Business Law degrees in Manchester

I have read complaints stating students have not had guidance. There is plenty of guidance but it takes the student in question to pursue this, after all, it is to some extent unguided learning. There are plenty of classes you can join morning, noon and night. I was joining classes whilst away on holiday from my phone (ms teams) which was great. Throughout the various modules of my MBA there were good and bad lecturers, but the bad was 1 out the entire course, and unfortunately I think she happened to inexperienced, the rest where fantastic. The wider support around those providing the training and admin support for element such as general queries is where the university does fall down for two reasons: 1) When contacting an email address that appears on the face of it to be correct, you get told to message another, which is usually incorrect as well 🤷🏻‍♂️. They is really poor as the customer/student expects them to just provide the info rather than get sent round the houses. 2) Trying to get a response in the first place is quite difficult. Don’t let these points put you off as I had someone studying with the Open University who had a similar experience, so presumably it’s an issue with distance learning universities? Would I study with them again, yes! However, I would advise others to think about their learning style before pursuing with Arden , as it does take some getting used to studying with them if for instance you are an in person.

Location is ideal if you travel by train, as the train station is literally on the door step of the uni! The main campus is large, split over 2 sites across the train tracks, health and clinical courses are taught at the Mary Seacole and allerton buildings. Both very well equiped and large enough to accommodate the large cohort. Amazing facilities including xray and CT machines. The library is always open and loads of small quiet places to stay, socialise and study. This is a big campus and can be over whelming, however this is helped by good planning of rooms and common rooms across both campuses.

Amazing teachers can't fault them in providing really great workshops and support. However, the admin side of things is awful the uni seem quite incompetent in this area considering they are providers of law courses it is particularly a bad look. In the exams this January alone there were 2 mistakes in the SBAQ which they noticed us about after receiving results. There was difficulty in accessing the online exam as they had not properly sorted the tech side of one assessment module. Lastly, throughout the entire year there have been many many emails from the uni correcting errors in the course content wise. It makes you feel that you are dealing with a corporate body with no knowledge of running a university and ensuring proper checks are in place.

University couldn’t of offered me anymore but I feel the university should make more strict attendance measures even though it is not there issue, the facilities are amazing but I feel transport for 2 and 3rd year in Fallowfield needs to be improved like university special busses as ques are big calls for delays

I have really loved my time at Manchester and although it wasn't my first choice, I am glad I came here. Any issues are definitely more at the institutional level, with individual faculties generally being really great. It is a shame to see the way the faculties and academic staff are let down by the poor organisation of the uni as a whole; it is on this basis that I wouldn't definitively recommend. I think a lot of aspects of my enjoyment of the experience have probably been in spite of the university as an overarching institution, rather than because of it. If you are someone who feels they need a lot of individual support, I'd probably discourage you as from what I've seen and heard it is quite poor.