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after studying for three years out of the city and had to return home each week for employment, this automatically put uni life on a backfoot. The campus is situated within one of the most deprived towns in the country and the people are not very friendly, constant attacks, rude and disrepectful comments, people swearing and spitting at you for walking down the street. The nightlife is even worse than this and this is just with the short stroll from the accmmodation halls to campus. However, since fininshing my degree after being ignored of my learning difficulties for the three years until it was noted it would be on their head, by which time the remark I was told, "you have already been tested like we told you, we are trying to help you now" I thought, I would apply for my MA Social Work. I defferred as there was a problem with the system, I was then told not to make any contact until I wanted this changed, I was then e-mailed requesting to call them to change my year start date,

I have recently completed the two year degree course at the MET and have nothing but positive things to say about it. The school is filled with excellent tutors who give so much time and encouragement to the students and I learnt massive amounts about all the different aspects of filmmaking, including writing, editing, camera skills, producing and directing. The school has an excellent supply of equipment and you get ample opportunities to experiement and try out different ways of making a film. If students are prepared to put in the work then the MET will give the students a lot back and you will leave with an excellent set of skills and a real passion for filmmaking.

Never firmed Sheffield on UCAS but ended up going here after missing my offer. What a mistake I made. I'm now transferring out because I do not believe the education they provide is not worth anywhere near the £9k fees. The course was completely terrible (LLB Law). They completely over-subscribed to the point that if everyone actually turned up to lectures there wouldn't be anywhere to sit. This makes for a very impersonal course where lecturers will never know your name and if you don't understand something you can't get any help. I would say there was around 400 undergraduate LLB Law students. Our course was so big that we were almost never in the actual law school because there wasn't a room big enough to lecture us all. The lecturers themselves differed in ability but generally I thought they were not very good for a University that is in the Russell Group. One lecturer simply typed out the textbook onto a powerpoint and read it out. After the first 2/3 weeks most people stopped going to lectures because they were just powerpoint presentations. The lecturers also upload these online so you really gain nothing by actually going to the lecture. However, this review is based on my first year lecturers; perhaps they get better in second and third year. Seminars are rubbish and normally ran by older students who are volunteering. No-one bothers going even though their compulsory. The accommodation is hit and miss depending on where your get allocated. If you get into a flat in the main Endcliffe village then the facilities are really good and almost everyone has an en-suite. However, if your more of a quiet person you would despise living here. There is music blaring every single night and it's never ever quiet.

I would not recommend the music course at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. I hugely regret my decision to study there and I am now taking time out before my postgraduate studies to ensure that I can go to the right institution. The lecturers are not only unhelpful but often rude and biased. Cardiff is a nice city, but the courses is so demanding that it leaves no time to enjoy the surroundings, let alone have any time to practise. Booking rooms to practise is a nightmare and this shold be the highest priority for anyone who wants to study music at a conservatoire. This is a common opinion of the music department at the college. I would highly recommend studying anywhere else other than the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Fantastic if you're only interested in the nightlife. However, from the time they've sealed your application their interest in your interests diminishes. The majority of Politics lecturers (albeit a few exceptions) are appalling, with little enthusiasm for their subjects. Furthermore as a whole the uni is poor at dealing with issues and considering student problems. Following an issue with tuition fees (to which they block access to your work and library regardless of upcoming deadlines, mine was blocked 3 days before the deadline) the front of staff at the finance office repeatedly claimed I was attempting to give them the wrong form and refused my requests to speak to a higher member of staff, after increased arguing they relented and I was proven right. Another issue was following my library card snapping (in third year) to which I was refused library access. This is despite the facility to order a new card being closed for multiple days following and my requests simply to access my pre-started coursework. It should also be noted that I still had the entire card with me, it was just too damaged to use on the automated card readers the library uses. Manchester as a city though is fantastic, huge number of pubs, clubs, gigs, sports, whatever your interest youre likely to be fulfilled in that sense.

The biggest problem with UWE is courses. I pay £9000 for roughly 9 hours a week and don't feel like I'm getting my moneys worth. The course is also not initially what we signed up for and we didn't have any choice about this change.

Being in London is fantastic. It is expensive but if you look for a part time job you can easily get one, and being so close to the centre (especially in the first year- most accommodation is within walking distance) means that I rarely had to use public transport.There's endless amounts to do and being such an inter national, cosmopolitan city it really opens your eyes up to the wider world. The halls are very expensive though. I spent a lot less on my second year when renting privately, but because it's such a huge university without a campus it can be very difficult to get to know people closely, so going into halls is a bit of a must. Apart from a reasonably priced gym with very good exercise classes the UCL facilities aren't great. There are three bars, but they are no way big enough for the growing number of students so if you get there after about 8 (especially on a wednesday) there's really no way you're going to get a seat. There's also a massive lack of computer cluster rooms so you need to take a laptop around with you everywhere, and the library is large, but definitely not large enough for all the students. Basically the university can't cope. The quality of teaching in lectures and seminars also suffers due to having so many students. The lectures are often cancelled because the lectures are away giving talks at other universities, meaning we just get more enormous reading lists. A typical week would often have about 5 hours of contact time, which can be very isolating, spending so much time alone reading and writing essays!! Having said that UCL relies on its professors pumping out amazing research for its academic credibility. It's gained such a good reputation by having 1st class academics working there, and it really does, but you just don't see them

Though I study English, and thus have fewer contact hours on account of the need to read and formulate opinions rather than be taught outright, the lectures and seminars presented are goldmines of interesting and constructive information and study techniques. The other students are, for the most part, very amicable and the staff are incredibly willing to assist you - or rather to help you help yourself. I have never been without facilities I thought I would need, the accommodation options are excellent and relatively inexpensive, the area is very nice to be in and the bars are reasonably priced. Overall, I'd call University of Leicester an 8.5/10.

I am in the second year of my Kingston awarded BA fashion design course and i absolutely love it. There are some pros and cons but the pros definitely outweigh the cons for me. The class sizes are very small enabling each student to get as much help as they need. The lecturers are incredibly supportive. The facilities are amazing and there is enough room for every student to have their own space. It is located in a really nice area of Cambridge as well. For fashion it is not the same as if you were in London but the train ride is only 50 minutes. Cambridge nightlife is not amazing but because the city is so small its easy to make friends when you go out. I have grown to really love this place and will definitely miss it when i am finished.

Preston is a city which is similar to my hometown and felt at home went i was at UCLan. Teachers were great and meet some great people. Nightlife was okayish but then again I don't really like drinking. The languages department was great and friendly and always went the extra mile