Liubou Kudzelka

Review of Campus Media UK (now t/a MyJoM...

Very weak program in strategic communication and P...

Very weak program in strategic communication and PR. The knowledge was very narrow and concentrated on few fields.
One professor was very interested in political PR thus all lectures used those examples. But I would like to get examples from different fields. Tutor was not able provide a support and valuable feedback during my work on searching topic for the dissertation. All provided feedback was not helpful and not clear. I would say tutor confused me even more than before my visit. I was also disappointed when our professor promised us to answer any question regarding the dissertation when we will be in Barcelona but in the end i received a respond to ask my supervisor. I dont understand why they promise to help and in the end were so unhelpful.
In general provided information was very theoretical for those who wants to work in PR. I was working for 2 years before this program and never met the situation when i could use all those theories. Those knowledge good to those who wants to do academic discussion and teach in the university. I believe that PR is more practical and should be studied in action.
Media relations discipline provided old data and teach us very basic things such as how to do Facebook or Twitter post. Those lectures were the most useless.
University has beautiful campus. However i was not able to enjoy it fully coz I was living quite far from this place in moldy dormitory. I paid 2000 pounds for cold, dark room where you even dont have normal stream of hot water. I had few times a situation when hot water just disappeared in the middle of taking shower when you whole covered with a soap.
Disability service works badly. I sent them request in August before arriving. They answered on my request only in December when i already finished my semester and move to another country.
IT department works bad as well. I had some issues with my Lynda access. They were not able to fix it and always responded me differently. Thus i had an impression that they dont communicate with each other at all.
In general communication between departments are very weak. For example, before arriving I was trying to get information if my sponsor paid my tuition fee. University told me they paid. Than next day another person told me they not. So I was able to get right information only one week after my arriving on the campus.
In general the semester in Stirling was very very stressful and unhealthy. I regret that i spent money for studying there. It does not worthy at all. Worst 6 month in my life. No support during my study, no support after.