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Sort:Latest reviews18-24 years
First gen student
Overall it’s a great university with a wide dynamic of support available. Staff are supper friendly and always willing to help
The equipment and facilities are of a high standard, but the constant construction and Leek Road Venue lead to a lot of noise issues which can make focusing on the work difficult.
18-24 years
First gen student
With all my honesty I believe Staffordshire University itself has great courses and teachers although the location is a massive downgrade. The place feels unsafe at nights and dirty.
As a first year student, my experience so has being good and promising! The environment is so warming with qualified supportive lecturers and strong experienced team of student support well-being.
Some great staff who have passion for what they teach. Some ways the module timetables are structured are a bit strange and make productivity difficult. One of my modules is split into a 2 hour and a 1 hour lecture, the 1 hour lecture is not very useful as you only have about 20 minutes to do anything productive in it.
I'd say the university as a whole is about what you'd expect from a decent Uni, the campus itself is nothing special but its gets the job done and there's a few nice cafe's and study areas. The classes are good, although I will say for the amount we're paying there aren't that many classes in a week. I'm supposedly a 'full time student' and currently only have 2.5 classes a week, with the rest of my time being SMT. Half the time it feels like I'm teaching myself. One thing I can't complain about is the staff, all the staff here are lovely and are probably the biggest pro I have. While I'm sure there are bad staff members around, personally all the staff on my course are amazing and have made it a much nicer experience. There are a lot of interesting facilities around the campus when it comes to the creative departments. Wood working rooms, metal work, computers, drawing tablets, an on campus art store, screen printing, laser cutting, 3d printing and more. I will say I havent had much time to actually test these out myself outside of some short workshops they all do seem very interesting and its definitely something to consider. Another issue I have is that there's a lot of stuff that's necessary for our course that we've had to pay for our of pocket on top of our already rather expensive tuition, which isnt really ideal and has caused extra stress over the year, so be prepared that could become an issue. We've also recently lost some staff members due to budget cuts which...Really did suck. I know I've complained quite a bit but I really don't hate the uni or even dislike it. The environment is nice and while I don't go out I've heard it is nice if you're into that kind of socialisation as well. The classes are good and the staff are great it just would have been nice if there was a bit more of the classes we're paying so much to receive.
Staffordshire University is probably the most supportive university you could attend. The staff care about students wellbeing, and they care that students are doing what they want and study in a way that benefits the student. A lovely place to study!
18-24 years
Everyone is kind helpful and thoughtful, they don’t pressure you to achieve things that others do only to do what you can do, to be the best you, you can be. Student life here is incredible, the staff and the people from all different backgrounds coming together in a place that can help them prosper.
The sense of community is so comforting, as well as it only being a a few minutes away from shops, cafes and landmarks, like Hanley park. It is filled with creative and supportive staff that do their very best to help you with your studies. I’m so happy I chose staffs and I’m proud to be a staffs student.
I love the place & the staff
25-34 years
The support from our mentors and tutors is really good. Also, study rooms are good and well equipped and tutorials with library teams are amazing and the click and collect option for books in library . On the other hand parking could be improved because there is not enough spaces by certain buildings and the cleanliness of the toilets could be improved especially in Ashley :)
25-34 years
First gen student
studying facilities and space is extremely useful for finding time away in peace. wide range of healthy food stalls and shops.
Everyone seems so friendly and it’s nice to be able to get support from peers and lecturers. The university has many great amenities to support studying!
I think that everyone in Staffordshire university is really welcoming. I had a situation before in another university where I did not feel supported by the student union and I struggled immensely. However, Staffordshire university has made me feel comfortable and heard. The course health and social care is an amazing course with a various amount of different modules that adhere to different interests. So if you're interested in care, there are care based modules such as counselling skills or if its more the public health sector, the module public health and research skills is really good. The lecturers where I am studying are all amazing individuals who understand just how hard student life can be. I have struggled so much financially and mentally since starting Staffordshire university and the support I have received from my lecturers has been nothing but incredible and I am so grateful to the team for helping me out in times of need. The campus is so physically appealing and beautiful and it has plenty of areas that are perfect for studying, such as the new catalyst building and the Cadman library which both are open and easily accessible 24/7 and so studying has never been easier! facilities include student union shops, coffee shops that sell pretty much anything and everything from smoothies to alcohol when you want to go for a night out with your friends and also the ember lounge which is an actual physical masterpiece, it is so so nice and the atmosphere and staff in there are impeccable. If there was any room for improvement on Staffordshire University, it would probably be that I wished that maybe the campus was completely joint and not separated into two sections but that's not even a negative because there within a 5 minute walking distance and the surroundings are lovely to take in. 10/10 experience currently and i would personally highly recommend to friends and family.
University is unfortunately let down by its location, however as a result of this puts noticeably high effort into the improvement and establishment of high quality facilities and providing a range of opportunities to students.
The catalyst is a great place to go and study and chill which I like. The lecture rooms in the cadman building near the back are terrible though as the seats are so far away from the desk so leaning forward really hurts your back, it would be better to have stand alone chairs instead of fold down ones like in a cinema. The course is pretty good. The societies are great, I’m in the re-enactment society which I found through going to staffordshire university and I have made amazing friends for life and really enjoy it so for that alone I’m so grateful to be a staffs student.
The campus is a great place to study as there are things like study areas and the library available however some of the buildings could do with renovations and just overall looking nicer
The support from the lecturers has been amazing!
18-24 years
The surrounding areas of the university and some of the older buildings are ugly and make me feel very unsafe. But if you are actually on campus is beautiful, especially cadman and catalyst. Night life needs more work, LRV is boring after a few weeks
4.2
Close to the train station, transportation to the local town nearby is easy. But not thinking much about the student who doesn't live in the hall, most societies are after all the lessons around 6 pm. Although the timetable could ask the lecturer to make adjustments, I think the timetable system should allow students to decide before each semester instead of asking the lecturer.
Supportive feedback from the lecturer/tutor helps the student to keep moving forward. However, sometimes I feel the class become boring, which might be because all the content is inside the PowerPoint and the course doesn't have enough interactive events between the lecturer and students.