830 reviews for University of Central Lancashire

Course delivery: Professor should try to make leature more fun and intractive instead of reading PPT slides. Online courses offer flexibility and convenience, while in-person courses can provide more direct interaction and hands-on experience. Blended learning tries to combine the best of both worlds. Course hours: Lecture should be combine with lab so we can improve and practice the work as explained in lecture. Contact with Lecturers: Regular contact with lecturers can greatly enhance the learning experience. This can take the form of office hours, email communication, discussion forums, or scheduled appointments. The availability and approachability of lecturers can make a big difference in a student’s academic success

Lots of face to face teaching

The course is mainly face to face with a good mix of lectures and seminars. The lectures manage the content well and are experienced practitioners allowing them to put the taught material into context. The course is a degree apprenticeship so this can become very busy and stressful.

All are good with alll of them in uni

Online learning happened a lot in the first year and was not ideal.

I love that my course is taught in person and the lecturers are very reachable my course hours are manageable and I am able to have down time while having a lesson every day, everyone is friendly and my lectures are enjoyable.

This universitys halls are really good they are clean and safe and close to campus .

I can't speak for every course, but if you're learning Korean and want to have a nice community around you, this is a great place for it. APS is one of the biggest courses here, and one of the only UK unis that does Korean, so you'll meet a lot of likeminded people if that's your interest. The Japanese course is also pretty significant. The lecturers are diverse and knowledgeable, and I've had some really fascinating lectures. Even though I've fallen out of love with this subject since I've been here so long and would like to move on now, I still always say it's taught me a lot, and I've gained a lot of perspective about the world that I'm really grateful for. The support here for mental health has always been really great in my experience, and if it hadn't been I wouldn't have been coming to the end of my degree right now. My only regret with this course (and one that seems to be common amongst APS grads) is that it's a bit of a useless course in terms of the job market if you aren't living abroad. A lot of APS students will move to Japan or Korea after graduation to teach English, which is a little ironic given there's a tesol course at undergrad level here too. As someone that ended up dropping my language, I find it hard to see a career path ahead of me with this course, and since I'm not moving abroad, I'm looking for generic roles right now. If you maintain a good level in your language, there are many more doors open to you. That isn't to say that there's no use you'll get out of studying here. I appreciate everything I've learned, I'm just not sure I can use it to get a job.

I've lived in three different Uclan halls, however being very poor all throughout uni, I've lived in Moor Lane twice. If you're struggling with money and you're wanting to attend Uclan, you're looking at around £75 a week for rent, however if you manage to get a deal at Moor Lane, it could be much lower. The first time I lived here, I manage to nab a deal of £50 a week. The second time (2023-24) I got the room for £65, both deals being a discount from the regular £75 rooms. Even without the deal, it's much cheaper than other halls. My only qualm is that if you're looking to live somewhere cheap, the flat won't be great, but that's understandable. This year I'm living on the 3rd floor with no lift, and there aren't any windows in the shower room, so it gets pretty gross in there (and the bathroom and kitchen are shared between 6 of us, as you can imagine). Also don't expect anything like a living room if you're paying these prices. The benefit is that, unlike some other halls on campus, Moor Lane has a little common room, gym, and on-site laundry room, so you don't have to go far and everything is really convenient. Can't say the same about Whitendale or Ribble. The only thing is that if you live in the block I do the door isn't really secure; you have to slam it in order to have it close properly, which is definitely a safety issue.

I get on with all my lecturers and feel as though the resources and materials that we are given are very beneficial and I can go to them to with any concerns or questions. The only possible improvement I could think of is to have more group work and utilise the classroom setting more.

the course is a good mix of theory and practical work, with the opportunities to engage in group work and individual work. the lecturers are open to providing necessary assistance and support to each student. the contact time with lecturers each week is ideal and works well. one thing that I would change is the assignment briefs, they can often be confusing and extensive and are not explained to us

I have a double bed and en suite provided and a large shared kitchen. my halls are a 2 minute walk from campus and is extremely convenient in terms of location with the rest of the city. the halls maintenance are efficient and the staff will go out of their way to assist us.

I would appreciate having more than two days a week at university. I think that for Masters degree like mine, many of us thought that a limited number of lectures and seminars severely limited how good the programme can be, especially for Masters that is only one year long and therefore needs to be intense. The lecturers on my course were the best part. You could tell from every word that left their mouth that they were not just academics, they were practitioners and experts first and foremost and all the content we got felt like more than just theory. They were definitely the best part of the programme.