of Brighton - Film (conditional offer)
University of Salford - Film Production (awaiting reply)
I have applied to one production course (that I do regret a bit now lol) but the majority of courses are a mix of theory and practical. If you're attending or have ever attended any of these universities (even if you weren't a film student) how was your time there? What I'm mainly looking for is a interesting course with good professors and hopefully kind peers. On a lesser important note I would love to attend a diverse university as I'm a POC who's attended majority white schools, so having more peers from different backgrounds would be cool!
Any replies or advice would be amazing! Thank you

Hey @Cybele06 ,

Great to hear you've applied to us - very exciting! You mention you're more keen on film theory and less on production, which you can build your course around here - in your second and third years your course is made up of mainly optional modules, which means you can tailor the course to your interests and find that balance of theory and practical. We have quite a few theory-centric modules that you might find interesting, so worth checking out on our website to see how you personally feel about it!

I'd also say if you're regretting your choice for a more production course with us, we do have a Film Studies degree, which is more theory specific. I'd always recommend dropping our admissions team an email if you're interested in seeing if swapping programmes is an option - I'm not sure if its something that is always possible, but its worth asking the question to see if its a option for you!

Our arts courses are really collaborative - a few years ago, the students worked to set up a collective where they can work across different degrees to support each other with work that they might need support on - e.g. our film production students might be looking for actors, so would reach out to students on performance courses for support on a piece etc. Its a really friendly, lovely environment to be a part of, and means you can get more out of your course than just the degree!

Salford is a really diverse university - we've have students of all backgrounds studying with us, and its a priority for us as a university to champion and encourage students from under-represented groups to excel in their passions. We've got lots of societies for you to meet other new students in outside of your course and Manchester is right on our doorstep, which is a wonderfully diverse and welcoming city where everyone is welcome! We've got a huge student population here, so loads of students from all backgrounds joining together to make the city truly 'for' students - there's always something happening, and student discounts are everywhere.

I hope that helps - good luck with your university choices!
Becky
University of Salford Rep

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Original post by Cybele06

Hi,
This was beyond helpful and insightful, thank you very much, I've been leaning towards Anglia Ruskin for some time now so this definitely helped! Its great to know the city and campus are diverse, I was worried wanting a diverse campus would sound superficial, so this made me feel a lot better! The societies sound awesome and you even listed some of my own interests, transport was also a worry for me so that sounds perfect. I didn't think I would get any replies so I really do appreciate it, thank you again. Good-luck with your law and business studies, hope it's going well for you!

Thank you I am so happy you found this helpful! I wish you all the very best with your application!!

-Sali (3rd year student)

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