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4.04.14.51255 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsThe campus is a great environment and is lovely to study in. The student life in Liverpool in general is phenomenal and makes it such a nice place to live. Some of the buildings at University are outdated, however, improvements are being made.
The staff and students are friendly and easy to talk too. The location is great and a perfect distance from the city centre. Student support could be improved so it’s easier to access.
Good support and instruction, friendly staff. Sometimes lectures are rushed, could do with more explanation. Assessments are clear. Good placement structure. Good sober events, could have more options for those on placement like have more activities on the weekend. Challenging course but clear instruction.
18-24 years
I think the best aspects is that Liverpool is a lovely city, everyone is soo friendly and genuinely campus is at such a good location where it is generally pretty close to a lot of things. Public transport to Smithdown is horrendous. I think the food on campus is a bit pricey, so recommend a packed lunch if possible. There are other places to get food but generally at peak hours they get busy. I think the campus is beautiful and generally timetabling makes your lectures a walkable distance. They have a lot of events that promote sociability, and community. I think they could improve on the cafes on campus that are owned by the University and they are expensive and not really that good. The alcohol isnt too expensive either.
What I like: The lecturers Friends Accommodation Societies Buildings What I don’t like: The timing of lectures Lack of car park facilities Certain building are outdated
Best - the people and resources. genuine feel that the uni wants you to succeed to the best of your ability,. improvement - make more lectures live to watch online
Such a good level of societies and clubs and night life in the city. Good facilities. Process towards exam dates being given out could be improved
Very good location, next to the centre, but lacks some public transport connections
Its a great place, has great people. Maybe can be improved with more practical and experienced lecturers.
Very close to city, some beautiful buildings, everything close by, good facilities. Student guild prices quite high. Some areas of campus not as pretty.
Best aspect - student support provided through ULMS extra activity Worst aspect - cost of accommodation
One of the best things about UoL is its friendliness and its closeknit student community. There are many outlets for support aswell across all aspects for things like personal life, accomodation, uni itself and even future careers. One improvement would be to make the information given before starting uni less overwhelming, as I felt I was inundated with emails about different events and how to sign up to the uni through apps like canvas amd duo login. It seemed a bit disorganised and I felt I wasn't fully prepared by the time I started semester 1.
I love the location and community feel of the university. Overall the facilities and student support are excellent and the atmosphere is friendly.
I have found Law at Liverpool very engaging. As someone who did not do law at Alevel, I was worried I could be behind on lots of important details. Liverpool have made me feel confident in my learning. I love the uni guild, gym areas and societies.
Student life is incredible. Every night of the week theres something to do, if run by the uni in the guild or external to the uni in town. It's so much fun. However, what could be improved is if they made the campus look nice again. I miss the umbrellas in the square. They were so cute
Great support with mental health and navigating living in a new city. Great Community with many different societies for every person. Perfectly placed in the city to support student life and experiences.
The best aspects of my uni experience has been the friends I’ve made and being able to be independent. The university of Liverpool is a great place to study due to their facilities and opportunities. The worst aspects of my uni experience so far would be the lack of support and materials provided for revision for exams as I’ve found it difficult knowing what I need to revise and found that there isn’t much help given regarding exam preparation. Therefore I think it could be improved if students were given more help to prepare for their exams.
Best: Lecturers, city, people, night life, activities, societies Worst: weather
18-24 years
First gen student
Best aspects, the location. Liverpool is an amazing city, and everything is within a short 10-15 minute walk whether that's to University or to Albert Dock. Being a smaller city it makes it feel more homely and alive. Student life is good, always something going on or things happening to get involved with or see. The market stalls that come to University Square are great, amazing food and also supporting local business. The worst aspect is timetabling and support for commuting students. They do not take in to account were you have to travel from if you are commuting. I have a short commute compared to others, 1 hour roughly round trip. And scheduling things with great 4/6 hour gaps is just not hospitable to commuters, where are we expected to go? 6 hours in the library? As well as scheduling things for an hour on a Friday 4-5 just kicks you in the gut. There could definitely be more support and consideration for commuters. It is just taken for granted that you live in the city.
4.3
Lots of access to different tools, both physical and digital, the organisation behind the guild could use improvement.
More discussive seminars are a great way to interact and are informative. Some lectures are very boring with lecturers just reading out information from a presentation in a monotone voice. Sometimes the reading list can be "read this 30 page chapter" without any guidance of what to consider going into it or concepts to focus on.