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Lancaster University has an abundance of beautiful green areas on the doorstep, but also has the convenience of city life with plenty of shops, pubs and bars. At the university itself, there are lots of free opportunities and part time jobs to gain experience and improve your CV whilst getting your degree. In particular, there's lots of opportunities surrounding sustainability!
Best = facilities Worst = location
The campus is great and really well thought out, only downside for me is I live the other side of the country! Lancaster is actually very connected in terms of railway networks so it’s easy to visit places in free weekends. Staff are lovely and everything is accessible and a 24/7 library means I never have to stress about having a good place to do my work.
The community is really good and welcoming
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Really great campus: clean, well-organised and many facilities. Worst would be the prices of on-campus stores.
Weather
Course is lovely, lecturers could be better, InfoLab is great.
Is a good uni
The campus experience
Stop accepting the funding of BAE Systems :)
Art facilities could be better. Campus is nice and calm and safe. Good cinemas and cafes in town. Stop inviting BAE systems onto our campus. Stop accepting funding from arms companies.
The societies are great, and the department of languages+ cultures is amazing. Campus is very brutalist, it's much nicer being able to live in town from 2nd year onwards.
Met really great friend on my course and flat /house and in societies, overall I’m really happy!
Lot of student support such as academic writing support and academic tutor scheme
18-24 years
First gen student
Lancaster uni has a wonderful campus which only takes about ten minutes to get to one side to the other, meaning lectures are always easy to get to. The campus is easy to navigate once you get used to it and there is plenty of maps if you get lost. Their eco friendly message is also something I appreciate, with them often holding events to promote sustainability. There is a free bus to town for groceries and shops on site in case you forget anything, along with the availability of home delivered Asda and Tesco shops. My only complaints would be that the on site shops can be pricey, which is understandable as they are effectively express shops, however this does not work well on a uni student budget. However, they more than make up for it in terms of on site markets and free coffee and food fairly frequently which definitely helps. In terms of the course, they keep us busy as advertised but so far it has not been too overwhelming. The maths side of things is ran through very quickly but they have plenty of support to help you keep up. Most lessons have catch up labs to allow you some leniency if you are not particularly quick in any one practical or if you happen to miss it due to illness. The lecturers vary, most leave plenty of time for questions and will ensure we can hear them however a few do not. Overall, they are good at teaching and at Lancaster all lectures are recorded so if you miss any you can watch them back, and the PowerPoints or hand written notes are uploaded along with it, so anything you don't understand you can go over again in your own time. Furthermore, the university has it's own employability and recruitment scheme to help students get part time jobs alongside their studies. My personal experience at Lancaster university has been a good one and they only have a few points to improve on.
Best is the people and the campus. Also really nice accommodation Worst is the location is quite far out of town
The campus is very green and full of nature. The students union doesn’t actually listen to your problems and ignores any new societies trying to start- it’s not very supportive.
4.2
it's great
it's great
it's great