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4.03.94.01100 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviews45-54 years
First gen student
Support and the facility are helpful. But they are so straight and thorough to deal with.
Best thing about this university is its location and it is also have nice surroundings overall experience is great
All Good
All good
It’s fine in general
I think the uni is great big campus and great teachers and community I feel very safe. I don’t have many downsides maybe just better directions
Lectures local to central london
They are very supportive
25-34 years
Location Reviews Overall Performance
I like the location of the university as it is in Central London.
Everything is best for me, cause it was my dream uni. Thank u
Good
Facilities of lsbu is very good
So far so good
great service
Best, location Worse, N/A
The location, the food places nearby and the staff and students are friendly and helpful and also polite.
It’s a great place to study as there are places to support you across the campus
Welcoming and supportive staff
4.2
Most lectures are pointless - might as well read a book or watch a film at home. Doesn't even feel like a uni, more like a glorified college. Equipment is decent at best, but when everyone is booking at the same time, it becomes clear that there isn't much to go around. Hub and Library are pretty good, but Borough Road is awful and Keyworth is mediocre at best. We have to use Macs, which often don't work properly and are not connected to a network drive or even Ethernet. Too many students means we always get split up, preventing us from connecting and working with many people on our course. Barely any modules in the first year and half aren't even worth the effort. Not really any decent societies or events going on, but there are plenty of pubs around. London is way too expensive to live in though. When visiting Sunderland I realised just how little LSBU has in terms of equipment, filming spaces, and facilities. Most of our classes where we practice filming are done in the rubbish back end of Borough Rd, while students in Sunderland had far better green screen and set-building filming rooms, plus more of them. London isn't the centre of film that many people think it is, and South Bank University is proof. We were also told there would be many opportunites to work on productions around London for work experience, but the very few that we've been told about were just mailing lists and other uninteresting things. I have tried looking myself but have been unsuccessful in finding any decent filming experience. Maybe second year will be better, if I don't give up on the uni by then. 2.5/5 - £9500 a year for what should be called a college is criminal.
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