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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member1263847 On 15th November 21 verified Verified student

It’s a great place to study go be honest the best part is the library and it’s view

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Student Review: 1.8 /5
By member1263822 On 12th November 21 verified Verified student

I want to end my life because of this university they have put me through so much I would rather not live anymore, not supportive one bit.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By ConnorLanc On 22nd September 21 verified Verified student

BCU has offered a wide range of benefits while studying there! The quiz night supplied by the students union is the best so far!

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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member1261662 On 11th August 21 verified Verified student

Parkside is gorgeous. The shops in there, facilities, rooms, it was great. Never bothered with societies

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Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member1161506 On 31st July 21 verified Verified student

BCU offer a lot of facilities and help for students! Living close to the university makes it easier for me to access the libraries when I need and tutors

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member561160 On 21st July 21 verified Verified student

So far my experience at BCU has been great with very intuitive lectures despite being online and constant support and feedback from lecturers even when I didn’t ask for it.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member660911 On 13th July 21 verified Verified student

It’s been amazing I love every moment it’s been so much fun

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Student Review: 4.8 /5
By member660837 On 8th July 21 verified Verified student

Good university and facilities Modern and good teaching

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member1060700 On 3rd July 21 verified Verified student

BCU delivers its courses in the most engaging ways and the lecturers make an effort to go an extra mile for the students to understand the topics. I'm glad to have chosen BCU as my university to complete my degree certification. I highly recommend them as the go-to campus.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member1060532 On 25th June 21 verified Verified student

Birmingham City University is a good place to make new friends

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member1260287 On 18th June 21 verified Verified student

Amazing university with good support system.

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Student Review: 1 /5
By member1360286 On 18th June 21 verified Verified student

Amazing university should always go

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member760182 On 16th June 21 verified Verified student

Had a lovely first year, I look forward to the same next year. Shoutout to the English department

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member460183 On 16th June 21 verified Verified student

Really good and supportive staff at BCU.

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Student Review: 3.2 /5
By member1060132 On 15th June 21 verified Verified student

Only went into class for ~6 months due to Covid, but the classrooms were clean and newly refurbished. Never joined any societies as it requires registering through the student union website (which used the wrong name for me)

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member1060102 On 14th June 21 verified Verified student

My university experience has been great. During the pandemic I had more involvement within societies and the student union. There is so much support and facilities for students. The only downfall I have noted is this sense of independency. If students don't seek out these facilities/services themselves, then they won't be provided to them. This explains why so many students aren't aware of other things that university can provide which aren't part of their course. Yes, we do get certain emails, but these services/facilities are lost within them as students get bombarded with too many emails. The emails that do have information contain a small amount that can be easily missed. I think an idea for improvement would be an introduction on the "YourPages" on Moodle. Most of us didn't see this as we never had anyone show us. This explains why there aren't as many students are only participating in the educational aspect of university.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member959829 On 10th June 21 verified Verified student

It’s kind of okay, Bagot is calm

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Student Review: 2.2 /5
By member1259505 On 3rd June 21 verified Verified student

Been at home the whole time need a refund really

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Student Review: 1.6 /5
By member1159391 On 1st June 21 verified Verified student

facilities could benefit from improvement but other than that no complaints

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member959376 On 1st June 21 verified Verified student

despite covid affecting us the staff have been extremely helpful.

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Student Review: 3.8 /5
By member859104 On 27th May 21 verified Verified student

This university has a great teachers but the staff is very unhelpful in nature, since the classes are still online I don't have that much experience.

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Student Review: 3.8 /5
By member1158575 On 23rd May 21 verified Verified student

Nice staff, good campus facilities. Nice location right in the centre

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Student Review: 2 /5
By member658531 On 21st May 21 verified Verified student

It's okay, has very friendly staff and has what you need when doing your work if you ask around. Overall its a good university.

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member1058170 On 18th May 21 verified Verified student

BCU is a decent university but there are definitely flaws. Throughout the pandemic, a lot of staff members have gone silent on the students, particularly those in leadership positions and it has made students feel a bit isolated. Some staff have been exceptional though and in general, the university is good but a little disorganised at times.

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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member458110 On 18th May 21 verified Verified student

A wonderful University that has so much to offer. The facilities are brilliant and the teaching is great as well.

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member958030 On 17th May 21 verified Verified student

A very committed and supportive team of staff that are always willing to help.

