I absolutely love UCLan and I love university . It is honestly the best decision I ever made. I have made so many friends I didn’t expect to make and the support that uni have provided me when I’ve been in need has made me much more confident in myself and my studies

The university is currently putting into place its Master Plan, where it is renovating multiple buildings with state of the art facilities - despite it already being really impressive with the variety of facilities, for example - thenworld wise centre offers language assistance and Rosetta Stone for completely free. The nursing department has multimillion pound facilities where they can train onsite. The sports department have access to the UCLan sports arena, which is so state of the art that even Olympic trainees go there to train

Academic-wise: I feel that there could be some improvements with regards to assignments. For example, when given an assignment you’re just kind of expected to know what you’re doing and get on with it, for first years this can be a stressful jump from college. Personal: the personal support here is amazing. Whether it is mental health, financial advice, study support, UCLan have you covered. All the services are free and confidential!

The students union is a great place because it not only offers sports and societies, but is also independent from the university - in the sense that if we need any sort of help or representation, they are able to provide unbiased help with regards to that. I am currently a member of the Cheerleading team and the Korean society. I am very happy with the SU and try to get involved a lot, wherever possible.

The city life accommodates for everyone. If you’re a shopaholic - great, the town is amazing and the high street is tempting! If you’re a night-out person, there are multiple great clubs (all with different genres of music and events). And I think the best part of the city life, is that Preston is a relatively small city, so the community is still really tight knit and people will say hi to you on the street which I think is lovely.

There are so many clubs and societies, it’s hard to keep track! I love the fact that all clubs and societies are run by students - who work alongside the SU to provide a great time for everyone. As mentioned previous, I’m part of the Cheerleading team here at Uclan and I absolutely love the family bond we all have. I also am part of Korean society and I love how close knit we are with the other Asian Pacific language societies.

Most: I love the variety of activities used to help us understand how teaching English as a 2nd language can be hard but also rewarding. The TESOL tutors are all extremely supportive and bubbly and are always happy to help. As for korean, I love that in each class, every skill is used to help us improve our fluidity and fluency (reading, writing, speaking, listening). Least: because Korean was started as an Ab Initio language with my degree, I feel that the pressure to reach post-Alevel level is high as they want us to catch up so fast and be ready to go on our year abroad in 3rd year.

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The uni provides multiple onsite jobs - both paid and voluntary to help students gain transferable skills when they apply for work outside of campus. Our career department can help with finding work, applying for it and help you to prepare for the interviews/training. UCLan also offers this career service to ex-students, saying that the service is valid for lifetime.

Okay

Library and blackboard good

Good

Good

Okay, quite small

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Bit boring, sometimes interesting

Getting a degree is a good thing