Coventry University Avis 

I finished my first degree at Coventry Uni. If I could go back I'd have chosen a different Uni altogether. My experience of the School of Art there was pretty awful: jobs for the boys, would about sum it up. Those students who curry favour with the fickle, make-it-up-as-you-go-along tutors ended up, unsurprisingly, with the highest marks, quite frankly, for churning out infantile sh!t dressed up as quasi-intellectual creations of 'deep minds'. Students who stuck to their guns, against the purely subjective opinions of the tutors, tended to be penalised for their artistic integrity. Similarly, students who followed the advice of the tutors and ended up producing tutor-approved work (instead of creating according to their own judgments) would be treated favourably and given better or bigger exhibition space in the degree show. When I complained about this to the administration of the university, my complaint fell on deaf ears. In the end, they run a business. It's about making money, not about pleasing students or teaching them anything real.

At the end of the day, my direct personal experience of this Art School is that it doesn't actually teach you anything about Art. You aren't even taught colour theory! It had the effect of sickening my relationship with Art for a long time after I left the place, not encouraging or improving upon my abilities or skills as a place of education should.