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4.04.03.81333 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsThe university offers free campus travel between campuses and accommodations. There are also a number of activities, societies and clubs to partake in. To improve the university could offer more places for students to hang out in between lectures.
Lectures and always the most helpful with anything, and I love the facilities of the university. Everything is well layed out.
The university has great facilities for my course, however I think this could be improved by allowing us more access to the facilities. I think my lecturers offer a great level of student support. The location is good but can be sometimes difficult if you have lectures on both campuses during one day. Student life is good but could be improved by a proper student union bar rather than the current setup.
University has been great so far there aren't any bad aspects that I can think of
I like that it’s a city based campus so you have lots of amenities near by, good public transport (when the busses and metro service are not on strike). Since covid I’ve noticed that the social aspect of uni has massively decreased. This isn’t a lack of trying by the SU but students attitudes have changed and they want to come to lectures and go home again. The parking is cheap (£1.30/day) but the spaces are limited and if you don’t arrive by 8:15, you’re not getting a space. There’s a massive 700 space multi-storey nearby that’s new but at £7/day not many students use it and I think the university could work with the council to make it more student friendly. The course itself is good. Some really effective high fidelity simulation to help learn. I think the marking can be a bit harsh at times but the feedback we get is really detailed and we can book a 1:1 session with the marker afterwards to get a deeper understanding of how to improve for the next one
Good university in Sunderland
The best aspect about the university of Sunderland is the curriculum, the way the courses are delivered. The library is also very impressive, great collection! The worst aspect is the lack of networking events, would help to have more of those.
Some courses are not properly thought well for proper understanding but is fine.
I love how they allow the students to use the equipment outside of uni. (I haven’t done but looking to try soon) I can’t think of anything to improve, I’m really satisfied with this uni. Glad to be apart of it!
The best would have to be the teachers who communicate very well over Microsoft teams or emails at any time of the day and are there to help in support you with any helps or needs that you have. The teacher's here are very friendly and happy to help :) The worst thing here would have to be the accommodations, it's embarrassing looking at other cities and other universities with their great cheap amazing accommodations compared to hours at the University of Sunderland, it's 2023 not 1970.
No real support from the university in terms of mental health and coping with stress and financial worries. Facilities are great and readily available.
The facilities and campus overall is fabulous. Sometimes I feel like there could be more academic support. The availability for academic help is not always suitable especially when on clinical placements.
I had a good feel for Sunderland University from the first day that I attended an open day. It feels very welcoming, the staff and lecturers are knowledgeable and lectures are very engaging. Support available to students is amazing including support with mental health. I feel I have everything I need at Uni and I am happy I chose to come here. I would recommend Sunderland University to anyone. I have no negative feedback.
If I have any questions about assignments, the teachers are happy to help me, but when I first came here, my student ID card was lost in the shipping process, so I almost didn’t have a student ID card last semester.
As an international student I feel so comfortable to study in the university as the tutors as well as the students are really supportive and helpful. Also the sources which is available at the university are really helpful for my studies.
Staff are very supportive. Lovely place to study. Food is quite pricey though.
Better facilities on St. Peter’s campus
Cool place to study. Need more parking and quieter places to study.
The university of Sunderland is one of the best life experiences ever because they had everything to cover the needs for every student wishing to join, along side all the great opportunities they offer
4.3
Full of culture and history, brilliant facilities and staff. Parking could be cheaper for students travelling in, prefer if there was more of a student bar on campus to socialise on St Peter’s Campus.
Online can be handy if it is a short tutorial, however I do think we get more value in interaction and for money in person. I find people hide online and you don’t get the same input as in person. This being said the staff-lecturers and techs do an amazing job both online and in person, they share a great knowledge and it’s great to become part of that community