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4.04.03.81333 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsFantastic campus with great facilities in a lovely location. Unfortunately the teaching standard has been poor as 'lectures' just consist of a 'lecturer' reading powerpoints word-for-word without breaking down the information and explaning jargon used. Reseources are outdated and nearly all pre-recorded lectures are 3+ years old and the learning materials have not been updated since 2020 prior therefore are outdated and some links dont even exist anymore. Some assignment briefs have not been clear due to them poorly written. On one assignment I performed poorly and was obviously disheartened by this therefore I set up a meeting with the marker to discuss the grade and where I went wrong, this meeting was not constructive and I felt the marker was disinterested in helping me and didn't provide feedback on why I performed badly.
Uni is good at support students as a whole but when it comes to my course there is little support there from lecturing staff
25-34 years
Good atmosphere, good facilities, huge library! Parking is terrible and improvements need to be made.
A nice study space that we are free to use outside of class time
Great support from everyone
The ability to get to each campus for free via bus is excellent
The university is very supportive and contains members of staff who are very knowledgeable and dedicated to helping students succeed
the uni is very pretty and teachers are really helpful
Our lectures go there lengths to ensure our learning is providing to a high standards. The only downfall I would speak about is the assignment briefs which I think are poorly put together. Another area what could be provided is the cost and the food served within the buildings. It’s very poor and should be reviews. Parking? Why should a student have to pay for parking when we have rent, bills and other expenses to pay for
It's a good place to study in regards to how helpful and caring the teachers are towards all the students.
18-24 years
First gen student
Pros - Good support - Great library facilities - Campuses are within walkable distance - Good workload balance - Calm and quiet Cons - It's Sunderland- Not really a student city - Many older students, so can be tricky to make friends of your age sometimes
It combines a lot of the best parts of remote university campuses and city campuses; you have a shopping centre and a busy, bustling town 5 minutes away from both university sites, and you also have a beach that you can get to easily on foot. Everybody around is always so friendly because Sunderland is such a tightly-knit community, and there's plenty of opportunities and things to explore even on your own. It's a place where you can never get bored of living in or simply experiencing every single day.
This is my 3rd degree at this university! I've studied health and social care undergrad, practice development in social work and now adult nursing blended! I'm due to start my nursing masters giving I pass the undergrad 🙏 The university are supporting in all aspects, however being an individual that was brought up in care, and not many ambitions etc, due to the title you have the university of Sunderland have the best support for care leavers and estranged students. The we care team are absolutely amazing, there for anything and everything ❤️ I don't think I could study at any universities! Just 1 little thing to improve on - add a clinical skills degree and a PhD linked to nursing .. also a degree which allows you to become a nurse paramedic which doesn't require a full 3 year nursing degree and a full 3 year paramedic degree! Ither then that, I have nothing else to complain about!
It’s situated in a cool and conducive environment which aids studying. The communication system is top notch. Also Students are one of the top priorities . However, the skim of tuition payments should be review, either extended the single payment or making it up to at least two installments.
The university offer a lot of support, have brilliant facilities and where possible, go out their way to provided 1 to 1 help.
good
For me, I think the school is great. Although the buses are often on strike, but providing us with pink school buses and a free metro cuts a lot of time off our commute. There are also a lot of activities for students to communicate.
Great facilities plenty of places to study! Practical sessions are in ward-like classrooms where you can practice on PCPIs, other students and dummies. Improvement- When you get a referral on an assignment, the same person who gave you the feedback should mark it! Parking is a nightmare at City campus. If you don't get there before 8:15 you don't get a space!
The Best thing about this university is how much additional support your get from staff members, whether it’s in regards to our education or whether it’s with the well being team where they help students with their mental health. We get a lot of opportunities to volunteer, study abroad and other things such as little trips that are well needed sometimes. Transportation is also quite good as there’s a bus you can take right outside of the campus or the metro is 5-10 minutes away from the campus. The bad things to consider would be things like certain staff members aren’t very understanding and polite when it comes to certain students
4.3
18-24 years
First gen student
I love the uni itself, the library is great, there are plenty of places to study and some good things around Sunderland to do. It’s great that the St Peters Campus is so close the the national class centre, i feel like there is not enough parking on a Monday or Tuesday, but this could be because of the go north east strikes. Finding things to do and people to talk to can be a pain especially if you’re on such a small person’ed course. There doesn’t seem to be too much student support, and you seem to have to constantly be on the university’s back to get what you need (not want) out of a course. The hours on the course make it seem like a waste of time, we are in 3 days a week but this could be pushed into two and travel isn’t taken into account.
The course was not really worth the time or money in the first two years, there was a lot of thought to drop out, it because difficult to find the want to come in, the uni haven’t really thought about the timetable, it could be in two days rather then over the three, some of the lessons only last an hour and a half but said to be 3 hours.
Love the Glass centre, the fast food, the night life is okay, but Sunderland isn’t really safe unless you know the area, where to avoid and how to speak to people.