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Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member1056253 On 14th April 21 verified Verified student

It's alright, I suppose. The administration teams are absolutely awful though. They take ages to reply to an email and you have to keep checking in to even get a response, which is quite concerning considering your career choice is in their hands.

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Student Review: 2.4 /5
By member656146 On 13th April 21 verified Verified student

Haven’t been on campus much due to covido

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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member756116 On 13th April 21 verified Verified student

It has been a good experience this year

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Student Review: 5 /5
By Aseema Das On 24th March 21 verified Verified student

Great teaching and a nice student environment with all facilities and vibrant student life.

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member855147 On 11th March 21 verified Verified student

It was okay, inspire of the COVID situation.

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Student Review: 1.4 /5
By member555141 On 11th March 21 verified Verified student

Bagot accommodations is the worst, Dirty, unhygienic, found a rat, Racist, poor reception service, charged extra money Don’t do Bagot

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member754740 On 27th February 21 verified Verified student

Nice University, many facilities

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member754475 On 22nd February 21 verified Verified student

Nice place to study when away from home :)

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Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member454365 On 19th February 21 verified Verified student

Good university enjoy my time here

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member1154366 On 19th February 21 verified Verified student

enjoying it so far just wish that covid didn’t restrict the on campus experience

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Student Review: 2.2 /5
By member554010 On 9th February 21 verified Verified student

As a nursing student starting in a January cohort. There was very little involvement from the student unions. The facilities were below par and the majority of the teachers were shockingly poor.

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member753464 On 13th January 21 verified Verified student

Underrated Uni, Good clean and modern campus, graduate+ there to help always

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member953453 On 12th January 21 verified Verified student

Graduated Interior Arch & Design. We are provided with plenty of free software (I do not count 2017 as it was the first year the course was running). The course has so much to it that I stopped having a daily life. My daily life was Interior Architecture and design. Always felt like I am not doing enough and had so many breakdowns due to that. But some of us have it easy way (especially if you got related background) and some of us have it the hard way. It is a very broad course and I think it is delivered very well. Now I am more creative than I ever was. I would say that COVID made the studies much harder, but if you are going to stude IAD, you won't miss out on a lot. The course is more practise than anything. I would say - the thing I lacked the most was the extra time which I could spend in workshops or societies. I believe it is not shocking that I could not make the time, afterall I was foreign student who doesn't get any finance and works for food and accomodation..

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member852961 On 7th December 20 verified Verified student

One of the best in Birmingham, great support from faculty, student support is amazing and academically a great place to study and learn. Close to the city centre and new street station is all in walking distance

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Student Review: 5 /5
By kezzer_king On 1st December 20 verified Verified student

BCU I feel is a fantastic University. After open day it was 100% my first choice! It is spacious has a large restaurant, coffee spaces and even a Starbucks! It has a huge library and study area if you want to work alone or with friends. The staff are fantastic and they are there to help you throughout your journey at university.

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By Faye Osafo On 1st December 20 verified Verified student

Good and educational- nice place to study

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Student Review: 2.4 /5
By member1252127 On 14th November 20 verified Verified student

The uni is good, clean, well managed and a nice environment

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Student Review: 1 /5
By member752009 On 10th November 20 verified Verified student

Ruined mainly by covid. Instead of being on a 1-week timetable, we are given a 2-week timetable even though this should not be the case as all monitors within the uni, especially in the computing department have webcams meaning all lectures should be at the same time weekly as those with a low tuition loan and no help form families cannot get the work needed to pay rent and food.

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Student Review: 3.8 /5
By member1051812 On 27th October 20 verified Verified student

They are just there, and don't care much about their international students. Getting an extension is a war. I would have avoided them if I knew what I know now.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By meganhil27 On 22nd October 20 verified Verified student

love this uni could not fault them at all. would recommend

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Student Review: 5 /5
By Ohmzma On 22nd October 20 verified Verified student

This year is weird, i dont know how i would have managed

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Student Review: 1.8 /5
By member1350915 On 3rd September 20 verified Verified student

The wifi in on campus is poor, the canteens are terribly expensive for the quality of food and the campus is generally crowded.

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member550704 On 23rd August 20 verified Verified student

I had an amazing time at BCU. The support was fantastic - I needed additional support due to health conditions and this was no problem at all. My personal tutor was great, and (almost) all of my tutors were knowledgeable (many have got very impressive credentials!) and approachable, with my final year being particularly engaging. All in all I'll definitely miss BCU!

