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5.04.24.61101 Student reviews
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Its a nice campus
18-24 years
First gen student
Northumbria is a great place to study with a friendly and supportive community. There are plenty of quiet study spaces as well as social areas, which makes it easy to focus on work and still enjoy student life. The Students’ Union and societies offer lots of opportunities to get involved and meet new people. Newcastle is a big advantage – it’s affordable, lively, and very student-friendly, with everything close to campus. Overall, Northumbria provides a positive balance between academics and student life. Clearer promotion of events would help students make the most of everything available, but it’s a great university experience overall.
It's a friendly place with lots of opportunities to engage in activities and learning. The support offered by the university is very good and the (city) campus is compact and right next to the city centre. Some of the buildings could do with updating.
The lecturers are knowledgeable and friendly and understanding to each persons individual circumstances and have adapted delivery well to hit everyone's learning styles.
Great facilities on campus for further learning and extracurricular activities, with many student accommodations close by to the university.
The university provides fantastic support for people with additional needs, and the teaching staff on my course are incredible. In terms of improving the university, I would love it if our university didn't work in collaboration with the world's largest weapons manufacturer (Lockheed Martin). Quite frankly, it's pretty gross learning about the horrific impact their weapons have on innocent people around the globe and then having to see their logo emblazoned all over our shiny new building that's currently being constructed.
The lecture halls and libraries are brand new and immaculate. However, the campus for health sciences is a little far from accommodation.
It is in a really good location, close to student housing neighbourhoods and many nice facilities and foods on campus; it is easy to find help or support if you need it.
I have liked everything I have did at university
I think that the social aspects of uni can feel quite isolating; if there were more opportunities to meet people, confidence building would help a lot.
Northumbria University is always very inclusive and has something to do for everyone, with many different events and social gatherings. The only thing I could improve is the campus shop.
The university offers a great location and student life outside of university, in spite of this, the university highlights a well sounded and student based life that has a large amount of support and student wellness, with a wide range of facilities it is the most applicable and happy university.
18-24 years
First gen student
The location is great, making it easy to get to. I wish there were more parking allocated for students.
The location of campus is really good and useful I get lots of extra support that is really important from student support when I need it The facilities and labs are good and I really enjoy the practical's
The university is in a great place, and the staff are friendly and approachable. the only thing to improve is the lecture times.
The best part is how supportive the university is. They run events, allow societies to thrive and overall create a great environment for you to network and make friends. The worst aspect of my university experience has to be stress. Some of the assignment deadlines make me stressed out and are sometimes too close to each other.
I feel like Northumbria University is one of few universities that puts all their efforts into the students. It’s really noticeable that all their events are designed for students to enjoy and engage in and honestly I have felt so welcomed. It has a friendly atmosphere that I think universities should be about. This does not mean it’s unprofessional, the staff (on my course) are also incredibly engaging and although my course is intense I feel they are the best people to learn from. The facilities are amazing (especially the gym). My main low point above was location and that is because I go to Coach Lane Campus for my course (Main site is in a great spot).
4.5
18-24 years
First gen student
I really like the location and the facilites are also high-standard. I do hate the stress everyone gets by this whole AI topic at Northumbria. Relying on AI detectors is strictly not justifyable. No proper uni relies on them anymore as they are not precise. It is not a good experience at all to never know if you might get pulled in for meetings just because that unprecise software detects something. Tutors should be able to tell when papers are ai based on the content and not some stupid AI detector. Very stressful experience - makes whole student life worse.
There is no practical aspect at all. It is nothing but heavy theory and mostly topics that are not applicable for actual life. The whole experience is just sitting at home or in the library and reading papers and then writing up. Some lecturers clearly should not be teaching at uni. I have had one professor (she was module leader too!) that did manage to clearly state what she wanted for assessment. She gave us multiple different assignment descriptions and examples that were saying something completely different. At the other hand, Martin was a very nice professor. I definitely made more horrible experiences with tutors here than good ones.