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4.03.74.4578 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsKings is genuinely enjoyable as a university, the locations and the student union services are great notably the societies ! In terms of improvement, their Gp services are a bit lacking as well as essay feedback takes ages.
Best - meeting different people of different walks of life; getting to know them and people outside of my course. Worst - Organisation and administration seems to be an issue
The strikes are horrible and affect our learning! Paying way too much for that
It's a great supportive environment in a good location with good facilities
The parts are the location being in the centre of London with lots of transport and things to do nearby. The worst part is the administration team .
I have loved studying here at KCL so far. What makes it a great place to study is the course I am doing is much more dynamic and diverse than other English courses offered out there. The lecturers overall are great and my seminar leaders are included in this. The campus is beautiful and is a lovely place to study; the location is great and the libraries are amazing. I have made great friends and people are mostly lovely. What I would say are the downsides are that I feel the amount of contact hours are very small considering the hefty fees we are paying. In terms of exams, there weren't a lot of guidance or help on how to actually answer them at university level, sometimes communication from the university is not great, and seminars can be optimised as sometimes they are not helpful (e.g. because the class size is too big).
Best: great support especially sim labs Worse: covid affecting
Lots of social activities and things for us to do with people throughout the uni. Very good teaching staff and high level of teaching Hospital next door to help with dental experience A bit irritating that people love so spread out because it makes them harder to meet and then means that it is harder to be friends with them.
Best - being surrounded by motivational people that bring out the best in me Worst - student budgeting with the cost of living crisis
More spaces for students to study.
25-34 years
First gen student
The library is fantastic but the group study room doors are too thin and when studying silently in the library, I can always hear groups in the study rooms which is disturbing and distracting. The doors should be made thicker ideally as they are glass at the moment
It is a great place to study for the opportunities that are provided, however the lack support and preparation for the London student life could be a lot better
25-34 years
my university course is excellent and I love the people, I have played netball for the uni for several years the only issue is we do not receive much funding from the SU for netball as we don’t have an Athletics Union at KCL which means fascilities for sport are not amazing
Amazing facility and really caring staff. Could be better by facilitating socialisation eg. provide more opportunities to meet people.
I feel like there's not enough life in the campus apart from the courses, we need more spontaneous events, idk
Social aspect
Best: the academic environment of the college is great. I have the chance to try human dissection and in vivo animal experiments, which really fascinated me. Worst: the accommodation space is so limited and some are really expensive. The cheap ones are tend to open just for 1st year undergraduates, and some are only limited to postgrad students. As the energy and living costs are really unaffordable now, I have to do extra part time jobs to support myself living outside the student accommodation, and this really exhausted me.
Not only is the location wonderful, being directly north of the Thames and even having some classrooms in Somerset house, the energy of both the students and the faculty is electrifying. Students can tell that they are a part of something important and that we are currently living through history, especially for my fellow politics students who are studying in the capital during these unprecedented times.
Very supportive staff in all areas. No complaints.
4.1
best: location worst: not a big uni community
Some lecturers are 10/10, some are boring but i think thats just the nature of every course
Expensive ... like £350 a week should be illegal in this climate