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member750602 On 18th August 20 verified Verified student

I don't know why this University is so underrated. In my opinion, one of the best Universities in UK. You will get all campus facilities, very friendly and helpful teachers, amazing student union as well as career services.

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member950298 On 6th August 20 verified Verified student

Great resources on offer and a lot of extra support

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Student Review: 2.6 /5
By member850281 On 5th August 20 verified Verified student

Economics department is great.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member1149639 On 2nd July 20 verified Verified student

Honestly couldn’t be happier with my choice. Amazing building and resources and my course was everything i hoped for. Just don’t make the mistake of living at The Heights (the student roost) it really ruined my first year

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Student Review: 3 /5
By Bea On 25th June 20 verified Verified student

Good facilities for Media students (expensive equipment hire for free, filming/radio studios etc) but I think you have to be good at what you choose to study even before you start uni, since you don't really learn much. Maybe it was my mistake to take a broad course without picking the speciality right away but I was hoping to get as much as possible and learn about more various media sectors by going to different modules: TV, journalism, magazine production/graphic design, events etc). Well that did not work out since after graduation I couldn't get any job within the media sector and I realised that I wasn't even feeling confident with my knowledge or experience enough. I didn't even feel the student life vibes there (maybe because I was 2-3 years older than most of the course mates) and other 'kids' seemed arrogant. Also, NOT a good choice for European students since the uni had mainly 'locals'. All my friends I had were going to UCB, where vibes were different for foreigners.

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member849438 On 19th June 20 verified Verified student

It’s a great uni with great staff and great amenities.

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Student Review: 4.8 /5
By member949250 On 11th June 20 verified Verified student

Great university, lovely staff and lovely students. The library has good facilities and lots of space to work.

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By Hannah Elder On 5th June 20 verified Verified student

I am a first year student at Bcu and have enjoyed my time there , the campus is lovely and feels super homely .

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member1049047 On 4th June 20 verified Verified student

A good university with good facilities.

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Student Review: 1.8 /5
By member848978 On 3rd June 20 verified Verified student

No student support, they just care about the money... and everything is a big mess, nobody knows anything, they don't know, who and how to apply, if you any problem, you don't get any help, and you can be sure, someone will mess up your life there

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member1148730 On 27th May 20 verified Verified student

nice location in the city centre

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Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member1348639 On 22nd May 20 verified Verified student

Uni sent us gloves and masks to help us to prevent COVID-19. So sweet.

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Student Review: 2.8 /5
By member946937 On 25th March 20 verified Verified student

I attended the School of Art at Margaret St Campus. The Masters program is a disgrace. If you have a problem no one will help and the teaching is very poor and they have no awareness of mental health issues or just don’t care. Now I have lots of debit and didn’t learn much at all. It is a very toxic environment.

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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By jessdowling97 On 20th March 20 verified Verified student

I have had a really positive experience at Birmingham City University studying Education Studies.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By Luke97 On 29th January 20 verified Verified student

Unreal university, great facilities, great societies can’t complain.

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Student Review: 3 /5
By member544413 On 13th December 19 verified Verified student

The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is fantastic. Facilities and support from staff are excellent and ( I dare say) world-class. Shame it is tarnished with the same brush as BCU. Dealing with BCU is an absolute pain from getting passed from department to department looking to solve an issue it took an entire semester to sort out.

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Student Review: 2 /5
By member943951 On 22nd November 19 verified Verified student

Difficult to summarise the experiences at City South, like numerous other students I also believe Birmingham City University do not care about their students. It is a in a constant battle with students rather than supporting and helping and listening to them, they can tell you what they can't do for this which is one of their strengths. Student Union is non existing, learning support is difficult, I wish I had chosen a different university to study the whole experience has not been worth the money. Beware of the false promises!!

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Student Review: 3.2 /5
By member1243877 On 21st November 19 verified Verified student

Knowledgeable research staff and lecturers with good facilities.

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By Calzinator On 20th November 19 verified Verified student

The university is great but the wifi fluctuates, sometimes it can be great to connect on to but the other half of the time it is awful to connect and actually get to use it.

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Student Review: 2 /5
By member1043193 On 5th November 19 verified Verified student

Teaching staff great the rest of the university is shambolic and don’t deserve the business they get. Continuous errors and lies by other departments - be prepared to be past from Pilar to Post and life being made a living hell! When things don’t go right they are beyond a joke! Nearly 6 months on and basic issues not resolved.

