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5.04.04.63494 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsBest: students union, location/ setting. University bulidings Worst: residences teams, do not deal with complaints well.
The staff are very helpful.
So many things to do both day and night Cardiff SU has both study quite study areas (libraries) and more social study areas with interesting options of places to sit - bike seats, sofas, booths etc Cardiff SU also offers non stufy activities YOLO and Juice or even just the food options in the taff or Starbucks It is genuinely one of my fave things about university
residences life team is so amazing, everyday they are at the social centre in the main accommodation building making us teas and coffees and hot chocolates and their is always wholesome events on (I've loved the ones with homemade advent calendars. also the student union is so supportive with events like feed the flat and £2 lunches. I always feel supported and welcome. My lecturers are always so passionate and you can tell they actually want to be there and teach and they have such a passion for their subject area. absolutely love Cardiff uni!
Nice community and everything is close by. Course is a bit uninspiring
18-24 years
First gen student
Teaching facilities are excellent. Uni accomodation bathrooms could be improved
It is a great place to study because of the environment and good quality equipment
Students' Union is great! Best club night in Cardiff and great places to study and chill out with friends
Cardiff university has honestly one of the best optometry campuses I have seen withing other universities that I went to for an open day. The campus is based around a very open and nice feeling area. Parking spaces for students are something that can make life for students harder and I think if my uni had that specific facility, it would have been much easier for me as I commute to uni using my car. Other than that I absolutely love evrything about my uni.
I think Cardiff is such a great place to study for many reasons. The location is perfect as it is so close to the centre and not far from all of the accommodations. The student’s Union has so many nice study areas which make you want to go there and sit with your friends (whether you are working or not) and there is a student pub and club in the students Union which are both really popular and lively. I think it could be improved by adding more food options potentially and adding more food deals for students.
Really enjoyable SU
Student support for academia etc is pretty poor. Students are very much expected to look out for themselves and there are not enough small group sessions/tutorials in the timetable. Social life is good and nightlife is also good. Not enough networking opportunities are offered for students
Cardiff is an extremely student-friendly city; it's easily walkable, fairly cheap, and has a bustling student community. The facilities are great, as are the faculty. The Student Union has a large building that's great for studying. One improvement I would like to see implemented is having more support for students from poorer backgrounds - Recently a change was implemented to the financial aid bursary in which half of it was required to be spent on items on their proprietary website. This was quickly changed after outcry from students. This type of attempt to save themselves money can be distressing for students who rely on those bursaries to pay for necessities.
No reading week and really need one study spaces are good
18-24 years
It’s nice, but some of the buildings are a bit old. I also wish there were more green spaces. I like how there’s a Lidl nearby though.
No real areas to improve.
Student union has loads of events and the night life in Cardiff is amazing. Facilities are great. Student support e.g. exam stress/ anxiety needs some work.
There are a lot of good studying places that are quiet and have good facilities. The SU has a lot of good cafes and events running - some of the clubs running at the SU are quiet expensive if you want to join.
Best - The chemistry department is in the main building which is beautiful and at the heart of Cardiff, so it’s easy to get anywhere, from the student union to the shopping area. Worst - Sometimes a wrong event gets put into my calendar, so I go to a lecture that isn’t supposed to be on, but that’s only happened twice at the start of the year and not since
4.5
I have to give it to the vast big Student union building with major different facilities it has. It is vast and loads of society events go on everyday in it. I enjoy spending time in the Student union. It has everything you need, somewhere quiet to study, shops, restaurants and gyms. I can say that you can live in the Union building if you want to. The thing that could be improved however, is some of the student dorms are an old building that has not much space and appliances that break often. So I believe the University could invest some money in getting some good quality student dorms that is more vast spaces and has a reception area so that people can spend more time with their dorm mates and study there while being able to socialise. I barely spend time in my dorm for this reason and would rather stay in the student union the whole day.
I think best aspect is the learning tools my course gives. The learning support is incredible with lots of online materials and lectures posted online and free textbooks for extra reading. The worst aspect would probably be the tutor contact time. I believe the time, most people are very distant to tutors and lecturers and we barely meet face to face. So not much quality time due to the fact that the teaching tools are already online and the support is there.
I like the location of university hall, I live in. It is close to the city center and the student union. It is also next to all the major schools (except for my School of Physics and Astronomy). If I want to go anywhere I can just go out and it is a 5-10 minute walk (unless if it is my school). However, that and the safety drills are the only good things about this University Hall. I got the short end of the stick. The university hall is old and so is the appliances, the room allocation for my flat was all males. Because of that the kitchen is always super dirty because once one person doesn't choose to clean it, nobody else wants to clean their mess and their own. The kitchen also has a fridge that broke down and the sink clogged a few times and it took a few days for the maintenance team to get here so we had to wash our dishes on our own rooms. Basically Colum Hall is top two worst university hall and I found out why the hard way. It is also the top two cheapest. Senghennydd and Colum Hall are both rated as the worst university halls due to the building being old and small. And I would have much rather liked to be in Talybont.