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5.04.04.63494 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsSome of the lecturers are great! Some of the lecturers are not great :(
good SU, loads of learning facilities Gym should be open for longer- only open 10-6 on weekends which is rubbish student support is not very good, nervous to get help and bad reputation of help available Accommodation is so old!!! not worth the money at all!!! mold and infestations cold and dirty. TOO EXPENSIVE TO PRACTICALLY LIVE IN A CELL
Plenty of space for breaks, and self-learning along with the many cafe and food opportunities.
Best aspects are yolo on a Wednesday. Worst part is being part of a sports committee and not being treated with respect and professionalism by the AU team
The city and studying facillities
Such a strong sense of community.
Good student life. Studying facilities are located all around nearby student living. Maybe more support from peers.
The Student Union has a lot of facilities. The Give It a Go scheme has lots of good activities and opportunities to visit new places.
35-44 years
First gen student
I found years 1 and 2 a bit of a slog (though that will be partly thanks to Covid-19) and found myself holding onto the fact I could choose my year 3 modules. Year 3 is proving much more fun, and I have thoroughly enjoyed/am enjoying my selected modules.
The newly renovated student union and student centre for life is a great place to study during the day and a good night out on sports night and Saturdays. Cardiff doesn’t really have a campus as such, but everything is close together and in walking distance.
+ so close to city centre + huge SU + centre for student life (similar to the SU, but much nicer) - facilities e.g., library = old Needs refurbishing facilities, some new buildings have been made but the interiors of older buildings need redoing
Lots of space to work . Need some better chairs like on the 3rd floor su the desk chairs are good but there are others with no back support
Student housing conditions needs to be improved
Love the area, social life is good.
Beautiful city. Well respected university that focuses on its students and their wellbeing as well as their educational learning. As Cardiff is a city campus, to improve it I would provide cheaper transportation between Heath and City campus.
Cardiff University is great! The Physics/Engineering building has a library, café, spacious lecture halls and a student common room. The common room has a microwave and hot water if you're trying to save money, or the café has plenty of hot food. Speaking of saving money, the University offers a £1000 bursary for low-income students. It's been a lifesaver! There's always something to do in Cardiff - several theatres, a burlesque bar, independent music venues and loads of shopping. The best part of the Uni is the staff. All my lecturers are dedicated, interesting and helpful. I started Uni unsure what I wanted to do when I graduate. The last few years in Cardiff have inspired me to continue my education with post-graduate qualifications. The only negative is the Uni's treatment of staff. It can be extremely frustrating losing out on teaching due to the strikes. Our lecturers would only strike if they felt they had no choice. The University should negotiate with the UCU and treat staff reasonably rather than building shiny, empty buildings. It often feels like the University doesn't care about its students or that we're missing content.
Good location and facilities for students of architecture, organisation of the school could be improved and more clear and open to students
There are many best aspects to Cardiff University; for instance when I first came here after I went through clearing I was pleasantly surprised by the beautiful campus and extensive buildings there are. Each building has a multitude of study rooms, more than sufficient lecture and seminar space, often cute cafe's perfect for studying in as well and a number of comfy spaces where students can relax and study or relax between classes. In particular, I think the Students Union and CSL buildings are the best on campus for their accessibility, the student support provided, the facilities they contain in the way of study spaces, their food and beverage places and, in the students unions case, the Y Plas club. All of the things they provide I believe are perfect accompaniments to a student here, especially a 1st year like myself. Additionally, Cardiff University's School buildings are close enough to central campus that it's only a short walk to each one from the Main Building. For my course personally, all of my classes are physically close together. I always feel safe in the SU club and happy to attend the Y Plas whenever they host a event because they're often incredible and an absolute vibe; student night there is a favourite for most, The ASSL library is easy enough to navigate, has a lot of study spaces and is open 24 hrs for students which is incredible for us insomniac's to get work done. For me the lecturers, support staff and teachers here are passionate about their subject, work hard to deliver an informative and insightful class, and respond to any queries I have promptly and extensively. ]There's isn't much I think this University can improve on, except for four things: 1) I believe there should be an anonymous place on the student intranet or a website of some sort linked to the uni where students can report loud noise, bad behaviour etc to the respective security of each uni accommodation. I think you can currently call the team, but many see that method as time consuming and telling - the walls in the accommodations are thin enough that students you don't want to hear you reporting them will hear you. 2) As the CSL is a building often used by students as a place to wait for buses, study quietly , shelter from the cold or weather etc more so than the students union, I think it would be most convenient and a definite improvement to student life if, like the ASSL library, the CSL building was open 24hrs, if at all possible. 3) Lastly I believe there should be more salaried jobs available to be taken up at uni accommodation than just the residence life team. As a student staying at University Halls, having to commute a while to jobs in the city was taxing before I learnt how the public transport buses run around Cardiff, and even now I'm having to either cut my work shifts short or make them lengthier to match up with bus times. If there were more student jobs available at residences this wouldn't be a problem. One could live and work in the same place. 4) The bus for University Hall should run at normal times during weekends, or at least Saturday's, as well as week days. This way students would be saved more money, they wouldn't have to pay for each bus journey or Uber they took into city centre, and travelling from Uni halls on the weekend would just in general be a lot less stressful.
The city is so compact and the university buildings and facilities are all within walking distance from each other and the city centre. The building which I study in is full of the latest facilities and very suited for studying.
4.5
Cardiff is a great place to study because it’s a coastal capital and a very diverse area. I love the fact it has the Bay Area (as I grew up in a town nowhere near the sea growing up) but also has that casual feel I still ring home to. I love that there’s so much to do and see and it’s all a short walk from where I live. The only down side is due to high population it feels like everywhere is often overcrowded at times
Having done all of the online, blended and in person teaching I would say blended was nice in that we still got to see and speak to our lecturers in person about any worries- it made explaining the problems I was having much easier for sure. Online felt quite lonely and the exams were made slightly easier due to the fact you could use your notes etc. if I had to choose between in person or online I would choose in person just simply because I didn’t want to pay £9000 a year to sit in my house and learn that way, I found it very un-motivating
I enjoyed the fact I had to adapt and learn new things and meet new people. I’m always open to challenges, the only thing I didn’t enjoy about halls was the fact Covid happened whilst I was there