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4.03.94.0514 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsSt Mary’s has an intimate feel but with the services and support of a well established institution. The lecturers are experts in their field and all still practice clinically so up-to-speed on new research and best practice. Also as a result have been able to establish fantastic clinical placement opportunities for students across a range of disciplines - sports and clinical. Excellent facilities and a warm campus feeling. Sadly years 1 & 2 were largely spent in Covid so difficult to comment fairly on student experience and student union.
It’s small and not too much party life , decent support when needed so can focus on studies.
St Mary’s feels very accommodating to mature students and students travelling to uni. Lectures so far have been very informative and engaging. Lecturers have been approachable and positive. The parking is limited. I would like to see the uni offer advice on best places/areas to park for students travelling to make life easier.
It’s a fantastic place to study and the lectures are really good and insightful. They are very understanding and useful regarding personal situations. Wish there was better parking on sight.
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Amazing facilities and very well versed lectures who are both knowledgeable and respected in their field
The best: the lecturers are very supportive and having a personal tutor makes it really easy to flag up any problems or worries I have. An example of when I was truly appreciative of this service is when I flagged up feeling stressed and worried about my assignment as I was not getting the best grades yet putting in a lot of effort. My personal tutor allocated me to a member of staff that I could meet in the library to help with this my writing style which sky rocketed my assignment grades from an average of 55% to an average of 80%. The university’s 60 naylor library building is closely located to shops like super drug and tescos making it really convenient for a quick shopping spree. The worst: is unfortunately the lack of diversity and interesting societies. Coming into university as someone from an ethnic background I found it hard to relate to most students and the lack of societies that appealed to me made it even harder.
Everyone is nice and welcoming, staff and students both.
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The best aspects of my university experience have been the placements that the university have provided, they have been diverse and unique. The support from the lecturers has also been amazing throughout the years whenever you need advice. Areas that’s could be improved include facilities for commuting students
Great Location, intimate lectures. Could be improved by a better student union bar
Great location. Lacks student support.
The best experience is that stuffs are really friendly and promising. The environment is calm and this is what I like the most. And the worst experience was with students union. I couldn’t join any societies because of login issues. They might have some lack of communication. Some social or career events and seminars or lectures are at the same time! I really expected that there would be an orientation program which will be nice. But it’s just induction to the program and uni and students. But not any real fun events for free.
Overall lack of support. Teacher feedback is minimal and hard to apply as there is no elaboration on it. Minimal assignment help and unorganised moodle making it difficult to know everything going on. Often times information is posted without notifying the students which leads to easily missing it. For the price thats payed we get less out of college or secondary school for that matter. And lets not get into the ref food…
Not very diverse
I haven't had any worse experiences yet. But so far the university has been quite supportive of us and is basically amazing!!!!
This is a great place to study as the campus is small and the teachers are always there to try and support you!!
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4.2
Size of the uni is quite small which means small student:teacher ratio, meaning you get to get to know teachers well and therefore are supported well with your education
Online/in person blend is the best bit Worst bit is slow email replies from teachers
I liked the location of it