Harry

"Studying both English and Drama you get the best of both worlds; it means you can choose from a wide range of courses within the degree that contrast but occasionally overlap and inform each other. English and Drama students experience a range of approaches: theoretical, practical, historical and literary. I may begin the day with a class on late-Elizabethan sonnets but in the afternoon I’m working in the studios on a devised piece inspired by German Expressionism. So far the degree has been consistently stimulating and surprising.

I came to look around Goldsmiths at an Open Day from which I left impressed, but what really sold it to me was the train journey back into central London. I realised that if I chose Goldsmiths I would be studying in such close proximity to London’s theatres and arts venues. For instance, it’s just 15 minutes away from the National Theatre, Young Vic, Old Vic, BFI and Southbank Centre. For a Drama student this is crucial and in my first year I would make use of my student card and go to the theatre three to four times a week

You don’t get lost at Goldsmiths; it’s quite a small campus, but what I mean is you don’t feel lost in a large mechanical operation. Very simply tutors remember your names. Just the other day I bumped into a tutor who took a brilliant class last year but I hadn’t seen her since, she asked me how I was getting on and remembered an essay I had written."