Forensic Science - BSc (Hons)

University of South Wales

Uni life program for students living on campus is great, with lots of fun activities for all taste. Downside is that campus is situated on top of some hills

From a forensics and science perspective the facilities and equipment available are brilliant. Allows for a lot of opportunities. For improvement, possibly IT based. The uni mostly works with blackboard which can be iffy on the best of times, but that is my only critique.

The subject staff were mostly lovely and very helpful especially if you had a problem very approachable through email however there was one who wasn't very helpful or understanding at a difficult time. Staff who organised time tables were not the best as for most the year I missed a lot of lectures due to them not being on my time table even though I sent numerous emails asking for this to be sorted. Some of the advice zone staff could be a little abrupt but again there were also some lovely staff. Every year I have studied at this university some of the more scientific equipment there has always been problems with some not working causing delays in experiments being carried out or waiting on results. The crime scene side of the course was absolutely amazing and the staff went above and beyond to make sure I had everything I needed in respects to correct colour paper ect. Overall its a good uni with mostley excellent staff in the forensics department but improvement could be made across campus.

Plenty of support if you know where to look for it, they could promote what support they offer more clearly, as a person with dyslexia I have received amazing support. extenuating circumstances could be made easier to apply for.

This uni is a good place to study because the lecturers are all super friendly and will do everything they can to make you feel comfortable and give you all the help they can!! The facilities are also super good, for a course like mine they honestly have gone above and beyond to make sure we have all the equipment we need!! The library is a really good place to study and I recommend actually using the books in there because sometimes they’re actually more helpful than just looking online, it’s also a nice quiet area that you can go just to study alone or with friends, I especially like the seating areas that are closed off from everyone. The food in the canteens is also super good (a bit on the pricey side) but if you can I recommend trying it out (they do really good chips). It would be nice if maybe the corridors in the buildings were jazzed up a bit because they’re quite bland, but other than that I am having a really good uni experience here so far.