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4.04.35.02502 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsThe new library location. It’s right next to the larger Birmingham library. Plus with the Christmas markets at the minute I find it very busy and overwhelming when I just want to work on my studies. Summer row has a lot of college students who don’t take the student life as serious as us uni students so it ruins the experience for me in my opinion
Best part was first year in the socials making new friends connected with people wouldn’t have done. Worst is the amount of work
We have great facilities to have experience before working in the industry. It could be great if we have more student social clubs and better canteen food.
As a international student studying in UCB im very disappointed about the incident faced from the finance. No proper office to discuss student tution fees payment, no face to face interaction. Even people where rude especially front of house. Went there to seek support which I was going through really bad situation in back home, but I couldn’t get any support and take me to a very bad depression
The good things about the uni is that it's very supportive in every aspect and the facilities are great. The only thing which could improve is the location of the library. Since it moved buildings it has gotten alot smaller and not alot of space to work if you have your own laptop and even though the books are in the basement of another building, I feel like it would benefit more people by moving them to make it more accessible.
Could be better
All the facilities and things to do at the campus are great
A lot of the kitchens don’t feel fully fitted for what we are trying to accomplish in the classes
The university provides a lot of help for studies and employment.
For being a college of food, the food for students should be improved.
Overall, this university has helped me to prepare for the real world and employment as it has a top tier support from lecturers and staffs. It could be improve by providing more facilities.
Having lectures in two different buildings on the same day such as having a lesson in Mac house and then one in summer row.
The library available once moved from the link isn’t big enough for the amount of people and books, this uni is very supportive with great cooking facilities and help with dyslexia
Overall, I believe University College Birmingham has every requirement for every student that comes here to study locally and internationally
The previous library has been shut down (was not made aware of this/emailed) although appreciating the effort to provide one, the current facility isn’t the best and could be a lot better overall
The best is the support for practically everything, the staff are amazing and the teachers, I can’t express how grateful I’m.
The library moving to Baskerville house and not being told how to access made it feel unreasonable. It doesn't feel like the union does much. Having ADHD I found the support good. The campus feel very wide spread and not like other universities.
Accessible campus, good teaching materials, really good lecturers who go out of their way to help you.
4.4
The best aspects is the location and the ease of being able to travel among the campus as well as everything being within close proximity in terms of classes and staff. The improvements could be made within the investments for the course subjects i.e school trips, more use of different equipment.
The best aspects are the ease of contacting tutors for extra support and the variety of course subjects available. The negatives are the practical classes and being limited with the choice of ingredients used.
The best aspect is the space for the uni halls and having the availability of an en-suite bedroom however, the price is now too expensive for most students so it’s affecting the work-study balance as well as making students financially uncomfortable easily.