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There should be more support for international students, the lack of staff specialized on matter regarding visas and financial support for international students makes the whole university experience feel more overwhelming and stressful.
Lots of different study spaces available
love it all!!
Add a swimming pool
Great uni! It lacks effective communication with the student body on occasion. lecturers are normally excellent
Lovely campus, student support could be easier to access
Best experiences going to the standard making friends and playing pool Worst experience first time seeing Falmouth noghtlife
Best is people worst is night life
Wonderful place, nice staff, maybe some people are a bit too isolated?
There are a lot of study spaces where you can feel relaxed and the mental health support is amazing. One way it can be improved is more on campus events
The layout of the campus is beautiful and lets in a lot of natural light which I like. Also my two favourite places, the sustainability cafe and the gym both offer great services. As for improvements, I’ve heard form friends that mental health support doesn’t respond to students concern with enough urgency.
Studying geography at the Cornwall campus is great because there are so many places to do fieldwork. It's such a beautiful place to live and work.
Lots of areas to study and lots of cafes to pick from. Also think cafes could have some sort of discount for students though
Best aspects: + The Students' Guild at Exeter is fantastic, they go above and beyond to help students. + There are plenty of societies to join and get involved with. + The Residence Life team provide fun events for students living in university accommodation. + One of the few universities which have catered halls for 1st year students. + Lots of green spaces on campus. Worst aspects: - The university operates as a business rather than an educational institution; they enrol as many students as they possibly can, which has led to a shortage of accommodation for second, third, and fourth year students. - The timetabling is done very poorly; be prepared to skip lunch for non-stop lectures beginning as early as 8:35am and finishing as late as 6:25pm. - Students are given a printing budget of only £1. - Accommodation is very expensive compared with other cities in the UK outside of London. - Some exams take place during the first week of January, which gives students little time to rest during the Christmas holidays.
The wellbeing teams are great for listening to you and making sure they can make adjustments to your learning that is right for you. Plenty of spaces both inside and outside to socialise or get work done including cafes for longer gaps between lectures
Beautiful part of the country It's really close to Dartmoor, so as someone who loves the outdoors, it’s perfect for me.
A really engaging course with plenty of learning resources and field experience. Very applied for the workplace. The campus is comfortable and a very lovely place to work. The outside student experience in penryn/falmouth is really unique, and I wouldn't want any other university experience. The only downside is that the transport to and from the university is very expensive and poorly run.
The staff team is extremely supportive, wonderful accommodations, welcoming events to make friends and supportive of you have any issues with finances or person issues.
Nice area by the sea and the green Improve by having another bus service take over when first bus shut down in Penryn.


Swimming pool in gym, more focus on facilities and extra curricular activities.
The course content and teaching is amazing, exam module being 60% of the overall grade can be better. It puts too much pressure on a 1.5 hour exam
The facilities are good, the location is also amazing. Food for accommodation could be improved