University of York — Attraction in Great Britain

The online masters in computer science with cyber security is not for beginners even though the university advertise it as anyone can partake and learn. This masters has been awfully a hard experience. The first module algorithms and data structures is extremely hard and difficult, if you struggle to do that I would advise do not go on. The rest of the course is extremely intense and requires an individual who has good coding skills and maths skills to be able to understand. Furthermore, the most appalling part is that no matter how much you study and work hard on your assignments the markers will give you an awful mark despite you doing exactly what’s on the task sheet. I did one exam where the exam was completely different to what we was taught . York are doing nothing about this.

I want to add that I work in the field of cyber security and one assignment was heavily based upon the security aspect of a company. I went above and beyond for this assignment and showed peers at my company who have years of experience. I added policies and went above and beyond I repeat- well the mark I got for this work was a pass! I was so shocked! This was the breaking point for me and I don't want to be apart of this masters however, I have a few modules left and trying to get through it.

It seems that there is a theme off many students experiencing this same issue, many students have tried their best and followed instructions through but the grade doesn't satisfy their expectations.

Additionally, the masters is very full on although it's part time, there's a lot of reading and activities to do which make it very difficult to always be on top of things especially if you're working or have other commitments.

Furthermore, the teachers are very unhelpful , if you ask them for any kind of guidance they are so ambiguous in their responses and will copy and paste the task assignment wording if you ask for specific help to do with the assignment.

I wouldn't recommend anyone to do their online masters in computer science, i can't speak for the university as a whole but the online computer science courses are extremely awful due to the lack of support and intensity. You need to come from a technical mathematical background don't let them fool you.

If you do go through with this masters, you're truly awesome and will be able to take on any BS that may come your way. The content of the topics are interesting but the university and...

My husband dedicated over 20 years working for York university. He sadly passed away after a year battle with cancer. When joining the private pension scheme all them years ago my husband did so believing he was working for a good company, sadly this doesn’t seem to be the case. My husband named me as the beneficiary before we married a year after he took early retirement. He’s been receiving his pension monthly up until he passed away. When the HR pension department were contacted and informed of my Husbands death I was rudely told “you’re entitled to nothing”. The reason they gave is that we married a year after he took early retirement. No question to how long we’d been together prior to this and completely disregarded the fact we are married and have two small children together. I was told this needed to be looked into by their legal team as it was apparently “unusual circumstances”. Now I’m not sure what’s unusual about marrying your partner or having children but it seems this university feel it’s their right to state when you marry. Nevertheless we’ve been married now for 6 years but together longer and I was the named beneficiary on his pension. Here comes their loop holes which I hope current employees of York university see and take a good look at what you’re paying into. You have to update your beneficiary every 5 years in case of death? Being legally married doesn’t mean by their terms you’re protected. So my husband paid in over 20 years of pension and York are stealing his money from myself and his children. The lady of whom I’ve had the complete displeasure of dealing with in the pension department has been nothing but extremely rude and unprofessional. You’d think dealing with families who have recently suffered a loss she’d have some compassion but there is none. I will be making a formal complaint and I hope the calls there are recorded to see the way she feels it appropriate to talk to families. I have a solicitor and I will not allow this to be ignored. I will also make sure the public are aware of what this university have done and how they treat families of their employees who have passed. I’ve been sent running around and still been told absolutely nothing. It’s disgraceful, it’s disrespectful and my husband would be ashamed to say he worked for you. Shameful stealing from a deceased person and...

Online MSc in Computer Science

Their motto should be: "Our laziness has no limits"

This university's online MSc in Computer Science from my experience is terrible, particularly for those seeking a conversion course. Students receive minimal support from teaching assistants, there are no lecture recordings, and the course’s advertised structure as a conversion program feels misleading. In many cases, assessments do not match the taught content, and markers sometimes do not seem to follow the stated criteria. This has led to interventions from the board of examiners on multiple occasions.

The demands placed on students are extreme. For instance, in the first four weeks, students are expected to learn Java from scratch, followed by another four weeks focused on data structures, with limited tutorials or guidance. At the end of this period, students are tasked with creating a fully functional program using specific data structures and analyzing time complexity—all within one week—even though some critical elements, like writing data structures in Java, are not directly taught - just the theory. Thank God to the student groups who do more teaching than the uni does.

This is just the first course of the MSc program, when I joined I hoped future courses would improve but unfortunately this was not the case. I really wish I hadn't made the choice to study at...