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4.02.72.163 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviews25-34 years
As a international student, I feel like I am welcomed in Farnham. Everyone was friendly and I can't ask for better flatmates. The tutors are dedicated and professional, lots of one-on-one. I actually needed a therapist for some personal issue and the uni was so really fast to connect me with a great therapist.
This place has utterly failed to support me in my studies. The studios and facilities are fantastic - they dont teach you how to use them.
This uni although has some good aspects really lacks communication and support for tutors especially on the image and styling course. I have heard I don't get paid enough multiple times and we are asked not to complain or ask for more days in. I feel as if my course in particular is pushed to the side and the lack of care for tutors is frankly disappointing. You will make this course your own and although I do believe if you are willing you can do well, that support that you want and need will not be met. I worry about students with bad mental health as support is just not enough at this uni especially at a time where many young adults will be struggling. I wish there was more passion coming from tutors and for me to feel like I can come to them when I need help.
University is small and creative. I had a small course, so it was great that tutors would care about students individually. A lot of one to ones. But student life wasn’t great. There is no party life and Farnham is not great town for artists. I was struggling to live in Farnham, people don’t like foreigners. Especially if you do hospitality it was hard and people would judge you
UCA has good facilities, and the smallness of the uni does bring students together and makes student life feel a little less overwhelming; however, the teaching standards are not up to what they should be. Lectures and classes will occasionally be well planned and informative.
The University facilities and Tutors are amazing, I really enjoy the feedback method of teaching used in my course, It is super effective as it helps me know what level I am in, and what I need to do to achieve excellence and be top flyer, The Student union is also amazing as there is a lot of initiative that encourage student relationship and participation. However I will like if there is more focus on student part time opportunities within the university to help us meet up with our financial obligations amidst the rising standard/cost of living. All the Best
I had a rlly good experience with all of my tutors on the course. They are very supportive, esp the year one lead. However, uca’s ridiculously slow in replying emails, management and arrangements, eg, for general requests, grades updates are an absolute chaos. :) some short-sighted classmates are not motivated at all.
The Uni is OK, not enough facilities in the 'studios' - more like classrooms - not all of them have a sink. There were 4 Macs to share in one studio between 59 students! And no Macs in other 'studios'. The location is good, near town and there is an art shop in town.
18-24 years
The town is in the middle of nowhere and it's filled with rich, old, white conservatives. There is nothing to do, the buses stop at 5 PM, the shops close at 5 PM, the train is constantly not running properly. The library on campus is only open until 8 PM and the campus is only open from 10AM to 5PM. What kind of student can work with a schedule like that? Also none of the administration has an office where you can talk to them and they never answer the phone.
So far I’m in love with the whole new world that I have before me! I’m very excited to see where I’m going to be in the future. The worst is coming to terms for needing help with my dyslexia
18-24 years
First gen student
I am thoroughly enjoying studying at Portsmouth University, although i have struggled throughout my time here with mental health problems all the staff in every department have been amazing and without their incredible support im not sure i would have reached my third year and be looking at graduating! i cant praise them higher, it is an incredible university that treats every student the same no matter who they are, where they are from or any disabilities they may have.
25-34 years
The best thing is many of the professors support me in a various way. But facilities need to be improved!
If I’m honest waste of money! Wish I left years ago. I don’t really feel I got what I paid for. Staff really do not care for the students, budget cuts have really changed it. Very disappointed.
18-24 years
My course helped me to realise the potential
25-34 years
not very good quality of facilities
18-24 years
Best Bits - lectures have a wealth of knowledge and are really enthusiastic so you come away feeling like you have learnt alot Worst bits - lack of communication between courses and students
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18-24 years
i'm doing the BA Fashion in the Epsom campus- its a sweet and calm lil town n i love that! i love the course and genuinely feel like i'm really learning. no really bad aspects that i can think of !
18-24 years
the staff is very supportive when it comes to the education and if someone is going through something they are very understanding. however the accommodation is very bad, very uncomfortable, I live in castle field and with all do respect the room feels like an actual prison cell. it is very small and very depressing. I would recommend that in the future when the university decides to renovate the accommodation they consider how a person would feel inside a room as small as this. I have heard several other friends complain about this. I tried changing rooms and going to one of the rooms in university walk, I explained my situation that I cannot share a bathroom with people, due to my beliefs and they didn't understand at all, I also have a condition called hydrocephalus and therefore it causes me to use the bathroom a lot, it is just very uncomfortable having to share a bathroom with a few people. when I asked about changing rooms and going to university walk they said there weren't any rooms available, but there were plenty of rooms available. I hope the university manages to improve that for the following years and try to take peoples feelings and personal situations into consideration.
3.7
In 1 semester I had time of explorations and many curious finds. Great course, nice people both students and the staff. Help whenever I need and facilities that put other unis in the dust. The student union adds so much room for opportunities and helping me perfect my social skills. Overall I'm having great time
Thanks to my course I'm able to finally have a breakthrough into the masses of my interests and meet many cool and inspiring people
All things doing good at the personal living space