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4.04.23.51319 Student reviews
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Lancaster is such a nice area to study in, especially on campus as there is plenty of spaces to study with friends, or quietly alone and it's such a nice environment! I also have found campus really easy to navigate and there is always lots of super friendly students available around to help if you get lost, especially as a first year who was initially worried about getting lost on the way to lectures. My only suggestion on improvement is a bigger focus on environmentally friendly facilities such as making sure there is recycling bins in most rooms (including accommodation rooms) as it makes it a lot easier to separate rubbish when making trips to take bins out or just using bins in lecture rooms during societies etc. From the student union I really like how there is often the Farmer's Market appear in the square, as well as other things such as plant and poster sales, as it really makes university life enjoyable to pop by and look at these sales in between lesson times etc. Overall Lancaster University is a really great place to study and has had a really big impact on my wellbeing as a student in this first term!
The campus is far from town or anything to do with student life or fun, decent facilities and stuff to do. I like how its easy to study as everyones always determined, very good IT facilities and lab equipment. Great student portal. But paying for a bus to get into town is abit steep as it builds up and is long. Its hard getting back to campus at early hours of morning.
Lots of spaces to study on campus and colleges make it easy to pin point where to go for help .
All the people here are really friendly and pleasant. The area is nice and not too busy. My course is very good and interesting. To improve, the prices could be better at the on campus bars, restaurants and shops, and the feel of campus could be made more unique.
Best: moving in was stress free and directed smoothly, along with all the events from different colleges Worst: there is not much to do on certain days, like events created by the uni or colleges, I would like to see more
Engaged lecturers, well structured course, good access to the lakes and lancaster is a nice city
campus is a lovely space with a lot of nice study areas, green areas and eateries for socialising. One thing that could improve could be subsidised travel to and from campus, further meal offers on campus, and generally just make studying cheaper and more accesible
Always things on, bus to town is expensive.
The lecturer's are very knowledgeable and supportive, and they are genuinely interested in our success and well-being. The campus itself is very clean and well-maintained, and notably has very little visible litter. There is often construction around campus, so it can be quite loud in the afternoons. There are many places to study around campus, and the library is huge. There is a wide range of societies and taster events, so it is easy to meet new people and to explore different interests and hobbies. There is a farmers' market every Thursday, and there is a lovely brownie stall there!
it is really nice. the students union website is really difficult to use which makes it hard to get involved with stuff.
welcoming community and pretty location, lots of independent businesses. Could be improved with better transport connections like cheaper trains
Completely unsupportive, had so many issues with them it’s hard to describe. They don’t care about students they care about money and profits. Their curriculum is bad, I have struggled on my course because of various different issues. The location is bad. I genuinely can’t believe I have had to pay £10,000 a year of this university I would not recommend attending.
The best experience was that the facilities in the library were excellent and there were many types of seats to choose from
Great staff, lecturers and assistance, amazing library and common areas. Beautiful campus and surrounding forests. Nightlife is good but is limited due to the size of lancaster.
Best is the air quality and facilities. Worst is stagecoach, I wished there were more buses
I think that the facilities at Lancaster are very impressive, particularly the library, which is extremely spacious, bright, well-designed, and a useful academic resource for finding textbooks, making it an enjoyable place to study. The tree, Norma, is a nice addition to the bottom floor as well! The bus services are particularly efficient, as there is always a bus running into the city at least every fifteen minutes, making the system easy to navigate, and the fact that there are several buses running back to the university every hour means that it is highly reliable as well. The university offers many opportunities for students to develop their employability, such as experience days (I recently went on a civil service experience day based around policy development at Lancaster University, which I found very enjoyable and rewarding,) and internships at the Richardson Institute nearby, which I hope to be successful in applying for next year. I particularly appreciate the location of the university, as the city is located close by, making it easily accessible via bus, and the city is a great place to shop and browse too, as there are many independent gifts retailers as well as larger brands, which makes for a brilliant experience there. The city also holds Light up Lancaster each year, which was a fantastic experience, and has an ice rink and Christmas markets too, which is great for getting into the festive spirit. The student services have also been valuable where I have needed to use them, and it is good to know that there is a range of support available where necessary. A couple of potential improvements which could be made, however, are improving the disparity in the rooms on the different sides of the campus, as my room, in Pendle College, is an en-suite wet room, whilst one of my friends in Bowland College, has a shower cubicle, although I understand that these are improvements which need to be made over a sustained period of time. Also, I find that some of the outlets on campus, such as the Costa, are quite expensive, so it would be worth seeing if anything could be done to reduce the prices charged by these venues to help the cost of living. As well, the number of college events hosted by Pendle could be improved, as at present there are very few hosted by the college, and as these provide good opportunities to make friends, it would be good if the number of these could be improved. Additionally, I believe it would be useful for students if all set texts could be made available by the library in online form, as for my course, a textbook on moral philosophy was a set reading with only nine physical copies available in the library for around fifty students and only a few chapters available online, and as this reading was the set texts for around five weeks of the course, this inevitably became problematic for many students, including myself. Therefore, I feel it would be worth asking lecturers if they would refrain from setting readings which aren't readily available to all students on future to avoid the issues associated with this.
nice places to study- library, atrium, costa, college bars. library can sometimes be too busy but space is limited.
Good accommodation and facilities,
-my radiator is so weak I’m so cold :( -it’s cool that it’s a small uni though people are more open to chat -campus is a bit far from town
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