i haven't been as diligent as i should've been when looking for universities, and now the ucas deadline is basically here and i'm second-guessing some of my choices.
i've only used 4 of my 5 choices, but i'm only really fine about one of them. i'm struggling to find places that offer an accredited sound and music course which covers the things i want to do with good student opinions.
so far i have:
- uog - this is the one i like the most so far to be honest, the campus seemed nice, good facilities, etc etc. i just don't know about the quality of teaching
- uca (farnham) - i liked this one at the open day, though looking online shows they're leaning into ai, and that the quality of teaching is subpar, student opinions aren't amazing, so i'm pretty conflicted about it.
- hertfordshire - i was excited about herts before going to the open day, where the lecturers didn't really explain the course content well and seemed a bit full of themselves? and felt like there was a sort of commercial focus rather than creative. maybe i just had a bad experience though. also, the music courses here are more specific (i was looking at composition for games, though i still don't know what the course is actually like.)
- winchester - this one is here because i didn't know where else to go. i liked it but it's not a first choice and could probably be swapped for a more appropriate course.
i'm currently sort of panic-searching for uni courses now (haha) and any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. i want to study somewhere where my time and creativity is valued, and where the lecturers care about the students as individuals. i personally want to do work on sound and music for games and interactive media, though i don't want to do a hyper-specific course, and want to also cover recording techniques, composition and production, working with analog and digital, live sound, etc. (somewhere that offers a game audio module maybe?) preferably also somewhere in the south of england.
i've been sort of looking at bimm, bath spa, (and anglia ruskin?), but as always theres mixed opinions and it's tough to find actual information.
tldr; what are good unis in the south to study sound and music production?
any help would be appreciated o7