The teaching is extremely high quality. Before coming to Bolton, I spent two years at Swansea University, and the quality of teaching at Bolton far exceeds Swansea. Largely due to financial issues, its difficult to properly experience the student life, though from other students whom are more active, it seems fairly lively. Being a first year degree apprentice, the pay is not great at £7.12 an hour, which had been a huge concern at multiple points during my time with the university, however, the support from the university and the lecturers has gone above and beyond for me. With regards to improvements, this could be done through simply making the course sign on process easier and more linear for apprentices, as currently the use of Aptem and Moodle as two separate methods of adding students to the course makes it quite convoluted. There is also an obscene number of papers to sign. Though, that being said, the university has consistently asked for feedback, and is seemingly taking on board students concerns, which is very positive. Bolton University is also located extremely ideally for students who travel in from around the UK, only a ten minute walk from the station. This convenience, and the plethora of local food shops and take aways make it very easy to keep a healthy lifestyle, even if you don't have time to make lunch in the mornings. Though my experience of Bolton university has been short, I am very excited with my future prospects and continuing my education at the university.

I didn't realize this would be a separate section, whoops. As I iterated in the previous comment, the teaching is fantastic at Bolton, with all lectures having a keen interest in helping the students, some even staying late or arriving early simply to help students. Many have had experience working in the industry, which is fairly unique for lecturers these days, and so they can provide a wider prospective than other lecturers, and are happy to pace the lectures as best suits the students. Michael Butler, James Gu and Nita Rahate have all been fantastic at spending as long as possible making sure the content is understood by all students, and will encourage students to email them any questions, which they answer very quickly.