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Loads of study spaces are available and there is good security here.
Library staff are horrible
The only word to accurately describe City is mid. The facilities aren't up to much. The SU may as well not exist. The options regarding sports are limited. The City Law School Society is a waste of £6. To their credit, the lecturers are good at what they do. However, my overall view is that if you are looking for a university with a sense of community, look elsewhere. The 'student life' at City is nonexistent. Looking to try something new? Societies are mostly based on either: a culture/nationality, a faith, or an academic programme (however they do have a select amount of political/campaign groups). Good luck with that one! I once asked the Students Union whether a rowing club could be set up. The response being that there is no need as the wider University of London already has one (for context, the UoL boating team is an elite team that only takes on highly experienced rowers from rowing teams at member institutions, such as the UCL rowing team). The University used to have a student bar called CityBar (original I know) which has since closed down and is now used as a common room. The students union is quite literally a desk on the first floor of the Tait building. The facilities are nothing to boast about (although they are claimed to be state-of-the-art). The main library in the University Building (the main, big ugly soviet style building) has a rat problem, there is only the small canteen to get a substantial meal (however, to City's credit, there is a Costa, Starbucks and 3 unbranded coffee shop across campus). Study and social spaces are highly limited. The law school building has a small law library and a lecture theatre, however, do not expect to be in here for your timetabled classes if you're an undergrad as it is reserved primarily for postgrads and those on SQE/BPC courses (I have heard this is the same at the Bayse campus at Burnhill road). Accommodation is extortionately expensive, although it would be unfair to hold this against the institution considering the current economic climate in London. The best possible way I can describe City is as a glorified college that awards degrees. I wouldn't say it's so bad I plan to drop out and start elsewhere, but I definitely wouldn't apply again if were in year 13 again.
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Very quiet, lots of areas to study and lecture halls are large and comfortable. I would like there to be more activity based societies and for the society website to be updated quicker because new ones have trouble being added and there are old ones that have closed one or two years ago
The university offers different kinds of help for all aspect varying from mental health support to academic writing support
WORST EVER!!!! I have completed one masters degree at City and I am currently through my second masters degree. My post graduate MSc nursing course has been the worst experience ever. For the amount that I have paid it is a total joke. Especially considering most of the course is completed at the NHS so I am not really sure what the University is actually doing for this 9k per year - other than giving shocking teaching. They cannot even arrange a reliable class schedule. I have turned up to countless lectures only to be told it is not actually going ahead that day.
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Avoid! Staff and students virtually have no relationship thus any reports by staff are prioritised over students. Security can be very unpleasant. As a paying student, I expect more respect, support and less problems from staff. There is virtually no teaching and constant strikes thus cancelled lectures. Staff encourage students to focus their priority on activities or any issues than assignments and exams. It's not social! Difficult to meet people, less opportunities, less events. The campus is so small! Thus you will constantly see all students at all times! One campus means there is limited rooms to study in! Think carefully because bigger campuses give students more space, more opportunities, more events and make the experience more worthwhile.
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so many places to study so many different coffee shops i will miss it
This year has been extremely difficult and disappointing. I paid £9,500 in tuition fees, yet I felt extremely unsupported. I was being treated as a problem simply for asking for help. Early in the year, I asked to attend an induction session I was not booked onto because I was worried about my clinical routine and wanted more practice before seeing real patients. The supervisor became angry and reported me to my personal tutor. I then had a meeting with my personal tutor, who told me I was not allowed to attend sessions I was not booked onto. I understood and accepted this. However, I was also reported to other supervisors, which made me feel as though I had gained a negative reputation simply for asking for additional support. I repeatedly explained that I was not confident with my clinical routines and had nobody on my course to practise with. In January, I emailed a supervisor asking whether I could attend one of the Friday catch up sessions simply to practise, as she knew I had nobody to practise with and other supervisors were complaining about me and refusing to supervise me. I was genuinely struggling in my routine. I was told no because these sessions were reserved for simulation catch-up. However, another student attended a Friday session for core-skill catch-up, despite it not being simulation catch-up. On one occasion, I asked a supervisor simply for feedback on how I could improve. Instead of answering my question, she became angry and assumed I was asking for another extra session. She said she had already given me one and that I should be grateful because nobody else had received one. However, that session related to a compulsory core skill I had not passed and needed for progression towards pre-registration. I was asking for feedback, not another session. On another occasion, I asked for advice via email because I did not know how to perform a routine and I was sent passive-aggressive response about it being covered in a tutorial I had missed because I was too busy requesting an extra session. On another occasion, after missing a session because I was ill, I asked whether I could attend another session to catch up. The supervisor responded, “you know you’re not supposed to…”, in an extremely emotional tone that sounded as though he was close to tears. I understood the rule, but I was only asking because I had missed the session due to illness. I was also repeatedly told that giving me additional practice was “unfair”. I genuinely struggled to understand this. I was not asking for an advantage over other students; I was asking for help because I did not feel competent with my clinical routines. I had already tried to find people on my course to practise with, but the students were already confident with their routines so I genuinely had nobody to practise with. I am paying £9,500 to be trained as an optometrist, and I do not think it is unreasonable to ask for additional support when I am openly saying that I am struggling. If I do not know how to perform a clinical routine properly, I may not be able to recognise serious or sight-threatening conditions, creating a potential patient-safety risk. Students who are struggling should be supported to become competent rather than made to feel guilty for asking for help. I also had a moment where I asked for feedback on an exam and the feedback was just ' if they ask u for 3 points u should add 3 points not 2 '. I asked if there were any topics u believe I need more revision on and she said she was not allowed to say which I believe is a lie. Overall, I felt extremely isolated, unsupported and discouraged from asking for help. I accept that I could have handled some situations better. However, I do not believe students should be made to feel like a burden or a problem for asking for support.