1,898 Loughborough University reviews

Coming out of the Covid period, the lecturers/tutors have done amazing to bring back a sense of normality to our learning. The teaching quality is really good with a lot of emphasis placed on skills for industry to help us get work placements after our second year.

Get tutor group every week and tutors always answer questions quickly

I have not seen my tutor since the first week, or anyone in my tutor group, bit weird. Some of the lecturers like spending an hour recapping things they've already taught us, some also like to really overcomplicate things. However, they do make some really good learning resources, so the lectures might not be too helpful but the resources for individual study are. The course is all in-person now but the lectures are recorded for access the day after. It's CompSci, so most people don't like coming out of their rooms, so will just watch the lecture the day after. Not met about half the people on my degree because of this, outside of messaging. The facilities are pretty good, lots of Macs and Windows PCs and Haslegrave (the CompSci building) is open 24/7 for CompSci students. The library is also open until 2am, so that's also pretty good. Can't really comment on careers or placements, I'm a first year, but I'd assume it's alright. Also, the breadth of the content is admirable.

Some lecturers are hard to follow and sometimes it doesn’t feel like certain lecturers are putting themselves in the shoes of the students.

My only issue is that the cleaners don’t seem to take much care but I appreciate that they have a lot of rooms to clean.

Each module provides an appropriate challenge, with most students being of similar ability level and past experience in Computer Science. Lecturers are incredibly helpful and friendly, and happy to provide additional help where needed. There is not a great deal of student support available, with opportunities to speak with academic tutors being infrequent and only once a semester. This leads to meetings with them being awkward and unhelpful. Overall, I love the course and find it very interesting and motivating.

The course content is good and informative. The Q&A forum is good, the lecturers reply promptly. Some of the lecturers basically just read off the slides.

Loughborough is a nice town with all the essentials. It feels a safe place to live. The sprint bus however is unreliable, often have to wait 30/40 mins and then two come at once when it’s meant to be every 10 mins.

Telford is basic. I am paying the same as other blocks that have been modernised. The price is good and cheap, good location, near most facilities and right next door to the library.

We could use more time with our tutors, as after first year we don’t have regular meetings with tutors which we would benefit from. I find the contents of my course very interesting as well as the options we have to choose from, but others may find them limiting. Our overall facilities are okay, mainly limited to computers for use in coding modules, but there is no shortage of these on campus. There are weekly emails to students in second and third year informing you of work placement years that are being advertised, which is great when you want to find one of these, which i recommend to help you find out what sort of career you may be interested in. My own placement year has allowed me to remove some options from graduate positions, so even if you don’t enjoy them, it’s not a waste of time.

The town is small but cosy, and there’s plenty room for the entire university. Everything is within walking distance but there are regular buses across the town, and Loughborough train station has good links to London and Leicester, so you can get virtually anywhere from Loughborough

David Collet was far from my uni lectures and also the furthest away from town, so it was a longer walk. I requested a quiet room, and while I was allocated a room in the quiet block, it was next to the common room, so I often had loud drunk people just a few metres from me on nights out. There were no lifts in my block, so we had to walk up a tower of stairs, which was a lot of walking especially if you live at the top of the tower. During covid, I moved back home, but the rooms weren’t maintained by the university appropriately, and many people had mould growing in their rooms when they returned, and the water was not flushed per appropriate measures to ensure safe drinking water. Shared bathrooms were also not great, but there is the choice of en-suite which I didn’t request.

I have really enjoyed the mix of on demand, online and in person lectures this year and I feel as though the balance had been just right. Some lecturers, particularly those specialising in micro economics have been amazing throughout my degree and have made it very interesting and engaging! However, other some other lecturera really do leave a lot to be desired and I think could put in some more effort to show they actually do care about students. The contact time with our personal tutor is lacking, mine doesn't appear interested and I'm not sure even knows my name after 4 years. This is a great service but it really needs to be worked on and evened out, as I have spoken to multiple others who have an amazing relationship with their personal tutor.

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We barely have classes throughout the week, so even though it helps us become independent learners and graduate, I personally think, as an international student, I am paying way too much for the amount of lectures, studio, guidance, etc, that we currently have.

Great hall for price. Met lovely people