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4.04.13.61409 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsDerby uni is great! The campuses are really good! I feel there is something at Derby for everyone. I hated the idea of university but now I really enjoy it and I couldn't see myself anywhere else!
The University of Derby is a great University that makes sure that the students are cared for both pastorally and educationally. The education with the personal touch is evident and I would recommend this university in a heartbeat.
You will never find Derby uni not doing something to make life better for its students. All year round there is an update or something to do socially. Considering Derby is a fairly new uni, it has climbed ranks like no other university. GO DERBY
As a disabled student it was always going to be hard going to uni, but derby made it a piece of cake for me and made no fuss whatsoever. The overall atmosphere and staff of the university is brilliant.
derby uni sport course is a very big course and not much one to one support, would like to see improvements when the new sports hall has been built
Great.
Love Derby!
My University experience has been great, tough, but great. My course has been very interesting and enjoyable and I couldn't have chosen a greater University.
Found the university welcoming. There are plenty of places to visit, if you a requiring help for a variety of reasons. The library could contain more books on topics. However, there is amount got the students. They constantly keep you updated with changes and seem to care about student voices.
Inclusive, passionate, flexible and supportive. Always willing to help a student in need and are flexible to individual needs. Community based and friendly, wouldn't change it for the world!
overall a pretty good uni. Very helpful and supportive. The university was not my first choice but they are very supportive and helpful in giving me the advice and guidance i need on what my next steps and options are. the support is always readily available and easily accessible with everyone from lecturers to members of staff always open to talk to.
The university I great in the sense that lecturers are very approachable, always willing to answer any questions or sit and chat with you, if you are in need of some help or advice. It has a personal touch, lecturers know your name and you feel like you are important. The university is a great place, I love the atrium and how everything is inter connected and the vibe in the atrium.
Very comfortable and welcoming environment to learn in. The University has given me two jobs, which i enjoy greatly and many many enjoyable experiences and taught me how to be confident in my own abilities.
I am not too happy about the work hand in system on my particular course and i dont think absences are chased up any where near as much as they should be. communication between lecturers seems to be lacking too.
Great university with loads of support, giving that real personal touch to university education which you don't get with other universities. Facilities are second to none and the new sport centre is on its way to even further add to what the university of derby as on offer
Derby uni offers student with a great opportunity to progress in life. it has several campuses that are tailored to each course type. as a student here i find the uni to be a good place to learn. i dont get to see much of the town life or the student union stuff due to social anxiety but what i hear from others it is a great place to be.
It is a great university and it has all of the latest equipment and it is always upgrading and that is great for me because I'm studying Film Production. The university is next to the city centre so you can city centre and then uni and it's not a very long walk, the three campus are not very far away so you could walk but you could catch the uni bus and it will lake you to all three campus
Good course with mostly good lecturers and good gontent, bad students union. Students union seems to rarely listen to what the students want. Lecturers willing to consider and follow through on ideas from students.
The university has been incredibly supportive, throughout my entire education I have been shunned and disbelieved in my disability, I suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and upon arrival at the university of Derby I have been given every kind of support, from physical, emotional and technical and I would not have made it through to my last year without this. However the facilities and some of the lecturers are disappointing, but I have had the best time here.
4.3
Great uni with lots of facilities that help me with my course. The teaching is excellent and I feel that I will have many opportunities once I have finished my degree