1,558 Lancaster University reviews

There were a few lectures but I still have no idea what a cover letter is or what a good one should look like

There were serious double standards from lecturers who for example would post the lectures for the week on time (especially when 2/3 of my seminars were on a Monday morning) so I had to scramble on over the weekend to get work done quickly before my seminar when the lectures should’ve been posted on the previous Monday. Also, there are still some lectures which were never put up, and they’re still stingy about assignment extensions. It doesn’t make sense.

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The library was closed for a while which made it hard for some people

I still don’t really know what kind of support they offer or how to get in touch with for example the careers service

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Lots of jobs and internships are always being advertised and emailed to students. CV writing and interview workshops are available.

Most lecturers are very happy to help and reply to questions asked promptly.

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Lots of investment in new buildings and equipment. Accommodation on campus is affordable and clean.

Support is available for those who need it. Each student has a personal academic tutor too they can speak to about any problems.

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Always email us with opportunities and have a career department for us to contact and arrange interviews with. It is a very supportive area of the university as long as you utilise what they offer you.

I feel like I could learn everything I need from the textbooks, paying so much for the lecturers to teach me but all they do is copy and paste their powerpoints from textbooks and tell us to read the textbooks for further information.

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the library is amazing, great place to focus and is open 24/7 Lots of on campus facilities such as shops The delivery depot is very helpful Most of the shared kitchen equipment was broken so we have had to go out and buy ourselves kettles and toasters, doors don’t lock so anyone can get into our house. Cleaners don’t do their job, just rearrange the furniture Porters are rude and treat us like we are nothing Accommodation management don’t care about us but just keep trying to exploit us for money

They seem to advertise a lot about mental health support, I have never used them but the university seem to have services available.

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3 hour seminars helpful but prerecorded lectures not as useful

Library is very open, clean and light

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Some decent workshops, however with pandemic we received no extra help. Careers fairs that would be in place were cancelled and no substitutes were offered. They held some virtual talks instead but these were incomparable to what a careers fair would offer.

I did not think a 'top 10' university could have such poor teaching standards. I am in my 2nd year and the standard of teaching actually dropped from first year. Pandemic has not made things easy but when you're getting taught with recycled material from over 5 years ago, it just makes you feel like they are doing the bare minimum to teach anything on the subject. The majority of my lecturers are just students doing their masters who have quite clearly have zero teaching experience. The LUMS (management school) is an absolute joke. The student representation is actually non existent. They tell you to give them feedback for any of your modules, yet dismiss any complaints about the standards of teaching. Try and complain to the head of department, but she'll never get back to you and you'l just get an automated reply saying she is busy marking papers. Absolute joke, avoid this uni like the plague. To think i actually paid money to go here! ugh such a rip off, better off doing quite literally anything else.

10

Not the worst, but certainly nothing to shout about either. Most of the campus is built in the 60s and it certainly shows.

Non existent. But don't worry, you'll get spammed with emails during your time here about how much they care about their students. But in reality, this is just a front they show to the students. I can confirm as I tried to seek support and found it close to impossible to actually receive any. Especially during the pandemic, they actually had the cheek to try and profit of a food delviery service during lockdown! Yes, you read that correctly, they offered a paid service to deliver food to your accommodation during the lockdown. This sounds pretty good until you relise they wanted to charge you over £20 for some basic food items that would cost less than £10 if you bought in the supermarket. Absolute joke from an academic institution, should be ashamed.

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The careers officer on my course replied quickly and clearly to questions I asked about pathways post-graduation. I know the careers team are always posting links to webinars/talks from firms/qualifying routes. I wanted to see what I enjoyed before investing too much time into career events, but I know where to find the information/ who to set up a meeting with if I need some help.

This year it has been primarily online seminars with pre-recorded lectures. In the first term I did have some in-person seminars which was a refreshing change. I had approximately 3 hours a week of seminars, where there was live interaction with tutors and I found this to be a very valuable use of time. The seminars were very beneficial for checking understanding and applying knowledge acquired from the reading and lectures. My tutors were very approachable and I felt that if I had an issue they would have tried their best to help. Thought post-covid restrictions I would appreciate in person seminars, I do believe the current, recorded lecture format is better for managing my time and it gives me more freedom in my learning style.

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I primarily use online databases, made accessible through the university library. However, the facilities at the university are great and I feel I will barely scratch the surface in accessing them all by the time I leave. I do feel on the whole I can access anything I need academically, here.

I received wellbeing support from my college counselling service. Though this is a somewhat impossible job I feel, I received almost immediate support and the councillor was lovely and great to deal with. Overall I do think it helped. It is fair to say any mental health/wellbeing services are probably overstretched and need greater financial backing, but from my personal experience it was enough.

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