The lecturers and location is great. Lack of bursaries make it a struggle to balance placement and work.

Lecturers are lovely and content is relevant and high chance of getting a job more a less straight away. Placement is far away, not many connections with local schools.

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My course is great, the University is not so much... The University of Portsmouth is an interesting one. It's a solid University with overall lovely staff, a good array of courses and decent support services. However, I've been studying and working alongside them for 5+ years and the way the institution makes decisions moves towards posturing than actual care. They add and remove facilities like there's no tomorrow with little care for the effect on individual staff and administrative members. I've seen it go from a recommended employer to one I know some would suggest to not work with. The bread and circuses though are certainly appetising and made my University experience wholly pleasant, until they shutdown the nursery and childcare facilities with little warning and no explanation besides profit. So, this 4 stars comes with a warning. I can't say for sure that it wouldn't be 3 or 2 in the coming years. But, despite all that, I will have fond memories of much of my time at the University of Portsmouth. I guess the

The course lecturers are fantastic. Some of them can take a while to return emails, but otherwise, the support is effective and caring. The placements I've received have been phenomenal and well-thought-out. I've received a good amount of contact time and lots of support in finding a career. I have now secured myself a job that I will begin immediately after I finish. The content also goes above and beyond the expectations of ITT training and that's immensely comforting. However, the facility provision has been adequate, but nothing mind-blowing.

I stayed in Margaret Rule Hall in 2016 I believe. They were great lodgings and the rooms were huge for student accommodation. I was fond of my living, however I know this can be greatly affected by who you're living with. The value for money was good in as much as what I received, however it was expensive and there wasn't room for maneuvering to cheaper accommodation. So, it's good and expensive, but that's the only option available. The location was excellent and the rooms were suitably cleaned. The Wi-Fi was good for my needs and I felt relatively safe there.