The support I received from the University has been fantastic. Module leaders are one email or Teams message away and always reply promptly for help on assignments. I’ve found this to be the case in and outside of normal working hours, which I don’t believe should be an expectation but is very useful.
As I was studying from a distance for a year pre-COVID, I developed an ability to work from a distance whilst staying up to speed and in constant communication, using applications such as Microsoft Teams. Even though this is non-specific to my course, I think most people would agree that this is a skill that has been essential in the last year and will likely be in the future.
I’ve only visited campus a handful of times as I have been distance learning, so I don’t have a full picture of it, but when I have visited there has been a social buzz. There are students playing sports, relaxing, walking round, studying with friends almost everywhere you look. It’s the sort of social atmosphere you only get on a campus university.