620 reviews for University of Nottingham

Best - student atmosphere Worst -

Everything is brilliant although they are in debt which is a shame.

Best - being able to take part in many societies. Worst - could have more things to do in terms of fun outside of drinking and clubbing.

Location amazing, staff/lecturers really helpful.

Great lecturers. Poor communication from pastoral staff.

Where do I start. I do not like to leave negative reviews and writing this up makes it even more disheartening. I am a former undergraduate student of this university and I deeply regret going here. The level of institutional negligence is beyond my comprehension. Each year I was registered late due to "technical" errors. This meant that I was starting the course a month later than my peers. This put me in a huge disadvantage, as the course I was studying was very coursework intensive, so any setback would lead to an increasing amount of work loading up. This in itself was a huge discouragement. Furthermore, the content that was delivered in lectures often lacked depth of information. Implying that candidates must purchase the books recommended by the department to gain good grades (books that were written by the department themselves). These books despite their high price tag contained mistakes that shows nobody has proof-read over them. When I try to contact the lecturer about something that I did not understand, I would be lucky to receive a response back within that week. However, I must say that few of the lecturers I came across were exceptional with their teaching ability. When it came to invigilated exams, there were frequent stops to announce that there had been mistakes with the examination paper. When reviewing past examination papers, I observed many mistakes with the marking. When I contacted the module convenor about this, his response was that it was done intentionally to make sure that candidates are not copying. However, this seemed like a cover for the department's embarrassing mistake. During graduation, my diploma supplement contained errors with the final grade for 3 different modules. This effectively meant that my degree was classified to a lower grade despite my online portal showing the final grade. At this point I felt that I was being sabotaged of my education and it being justified to reach a certain deviation of marks attained by candidates. More than a dozen of my classmates received the exact same marks for completely different answers. Hence my reasoning to suspect that the department was fixing grades. It would not be far-fetched to suggest this since during my time of graduation, members of the institution were striking for better pay and there was a delay in getting back my marks for coursework and exams. To summarise my point. I feel like I have been duped by the marketing of this university and that they pride themselves in being a Russell group university with great prospects. I did not get this impression at all. I was frequented by countless instances of institutional negligence and this was not only for the department of mechanical engineering and manufacturing, but for the whole administration side of the university. I would have given one-star if it was not for the facilities on campus and the David Ross sports village

Great campus, could be better communications from module convenors

Facilities good, teaching dreadful

Very pretty and good location, support is very quick and tailored

The uni has a great sense of community and doesn’t feel too big