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4.04.13.61409 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsThe uni bus is late often making you late for class which is slightly annoying The staff are really helpful when you need them
Best is the facilities, not too busy and modern facilities always available. Worst is the organisation such as handling of grades, enrollment and induction.
Lack of support for students mental health. I applied 3 times for the Student Wellbeing support. The first time I had to input a formal complaint, which put me off of reaching out for support. When I finally gain the courage to reach out again a year later I was flat out ignored. Same thing happened last year again.
I enjoy it
My course is really interesting and my tutor is fantastic! The part time course works well alongside working and being a mum. The disability support is somewhat lacking due to confusion between the campuses (I study at Leek College campus which the disability team seem to know nothing about!)
Front Door to Britania mill doesn't work, library shuts at 7pm and cafeteria shuts at 3pm however our lectures don't finish until 9pm
As a very mature student I both wasn't prepared to have my time wasted and also slightly nervous about how I'd fit into the class. Very happy to say both fears were needless - being tutored by ex-industry professionals with a strong focus on fit for workplace skills in an essentially artistic course is refreshing, challenging and outright fun. The class and university experience as a whole has been well run and structured, with the tutors clearly passionate about delivering the best experience they can with the tools they have. Only regret is that I didn't find the courage to apply sooner.
Well , my overall experience about university is very excellent . I never ever seen this type of good facilities which are in This university. All teacher are very amiable, cooperative and well educated. As well as, one of the main thing student Union, this is very good and helpful for new students to get more knowledge about everything
Student support for students with disabilities has been great.
Best Aspect: get away from family (can still go visit them); good to learn how to leave alone and meet new people & make friends. Worst Aspect: 🤔 not really worst; there isn't much to do in city centre.
It’s a great experience so far this is just my first year as an undergraduate in the university so far it’s been really nice
18-24 years
First gen student
This university has a good location as it’s not far from the bus station or the train station. Making it more accessible for student who don’t live on campus. While there are uni busses I believe they should be all around the city as students who don’t live near by or in student accommodations need to spend even up to £5 a day to get there and back by buss. While the student support from the staff and lecturers is at a great level the overall teaching could use improvements as it’s not as engaging as it could be, it’s mostly just reading from the board and moving on, in my college criminology course a good way of memorising informations was to creat quizzes for students such as kahoots, it was useful for maintaining course info and was entertaining. This would also fix the issues of student disengagement as it would make them more confident in taking part in class becuase they would be sure of their answers. The overall building is very modern, easily accessible and comfortable. Another improvement would be putting bike sheds on the premises of the building. I myself study at the bronze building in town and there isn’t a place to attach a bike anywhere, if there were I could come to lectures by bike and would save on transportation costs and it would be more environmentally friendly.
As an international student, I’ve found the support at this university to be exceptional. The community’s inclusivity, coupled with the location and diverse range of services, has made my experience truly enjoyable. Proud to be part of such a welcoming university community!
Course is good. Bad experience with living in halls and student life
All the lecturers and members of staff are very accommodating towards individuals and their learning styles. Classes are interactive and contain great content
Healthier food options - some meal calories are 1000 + in one meal.
The best aspects of University of Derby is that, there is a lot of collaboration and research based opportunities available. Students will have a plethora of activities to make contributions to, and everything is in good spirits and well supported by the University. Apart from the food, as it's really not of high enough standard, it's all well priced.
My timetable was messed up during freshers week so I was disadvantaged by making new friends on my course, as well as meeting my lecturers and understanding the course of the modules. My lecturers are very helpful and reply back to emails quickly and upload the contents as fast as possible. I did sign up for the Law Society and was disappointed to find that there was not much going on.
4.3
It’s good but not the best
The course is interesting teaching is not that good