Student Voices
A look back on my first term at Warwick
The campus
When I first came to Warwick I was impressed by how modern the campus was, and I liked the convenience of all the facilities being within walking distance: university buildings, the library, accommodation halls, bars and cafes, the arts centre and supermarkets.
Beginning to study
As a PhilPsych student, I had introductory meetings with both Philosophy and Psychology departments. With all the essential information about the course that they gave it was easy to get into the new student routine. As far as I can tell, the workload during the first term wasn’t too huge, I didn’t find it hard to keep to the pace, even though I am an international student and I needed to adapt to English language as well as to studying at a university level. Also, there were no marked philosophy assignments during the first term, only a few unassessed essays meant to give you an opportunity to practice writing and get feedback. As a fresher, I had a student mentor assigned to me which was there to help me with queries that arose during the first term, and the whole year.
Social life
Of course, when you come to university you are eager to find new friends. It was quite easy to make connections with those I was living with and also with people doing different Philosophy degrees. I met many of them in Philosophy Common Room where students come to share their ideas, study or enjoy a cup of free coffee. In this kind of informal environment with friendly and open people it takes no effort to make new friends. There are also different societies to join, including philosophy society, which organises social events which are also a good opportunity to find people that you have something in common with.
Rugile Jonusaite, 2nd-year Philosophy with Psychology
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