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Sort:Latest reviewsBest aspects are the people,clubs and societies involved. The worst is the location of the university. Wish it was somewhere on a better and more lively city
Great uni and wonderful greenery
The environment
the nature around campus with the combination of city life in stoke with various shops and pubs allows a suitable environment for most. i personally enjoy keele forest massively for my daily walks. the facilities are brilliant, the buildings are beautiful (especially keele manor). the student support team couldnt be better as well, a very welcoming environment
The campus is beautiful, and I love going for walks around Keele Hall. The SU hosts good AU nights, so I would definitely recommend joining a club or society. The campus can be hard to get to from surrounding areas, such as Stoke, Newcastle-under-Lyme, etc as the buses get extremely busy during peak student hours. The surrounding areas don't have a great nightlife, but you can easily get a train to bigger cities, like Manchester and Birmingham.
Lots of support from lecturers Students night is the same every Wednesday gets boring
Everyone is here well and supportive to us as an international student is it is a very very interesting for me and I have never seen this is very big culture shop for me that people are helping you here and what are would be like sometimes it's feel so Italy there is no one known here so it's difficult to so I am but yeah
Overall, a good University but when you have lecturers with their native accent so strong you cannot understand what they're saying in your lectures, then it is a problem. I understand the need for diversity in the teaching team, and acceptance of course, but try and hire teachers who speak good English, in an English country, otherwise we'll continue leaving the lectures understanding half of what was taught.
It is good as there is a plethora of support available for all kinds of needs, however, the learning methods are very monotone and there is no atmosphere in the lessons, but this is largely down to the unenthusiasm of a lot of students. Additionally, the facilities are decent but no better than the ones at I had at college, there is just a greater quantity of them. Given that you have to pay for university but not college, you would expect there to be significantly better facilities at a university compared to a college
Facilities - whilst I have heard that the accomodation isn't owned by the university, the lower end accomodation have very poor standards with mould, filthy carpets, filthy hoover that makes it impossible to clean the filthy carpet, and improper ventilation. Everything just feels grimy. I dont think its fair that I have to live like that just because I cant afford an ensuite, I should still have the same basic standards for living as those in more expensive accomodation. The accomodation makes me depressed in all honesty. In terms of science facilities, I don't have any issues. Location wise, Keele itself is nice, Newcastle under Lyme is nice, Stoke is Stoke and I don't go there unless I have to. The campus is nice. Keele Hall and forest are fun to wander around. I don't make any effort to contact student support because I don't know how and I've had bad experiences at every school I've been to. There are lots of societies, sometimes interesting events on. SU nights are usually quite good.
Keele is close to a lot of really beautiful countryside and not too far from Manchester and Birmingham. The campus is also attractive and clean. Better alcohol-free options at the SU would be great, and cheaper food on campus.
There are not enough quiet place with the computer area since the students always talking and and the school have failure to manage them as well as the Business School (Bloomberg room) time management, lead to students always complain hard to use the Bloomberg to analyse the data and improve our practical skills on Finance. Also, the accounting course is including Taxation, banking, management accounting etc, but we don't have much sources or exercises to practice, we are not satisfied with that either, the school makes us feel difficult to achieve or aim the better or deeper education especially for the international students who had paid huge amount for studying aboard for achieve the higher education.
The best part of the University is the professors, the worst part is the lack of space in the BSL
Nice campus and good facilities however the SU could be better and cheaper. Better events need to be put on and they need to be on till later e.g. 6 am. create more bars on campus as the KPA is too small and the squirrel bar is small. more variety in drinks on draught.
I have recently finished university and in my third year the help and support was appalling! Staff didn’t care about my dissertation, I couldn’t get any help from anyone! My module lead didn’t care, student services, my academic mentor I got no help from anyway regarding the joke that was made of my dissertation lead. I have complained however the complaint system is a joke, extremely difficult and long winded, makes it pointless to even attempt! Would not recommend this university, the staff just don’t care at all and were constantly on strike throughout my 3 years requesting more money! The campus is beautiful and it’s a lovely university but the staff just do not care at all!
It’s has good scenery and everyone’s friendly. Professors are happy to help. The isolation gives a good sense for studying and there aren’t much entertainment to spent money on. It keeps me focused on studies and help save me money.
Great lecturers very passionate about their respective subject areas, Good choice of societies however they struggle sometimes with engagement. The SU club nights can be okay but get a bit boring as its very similar which isn't a good mix with the lack of night life in the surrounding areas. Very good student support financially and otherwise, NHS drop in sessions available at the SU, as well as them having a domestic and sexual violence team. Very good DSI accommodations. Pricey on campus accommodation prices for the area. the campus is very nice with lots of woodland and greenery which is especially good for Geographic and environmental sciences.
like: student life so far is nice like accomodation hate: SU staff hate 9am lectures
4.2
The university accomodation leaves much to be desired but the professors are all so passionate.
Timetabling is good, and lectures are great! Sometimes too much reading not staggered enough.
Convenient location but maintenance required too often.