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member1043004 On 29th October 19 verified Verified student

Students at societies are not welcoming

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member1042614 On 8th October 19 verified Verified student

Brilliant university. Great installations, wonderful staff. Wifi is a bit inconsistent at times.

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Student Review: 2.8 /5
By member1139851 On 22nd June 19 verified Verified student

Does the student union even exist, if it does it sure isn’t making itself known. There has been no attempt to let students know of what clubs or societies are around or how to sign up for them. These societies do not host events either.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member439782 On 19th June 19 verified Verified student

Lots of help if it’s needed and lots of things always going on around campus.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By AmeMcQ On 17th June 19 verified Verified student

The university is well placed and has lots of areas for study and relaxing, there are a large number of societies and an overall good vibe across the entire campus, the staff are also very supportive and help you to get the most out of your experience at BCU

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Student Review: 3.8 /5
By member738967 On 5th June 19 verified Verified student

I like the university and the city

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Student Review: 3 /5
By member937620 On 3rd May 19 verified Verified student

Quick wifi, lots of facilities on campus

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Student Review: 3 /5
By member837552 On 1st May 19 verified Verified student

your actually milking it i don't care

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member1337177 On 17th April 19 verified Verified student

Good goog good good good good good good good

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Student Review: 4 /5
By myasu2 On 17th April 19 verified Verified student

Good overall experience of being here.

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Student Review: 1 /5
By member537125 On 16th April 19 verified Verified student

Worst uni. Going through the fee status questionnaire is time consuming and the documenty they are asking for is so stupid. We need to proof if they are ur parents or not.

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Student Review: 4.8 /5
By member737120 On 16th April 19 verified Verified student

I love my university however the canteen could use some improvements.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member937112 On 16th April 19 verified Verified student

great great great great grea tgreat great great great great greatgreat great great great great great

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Student Review: 1.6 /5
By DislikeBCU On 12th April 19 verified Verified student

People are nice but the university itself is disappointing. The shop in the campus charged students ridiculous prices. Providing no materials to support students in their projects. Tutors act like we have no life, replying to students with vile email threatening to withdraw them from university no matter how hard the students ‘ personal lives are, to protect their own reputation. When asking for help, tutors are unsupportive. Being charged for using university ‘s facilities, paying £9250 a year purely to get a degree with no further support. Will never recommend to anyone

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Student Review: 1 /5
By member836310 On 28th February 19 verified Verified student

Worst uni I have seen in my life they don’t care about students , rude teaching , money minded university , nearly 1 % qualified facility all others are just trash 0/10 for this university getting a degree is wasting time, money and energy.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member735822 On 4th February 19 verified Verified student

Nice friendly uni and in the middle of the city

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Student Review: 2.6 /5
By lauraemilym On 3rd January 19 verified Verified student

Currently studying Radiography at Birmingham City and I have mixed feelings about it all. The university is modern and there are plenty of teaching spaces, however I sometimes struggle to find social spaces to sit and talk with others. I expected there to be between 40-60 people on my course judging by what other universities said but somehow there are almost 120 students. Because of this the timetable department constantly has the group starting early and finishing very late with large time gaps in between to be able to put us in a lecture theatre. One of my modules isn't very interesting and seems like a waste of time, I sometimes feel like it would be better to use that time to increase the number of hours on the physics and anatomy modules. At City South Campus, there's no student union presence since all of the clubs and societies are over at City Centre, so it is easy to feel a bit cut off from everyone else.

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Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member0022 On 18th September 18 verified Verified student

Student union pub was great, the facilities were amazing.

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By AlexB On 25th August 18 verified Verified student

The SU doesn't do too much, the accommodation team seem to be trying to get as much money out of students living in their halls as possible, especially with the blatant lies about what the accommodation includes.

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Student Review: 1.6 /5
By member433574 On 23rd August 18 verified Verified student

It has been awful, anyone who says this uni is good is only in their first year. THIS UNIVERSITY DOES NOT CARE ABOUT IT'S STUDENTS!!!! If you can get that through your heads then you won't be disappointed (maybe) if you go here. Everything that this uni does is to further it's own name, often at the expense of providing a good student experience. This is often demonstrated by their lack of response following a student complaint/feedback. It has a 10% drop-out rate across ALL it's courses! I don't know how they can say that they have 82% student satisfaction (I can only imagine it's because they do not include negative comments in their scores). The only good thing about my whole experience is that my course has been funded by the NHS which means I leave without any student dept. Even then I don't think it has been value for money... If I could give this univeristy an overall score of no stars, then I would.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member432553 On 25th June 18 verified Verified student

Good experience, excellent staff in the sports department. Provided all the support needed and the course content was clearly outlined and followed prior to the course commencing.

