1,305 University of Manchester reviews

There's a lot of material and career talks

We were promised blended learning at the start of the year but this has not been delivered, the entire course is online which makes connecting with coursemares difficult

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Don't know because we haven't been in

Mental health support was really rough and confusing over the past year

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There are those services and they have a lot of offers and information on hand, however, for my specific course it lacks greatly. There are general career service opportunities and events and those are great too. There are a lot of written material to help with CVs, cover letters, etc. and a very helpful service for interview practice.

This year I haven’t had any lectures/tutorials/activities in the university live. I couldn’t even go go the Department building to explore because it wasn’t safe to do so. However, there are phenomenal lectures in this course, who truly do everything to make sure you get the best teaching experience. The learning material is provided in an incredibly effective way, each lecturer/tutor have their own unique way of delivering content which is very enjoyable. They are easy to reach out to too, always ready to answer any question or discuss any and everything.

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Hard to say as I’ve only had the chance to visit the Main Library and the Sackville Building but they were impeccable. The libraries in both buildings are incredibly comfortable to study in, the spaces are clean, disability friendly (even the older Sackville building which has quite a lot of stairs is suitable for people with disabilities). I would say that the Student Union are incredibly accessible and helpful too.

The university informs about the support they offer more than once a week. The mental health support services are great, the people who work there are very sensible and kind. I do not use the disability service but heard that it takes a while to get the disability confirmed but once it is quite automated, plus the lecturers remind before each activity/test/exam how the timeframe or anything else is adapted.

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The careers meetings I went to were not great however the job opportunities from volunteer opportunities is highly valuable

I really enjoyed the academic support

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I would say the geography library is quite outdated but I do enjoy going there, there is literally rat traps in there though and in the big library which is not good

Really hard to get a mental health appointment, however the geography departments mitigating circumstances panel seems fair. Jen, the director of undergrad, is extremely approachable

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Mixture of online and in class - mainly PBL which means a LOT of self guided study and its very unclear how much detail to go into

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The careers service is useful but there isn’t a range of internships that the university offer.

Online learning has been difficult as the lecturers seem to provide more work because we aren’t in person even though online work can take longer to complete.

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The shared spaces and study areas are clean and tidy.

A lot of mental health support has been put in place this year.

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The career service is great- they offer so many events and one-on-one meetings, as well as really useful tools such as the CV checker and a specific website to find jobs for after graduation. The only downside is I don't think that it's advertised enough.

Since COVID, all lectures and seminars have been online. Lecturers, for the most part, have made content engaging and have made themselves available to talk about coursework. The lecturers are enthusiastic about their research, and they work with you to find answers instead of just handing them to you. I have received a lot of support from my academic advisor, who has initiated meetings twice a semester. He has been really helpful in calming my nerves about the future and has signposted a lot of useful resources as well as advising me on my coursework and approaches to learning.

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The library has an intense booking system, and I have found that many of the smaller libraries and study spaces on campus have not been open during COVID. I also wish there was greater support for those students living in privately rented accommodation- not university run ones- as I have struggled with my wifi over the last year and some support from uni would have been greatly appreciated. The university also have a system which allows you to remotely access computers on campus from your own laptop at home. I found this really helpful when doing coursework which required specific software.

I have never had to use these services but I have seen and heard things on social media and from friends which do not make me hopeful if I ever have to use them. Also, they told us to treat lockdown as a 'retreat' and then proceeded to give us more work than ever before.

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All online, even the tutorials

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They have not been open during covid

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