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How Well Does Your Uni Treat You?
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I've noticed some of the former polys that are now uni's and trying to build up their reputation and numbers at the lower end of the scale particularly taking in students via clearing ain't exactly got student welfare at the top of their list?
A lot of them are more focused on the numbers and the bottom line then whether they're doing right by their students.
I visit one uni once a month and it's on a brand new campus in London, but all the uni have provided for them is a student union to drink at and that's basically it.
The uni is right on the Thames so the students are almost trapped by the river, there's no where to go unless they get on the tube.
Many of these new uni's that are building new campuses should have loads of facilities for students but often that don't seem to care what happen to them outside of class time.
Also just basic things, like at my uni they had two canteens, one with crap food and one with nice hot food, staff could use both, students culd only use the crap one.
And students were banned from eating inthe PC labs, but the uni also held day courses for companies and used the very same rooms, and they got tea, coffee, biscuits, etc served to them in the same room!!
I really hate double standards. Is there a website or anything where student can post their view on how well their university treats them? An insiders guide to life at their uni?
A lot of them are more focused on the numbers and the bottom line then whether they're doing right by their students.
I visit one uni once a month and it's on a brand new campus in London, but all the uni have provided for them is a student union to drink at and that's basically it.
The uni is right on the Thames so the students are almost trapped by the river, there's no where to go unless they get on the tube.
Many of these new uni's that are building new campuses should have loads of facilities for students but often that don't seem to care what happen to them outside of class time.
Also just basic things, like at my uni they had two canteens, one with crap food and one with nice hot food, staff could use both, students culd only use the crap one.
And students were banned from eating inthe PC labs, but the uni also held day courses for companies and used the very same rooms, and they got tea, coffee, biscuits, etc served to them in the same room!!
I really hate double standards. Is there a website or anything where student can post their view on how well their university treats them? An insiders guide to life at their uni?
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unofficial guides
and
new student
also push.co.uk
and the Virgin website for students. can't think what the address is as it changed not long ago.
tbh REALLY BADLY !!!
im at a small college of higher education! and its fab!! there is always a friendly senior student i can go and visit if i have a problem and life here is generally great!!!
there is of course the odd moody member of canteen staff and some policies i dont agree with!but over all a big thumbs up!!!!
Well that`s sad to hear, but you don`t say what`s bad about it?
I expect my lecturers to actually at least acknowledge me in the corridors when I say hello, rather than just being rude and ignorant...not saying they're all bad for it, but a lot are. I expect them to be bothered to turn up to tutorials they're meant to be teaching, rather than skiving like students would. I expect them to have made sure work they set us is possible to be done, rather than settings on the network needing altering for the stuff to work. I want lectures to be more than purely reading over notes that we can easily do ourselves in our own time because they're on the intranet.
I want the rules of my course not to change each year, meaning that I really don't have a clue where I stand each year. I want them to listen and act when they ask us if we have any problems we want resolving with the uni.
I can't complain about the computing facilities any more in the computing dept as we did get a new building built last year with brand new machines etc, but there is a shortage of machines for us to do work in outside of tutorial times.
Which is why Durham's annual halls rent is higher than the Student Loan payment now.
prices area mug and scholarest do our canteens, but only problem in our canteens etc is the price, 80p for a 500ml bottle of coke, and 45p for crisps etc
It's also a close knitted community as there's just the uni here (in the middle of nowhere