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Great study place
Love the events held at the CU
Its lovely
Look and feel of certain buildings are not very appealing As for student life other than clubbing there aren’t many evening activities to partake in
Best: Course/modules Worst: JP building
I’ve enjoyed being a student rep and seeing how quick the staff in my college respond to feedback
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18-24 years
I like how Cardiff Uni’s campus is so close together and easily accessible. The Students Union is modern, sells affordable food and drink, and has lots of fun events on. Cardiff Uni has the prestigious status of being a Russell Group uni without being boring or old-fashioned. My main criticism, however, is how difficult it is to get student support from the different administrative offices on campus. For instance, the Disability Service takes a long time to respond, and the Vice-Chancellor’s office tend to make poor decisions about new uni policies without consulting students first.
best: by the sea, good nightlife, affordable city worst: not the best transport connections in Cardiff, more global opportunities, work experience options on more courses
Best: study areas Worst: building quality
18-24 years
The best aspect is the career service. I've managed to get a padded CV from the staff at the service who always run workshops and careers events. They're a really good bunch and I've been to many of their events. The students with disabilities association is a great place to receive support from peers. I also loved student media and contributing to university student publications. In Cardiff those are Quench magazine and Ghair Rhydd. One of my best memories Is joining student media. A lot of my time is spent in the libraries especially ASSL (arts and social sciences). Great services available there. The librarians are always keen to help with finding books and articles. They helped me a lot with finding materials for essays. A lot of support was available from both my personal tutor and student mentor. I became a student mentor in my second year and loved that I could help students who are in the same position I was in during first year. Whilst I've had a great time on my course and with extracurricular activities. I would say that Cardiff is lacking in diversity when it comes to student life. This is not necessarily a university problem but more of a student union problem. I would say my worst experience is the Student Union. As a disabled student who doesn't drink I've found that there isn't much for me to do. Most clubs still have a culture of drinking and don't think about disabled people when they make them.
18-24 years
The best part about Cardiff University is the student life and the constant free events hosted by the Student's Union and Residence Life officers. It can be improved by some better building such as the law building. I also wish that there there were more sports facilities and that it wasn't as far away to the main campus.
Loads of things to do around, big enough city! Student - staff - university open dialogue should be more accessible.
I love the course, it is so interesting and they value our feedback enough to alter things on the program. The university support is there but it is under facilitated as is all support and the waiting times are long for counselling etc. Cardiff as a place is nice enough but can be a bit boring, i.e. its shops and bars and that is about it. But it is close to the countryside which I love!
Has a good Students Union, they put on lots of events and run lots of student activities, it's a really cool city but some accommodation is a little far from the centre but it's not that bad a walk.
The strikes are very disruptive. Psychology students are concerned that because we have missed so much that we may not receive our BPS certificate. Some building are also very outdated.
The best part about my uni experience has been the nights out and the people I have met. My flatmates were so welcoming and my course mates are so nice and helpful. I have formed really genuine connections with people here that I would never had if I decided to not choose Cardiff University. Yolo on a Wednesday is both amazing and chaotic but is super fun when i don’t have lectures the next day and worth trying out at least once. The SU who hosts Yolo aren’t just amazing on Wednesday nights however, they host so many things practically every day, from therapy dog sessions to vintage clothing sales. They also house the Taf which do amazing carveries. a starbucks and a bunch of other stuff like a coop for when you just need to quickly grab something on the go. Cardiff University is a great place to study because there is so much support and study space around you. During exams, I spent a lot of my study time in the silent part of the library. This was really beneficial as it was quiet and put me in that hard working mode. The only downside of the library was the wifi and reception was pretty bad, so if you’re going to study in there you need to plan and have the work you’re gonna do saved beforehand. Another thing I really enjoy about Cardiff University is where it’s located in Cardiff, right next to the city centre. This is amazing because everything that you need is only a 5 minute walk from the Uni itself. The only downside I have about this isn’t the location of the Uni but the location of my accommodation. I ended up being put into University Halls which is around a 40 minute walk from the city centre and the Uni. Because of this, we are supposed to get a free bus that comes every hour, however a lot of the time the bus is very late without any notice which is very inconvenient for anyone on the Cathays campus.
4.5
18-24 years
Cardiff has many excellent study areas, including great libraries. Best experience is probably masters research project, worst was lectures during COVID pandemic
Excellent research, lecturing during covid not great
Great location for social, but a bit far from most uni buildings, and some pest issues