My experience with Hunter Design School wasn't a great one. In my opinion, their biggest downfall was in management, administration and communication. I studied a 6 month course and I think it may have been one of their first.. the whole thing felt rushed and unorganised, and I don't feel as though my time at the school was productive because we were always skipping from lesson to lesson. Additionally, I never received all of my course work at the beginning of my course. Sections were missing, so when we were going through them in class I had to read of someone else's sheet (only 1 student in the class had the whole booklet). This made it difficult when I was trying to learn and practice class work at home. In fact, it wasn't until the second last lesson that I received the completed booklet. I raised this with my educator numerous times, but it was never rectified. These are just a few example of my overall experience. In saying this, our other teacher, Ana, was an incredible teacher (we had two teachers for two different subjects). I always felt as though her lessons were organised and would recommend a course that she teaches. At the end of the course (2015), we all received an email from management asking for feedback on our course. I hesitated at first, then decided to write a professional letter that was confidentially addressed to the managing director, outlining my honest experience with the school, hoping that this would highlight things they weren't aware of and give them an opportunity to improve. In the letter, I asked for a simple acknowledge that it was received. To date (March 2016), I have never received an acknowledgement or response. I feel that this alone exemplifies by overall experience... a lack of communication, management and professionalism. Hence why I felt the need to share this review. This course was a huge financial expense, which made me even more disappointed that I didn't do enough research before making a decision to study here. I certainly hope that they take my written feedback into account (even if I didn't receive a response), because a school like this is a great addition to the Newcastle area and I'd love to see it become something great. I don't normally leave reviews for things like this, but by sharing a real review and my experience, I hope that people can make a professional and informed decision about where they choose to study.

Jessica C