Newcastle University Geography Courses

I have just completed my three year undergraduate Human and Social Geography degree at Newcastle University and although it's now feeling like a waste of three years (in spite of attaining good results) I shall attempt to reivew the course fairly... I chose geography at Newcastle as I loved the subject at A-Level and wanted to stay at home while studying (I live in Sunderland). The geography course is based in Daysh, although very little teaching actually happens here except the odd seminar. Much takes place in the city campus' older buildings although for a couple of modules in second year we were based around the medical school which is maybe a ten minute ...  Read the complete review

I attended Newcastle University for four years, the first three of which were taking an undergraduate course in Geography. Geography is a large school within the University, situated in the horribly depressing 1970's Daysh building. While Daysh has undergone some internal modernisation in recent years, externally it is an almost windowless towering monstrosity. Despite Daysh being the Geography building, I never attended a single lecture here in all 3 years. The lecture halls in Daysh are small and do not hold the large Geography classes. Geography at Newcastle is very popular, and the course has an excellent reputation. Daysh is situated behind the core of historic ...  Read the complete review