Is the university of Liverpool good for geography

What are the teachers like ?
What is the course like ?
Do you enjoy it ?
Is it harder than alevel geography ?

Reply 1

1) Liverpool is excellent for all social sciences and has a good reputation for Geography.
2) Have you looked at the course pages online, and in particular, looked at range of optional units for all years of the course?
3) If you go to a Uni Open Day at Liverpool, you can ask students yourself.
4) Of course its 'harder' - there wouldn't any point in doing a degree if it was easy would there?

Reply 2

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by Userez

What are the teachers like ?
What is the course like ?
Do you enjoy it ?
Is it harder than alevel geography ?

For number 4 of course it's harder than A-Level Geography.

Reply 3

meggwilym

I've been to an open day and a offerholders for 2025 entry and I really liked the atmosphere. The staff seemed lovely and were really happy to talk through any questions. I'm pretty sure you could email the department any questions or talk to a student ambassador on their websites. Also there's a few 'day in a life's'of students on youtube that I watched before applying. Honestly though the facilities look brilliant and really central to one of the most popular first yr accommodations. But that's what I think so I'd go to an open day to get your own opinion if you can.

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by Userez

What are the teachers like ?
What is the course like ?
Do you enjoy it ?
Is it harder than alevel geography ?

Hi @userez,
I would recommend visiting Liverpool university for an open day this summer, to give you chance to explore the university, speak to current lecturers and students, look at accommodation and see if you like the university.
I would also recommend looking at the different geography courses they offer as they might have study abroad or placement opportunities as well as lots of geography pathways.
For instance this is all of the geography courses that Lancaster offers, Geography Courses - Lancaster University.
Also, you could look at the university ranking for geography to give you an insight into what studying there might be like Geography and Environmental Science Rankings 2025.
Finally, studying geography at university is different to A level, its a lot more independent study with the options to specialize into certain areas of the subject your most intrested in. I would say there is a jump in terms of difficulty but most people settle into university study within there first term.
If you have anymore questions, feel free to ask!
-Jasmine (Lancaster Student Ambassador)

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by Userez

What are the teachers like ?
What is the course like ?
Do you enjoy it ?
Is it harder than alevel geography ?

Hi @Userez ,

It’s great that you’re thinking of choices for university! It’s worth going to a visit day to Liverpool because everyone’s who’s going to answer your questions will have a personal opinion about everything.

It’s also worth thinking about what geography course you’re looking for - do you prefer human geography or physical geography? Some universities will provide degrees doing both, but most will specialise in one or the other. For example at the University of Southampton we have 4 geography degrees (quite confusing I know!) - Geography BSc, Physical Geography BSc, Geography BA, and Human Geography BA. With both Geography BSc and Geography BA, they do the same first year so mean you get a taste for both sides of geography - if this would be something you’re looking for. I’m a second year Geography BA student and I personally loved being able to get a little experience of physical geography at university level before specialising in human geography.

Also have a think about the weightings of how things will be assessed - this will be a very good question when visiting on open days. Knowing whether you’d prefer to do an exam at the end of the semester or instead doing coursework throughout the semester would be a great way of knowing if a university is for you.

More specific questions to ask about teaching is not only what the teachers are like, but what the contact hours are, so how long you’ll be in lectures and practicals for.

Any subject at degree level will be harder than A Levels, but for most first year subjects they tend to ease you into studying at university level. Some of the modules as part of your degree may even be reminders of what you did at A Levels. So if you’re worried about the step up to university, don’t be as most universities will have a great support system in place because they want you to do well too! At Southampton we have a system of who to go to when you’re in need of help for academic reasons as well as personal issues. For me, my first point of contact is my Personal Academic Tutor and for most universities you’ll have tutor, who can support you through almost everything. If things are bit more serious then you can access a senior tutor who basically has more power than your PAT.

I hope this helps and it’s worth asking about other universities on here as well since there is an amazing team of student ambassadors for all universities on here,
Lucy

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