132 UCFB reviews

When there is a match at Wembley, the stadium has to be closed the day before. We always get told as far in advance as possible it there will be a stadium closure, and we are informed whether our lecture will be online or at Arch View House, just round the corner. We have 12 hours of contact time a week(4 hours, 3 days a week) with extra opportunities on Wednesday on everyone’s day off, and opportunities to be part of the sports teams who have matches on Wednesdays. The lecturers are all experts in their fields and can answer almost any question you throw at them. You really couldn’t ask for much more on the Coaching and Management degree!

Honestly, the accommodation is one of the most pricey in the area, but it’s so convenient being next door to the lecture building and a 5 minute walk from the stadium. I also love being in the same accommodation as loads of other UCFB students, as you can make friends simply by saying hello in the lift, or joining with a meet-up in one of the communal areas. The communication with the accommodation is quite poor in my opinion, but when there is an emergency, they are on top of it. The staff are lovely on the whole, and the facilities in the building are excellent!

Course is taught all on campus, split between Wembley Stadium and Arch View House, the new dedicated facility for UCFB and GIS in Wembley, once again the attraction of Wembley Stadium is great and never gets old, but you've still got a degree to get on with. Course hours are lower than you may expect or get from a different university, but that therefore gives you ample time to work in the industry or get a placement, and the two go in hand in terms of making the most at the university. Most lecturers aren't your typical academics, most don't want to get bogged down 24/7 with the usual academia, but want to always apply it to industry. Most are practitioners in their field, and have worked for multiple sporting organisations or related, and therefore have experience to draw on when teaching the subject.

It is North West London, multiple Tube lines, and train stations nearby with loads of buses. It is easy to get around and it doesn't always cost a fortune to get around London. Wembley Park is a very tidy, safe and upcoming community, it may have a lot of flat blocks everywhere, but for a young student, it is perfect. Shops, restaurants, pubs, concerts, shows, hotels, everything you need really.

Very helpful Lectures

Cannot access facilities even in-between lockdowns

Lazy and useless, student support number on the online hub takes you to a taxi company in Sheffield..

Course moved online due to Covid.

Due to the pandemic there are no job prospects or opportunities for internships. UCFB decline to support students in providing work experience.

No

The only facilities we have is the library which isn't even based at the stadium. Its a separate building. There's no tables during classes

This is the best bit now. Having spoken to the student services manager, UCFB do not care about your health. They can only provide a limited amount of support and when they can't be bothered to support you they would fob you off.

Its london. What more is there to say.

Far too much marketing for an events course. You do 2 modules on events and that's about it. The rest of the modules do not link back to events or stadium operations at all. Don't get me started on the support that UCFB staff provide. Some of them are really lovely and some of them are quite frankly rude.

7

This uni sold me dreams. The Employability and enrichment manager was like on open days, come to me whatever opportunity you want i will go and get it for you. When the time comes they would refuse to help you. False advertising and the opportunity they do offer is for ball boys and flag bearer's.

Library facilities are very small which is what you would expect with a sub-standard academic institution. In all honesty, ucfb shouldn’t even bother having a library with the incredibly poor teaching it provides for students.

Ucfb just email students about the well-being services they provide and just mention how they take it very seriously from time to time. In my view, it’s just something they do because they have to and all they want is for more students to enrol and stay to help fund an immensely poor institution.

Of course it’s great being in Manchester with so much to do and you can never get bored really. Costs/expenses can be a downside however.

The course has a total of 8 contact hours per week with 4 hours of lectures and 4 hours worth of seminars. Some lectures get cancelled due to fixtures being played at the stadium which is not ideal as well the quality of teaching in most parts being exceptionally poor.

8

Many internships and work experience opportunities are provided to students and its up to them take ‘advantage’ of them. However, just taking internships and increasing employability is unfortunately not enough for the many that study there due to the poor choice of modules ucfb offer. Yes, the variety of courses may be linked with the sporting industry, but there isn’t any course accreditation’s available on any courses which demonstrates that the quality of courses are not great and means students can’t gain professional qualifications with the courses alone and thus, causing a detriment to most if not all of the graduates careers at ucfb.

9

Most of the universities facilities are third party including lecture rooms that are often rescheduled due to events at Wembley and when they aren't expect a 10-15 wait to get through the security. Sports facilities are good but miles away at Barnet FC with the main campus undefined. Expect to pay a pretty penny in travel costs if you are studying a practical course and expect it to change last minute and end up living in the wrong part of London when they change lecture venue 2 weeks before start of term 2 miles away

Each lecturer makes completely differently so grades are a hit and miss and i can expect anything from a 55-84 depending on who marks it. Feedback is detailed but not always obvious on what you need to do to get a higher grade without chasing for it. Very little help is offered above the lecturers and my lecturer had to fight our classes cause many times so that we could get even close to what was sold to us

Great location for London travel with Underground and Bus links but that is to be expected in London. Loads of small local shops and shopping outlets, everything is expensive tho and there are few benefits to being a student so expect to pay the same as locals on a full time wage

Most: Lecturers are really good although very busy with the massive influx of students as the years go on. Least: Very different to how it is sold upfront, entry grades are next to nothing so expect to have some inadequate group members and annoying class mates. This also means that you will be fighting with 100+ students for any opportunities that comes up with minority groups and 25+ yr olds getting 90% of the places. Online work is convoluted so expect to have a different sign-in process every time to try and use something

5

They claim to have contacts with everyone but do expect to be given the opportunity to get them. I had to find my own placement and go around the Uni as it wouldn't of happened otherwise. Most work placements go to students who already have qualifications that aren't possible for 18-21 yr olds to have or those who are of minority groups with extra funding available to those who aren't white or English

Rubbish, there aren’t any.

No existent.

It’s London, what more can you expect. Expensive but good.

The course itself wasn’t worked well, a degree in business that didn’t offer a finance module...? The course was average at best and lectures left every week so there was no chance to build a relationship with a tutor or mentor.

8

UCFB sell you a dream only to be met with half hearted opportunities. I never got any opportunity through UCFB which wasn’t what I was told when enrolling at the uni. No one has offered me help finding a job after leaving uni and all they want to do is use you as a sales point in there next Open day.

I have no problem with the facilities as such so they get a pass on this one

Counselling fantastic because god knows I needed counselling after wasting money here

This is the only great thing about the University experience. Manchester is a wonderful city

We are there for 8 hours a week and while some lectures are useful some are not. Not only that lessons always get rearranged because Manchester City are playing which isn't really value for money when you think about how much we are paying

8

I think the question here should be "How the employability department offer nothing to people who have grafted before hand?" To put it bluntly they don't. Yes they have guest speakers in and sessions like every other uni but that is more of a marketing ploy where they entice you in saying "look what we have" without offering anything substantial. Two weeks or so they had a presentation where they reeled off employment statistics which were clearly false. "90% of students were employed" didn't tell us where though. In my current situation, I have had 7 years worth of experience but still get priced out of jobs to people who have done less but the uni are quick to promote as if they had anything to do with it. They have had zero input whatsoever but hey you get to study at a stadium right...