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Student Review: 1.4 /5
By member531673 On 19th May 18 verified Verified student

Very poor. At City South you are cut off from the social aspect of the uni - everything is at City Centre Campus. There is next to no Student Union presence here at the south campus. This university doesn't care about the students, it only cares about making themselves look good in the league tables. This means that you better forget about complaining since your complaints will never be addressed.

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Student Review: 1.4 /5
By member531673 On 19th May 18 verified Verified student

Very poor. Currently doing Speech and Language Therapy at City South Campus. The staff don't know what they are doing. There is no consistency in the marking from one lecturer to another, and the results are never moderated. They aren't positive markers and seem to believe that you have infinite time and word limits to write assignments. The course is badly structured. You'll often hear them go on about a 'spiraling curriculum' in which you build on previous knowledge. Sounds good right?! Only in theory though - in reality, it means that you learn everything in the first year and when the time comes for you to put it all together for the final year placement, you've forgotten most of it. The course focuses a lot on the paediatric aspect of speech therapy which isn't helpful since we are also assessed on the adult side of speech therapy. At City South you are cut off from the social aspect of the uni - everything is at City Centre Campus. There is next to no Student Union presence here.

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Student Review: 1.2 /5
By member730539 On 25th February 18 verified Verified student

very poor.. A lot of racism in the university

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By Sam129027 On 26th January 18 verified Verified student

Generally good so far. Course is interesting but lecturers are very hit and miss; some are great and some are poor. The uni itself has great facilities. The nightlife is also great as it’s in the centre of Birmingham. My accommodation isn’t great tho

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Student Review: 4 /5
By saurabh On 13th December 17 verified Verified student

Brilliant environment for studies and best knowledge providers. cheers.!!

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Student Review: 4.8 /5
By member929185 On 25th November 17 verified Verified student

I am currently studying Fine art at Margaret Street and moved from a different institute into the second year, I am overjoyed with how welcoming everyone has been, the staff and the students also. The student union doesn't really exist, but there are so many clubs to join. This doesn't really matter though, AS THE CITY IS WHERE TO BE ON A NIGHT OUT....THATS WHAT ITS THERE FOR. Curzon and Parkside are fantastic too, with amazing facilities. There are many career talks and presentations that you can go to, BUT just remember, especially all those writing negative reviews about BCU, WHAT YOU PUT INTO UNI, IS WHAT YOULL GET OUT OF IT!!!!!

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Student Review: 1.6 /5
By firstyearwastheworst On 12th May 17 verified Verified student

Facilities were loud, impossible to work in sometimes so had to use other universities as a place to study. Hires and loans is a train wreck.

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Student Review: 1.8 /5
By member926017 On 3rd March 17 verified Verified student

As abysmal as my time was here, the nightlife did have its ups so there was at least something there to take my mind off of all the trouble.

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Student Review: 2.4 /5
By member825058 On 14th December 16 verified Verified student

Overall I regret choosing this university. Since the campuses now share a common space (they are moving everything to Millennium Point area) there's no additional parking, no additional transport, and the canteens are busier (and more expensive) than ever before. Course content: generally poor value. Tutors do their best in the convoluted and restrictive framework to which they work in. Courses are shortened/deadlines extended/assessment criteria changed/etc at the drop of a hat. Lecturers are either (a) so sedentary they're complacent and just do the bare minimum, (b) blag their way through the lecture they were given just this morning to deliver, or (c) recognise the failings of everyone else so work twice as hard as a result, in the quest to give the students some actual value. Student engagement has plummeted since 2014, which is when I started. Staff turnover is quite high (see above!) so consistency is absent. Complaints about couse content get ignored.

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Student Review: 1.4 /5
By member624072 On 23rd September 16 verified Verified student

Don't let the fancy new buildings fool you. If you have any mental issues or are an international student, AVOID AT ALL COST! Also, the lecturers are unprofessional and really have no idea what they were talking about.

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