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4.04.24.01361 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsLecturers are very helpful, seminars are useful. Very good careers team that help you with postgraduate employment and internships.
I love the city. De Montfort University has provided me with a number of opportunities to aid my studies and my future career! I love the gym and pool. I wish there was more internal networking so students can access other students from other courses.
18-24 years
I like studying at DMU, although I do not like leicester. The facilities are good and the feel of campus is very comfortable.
Some lecturers are better than others! We have missed quite a lot of learning due to illness and strikes which is unfortunate. Can't quite believe lectures finish for the year in the next few weeks. It would be good if we could use the time after Easter to pick up some of the skills days that were missed due to illness so that we don't have to make them up in years 2 & 3. Communication about starting could have been better. Had expected to start first week of October, then week before received info that we needed to be in the week before for the induction. Would also have been nice to receive a suggested reading list prior to the summer. Great laid back atmosphere around campus and most people are friendly. Not experiences the social side of uni (I am far too old and boring for that!) but the younger students sound as though they are enjoying themselves!
18-24 years
First gen student
The lecturers and support for the course are amazing and you never feel like you're alone. The assessments are stressful but the lecturers try to make things as stress free as possible. The area and other students are great and it's really easy to make friends. There are lots of places on campus where you can clear your mind and enjoy the views.
Overall it is a good experience studying here, I'm here from a two year foundation degree. The teaching levels and available equipment is much better than my experience on the foundation degree. However when I first got to the uni, many of the staff and lecturers assumed I knew how to use all of the university systems and processes. So I lost out on some learning time because of this. I have struggled commuting the hour to university for various reasons and the lecturers have provided me with good support and answered any queries over email.
Great facilities and help from technicians
The diversity of the place is great as it doesn't make u feel out of place. I wish there were more outdoor activities instead of studying in the class all the time as it gets quite repetitive.
The best - library and access to online resources. The worse - timetables, lack of understanding how poor timetable impacts on student’s personal life and budget. No online teaching post covid.
I like that the campus is all together, and that you’re 5 minute walk from the city centre.
Education 2030 is so much less stressful but the student societies are sufficiently lacking
18-24 years
First gen student
There is definitely a wide range of facilities in the Vijay Patel building available to be used anytime, with the technicians almost always being helpful. Specifically within in the print and mixed media departments, I find access to the workshops to always be accessible. I think it could improve by having more workshops involving all the ones we have access to in first year so we’re aware for second and third year of all the possible techniques we can use. I find my self sticking to what I know and not wanting to venture to new techniques as I feel at this point in second year it would be a waste of time. Being taught in first year would have made a huge difference.
Best things: The city The location The friends The night life The student life Some facilities such as the library being 24 hours and decent tech Worst things: Most facilties were poor, half the time lecturers struggled to use tech and 80% of classes in lecture halls had no plugs so if you were in class all day your laptop would die mid class. No student-teacher one on one time for support or guidance. Constantly needing to remind year coordinators to remind their faculty to be consistent across all teachings. Poorly taught modules. Lack of direction from supervisors. Mental health support was difficult to access and only was informed about in my final year. Cost of living crisis was ignored.
There are greg at facilities for everything we need for our course and we are supported very well by all staff and peers
Facilities are good
Great community feeling and atmosphere
The location is great as well as what the course covers. One of the lecturers isn't very organised which makes doing the work for their class harder than it should be.
What makes DMU great is the community, everyone is made to feel at home with many various types of facilities available in-and-around the campus with various shops to accustom to different tastes and as its in the middle of the City Centre its extremely easy to commute to wherever you are, the campus looks great and is always clean. The Food Village has amazing food on offer such as homemade Pizza, Jacket Spuds or if you like a cheeky meal deal it has those too. The on-campus library isn't something to be overlooked either it has 1000s upon 1000s of books available in every genre you can think of and more. The staff are very friendly as well as having in-house facilities such as a Starbucks, multiple vending machines as well as a gaming computer studio for leisure purposes. Finally, the overall feel of the University is very homely so even for international students or students who aren't originally from Leicester they won't have any issues settling in at the University and this is also helped by the various tutors and professors in the various buildings who all come from different backgrounds themselves as well as having a very high teaching standard and a high understanding of students wellbeing and overall development. However, if I could improve maybe one thing I would say the on-campus parking needs a slight readjustment as there is often not enough so people need to park at the Tesco Superstore which is a 10 minute walk away but overall a fantastic University and one where I'm still enjoying the experience
The university in itself is a great space, academically and socially! There are lots of places around university to study, and there is support in all faculties if needed. I have enjoyed the location of campus being near the centre and the facilities the student union create for students are great! The only downfall is, in a large course such as Criminology, I do feel students are not heard enough, even through student reps and as a third year, balancing and maintaining a good balance is hard and there is a lack of support in some areas.
4.4
18-24 years
The lecturers are really friendly and funny
There are not many placement opportunities but I do get a lot of one to one feedback from lecturers
I like that the shopping centre is only a 15 minute walk and the train station is only a 20 minute walk