1,437 reviews for University of Derby

Contact hours are limited, studio can sometimes be too busy to work in. Organisation hasn’t been great in first and second year, some modules don’t have the best support

The content is engaging and interesting, and the timetable means I can work around other commitments.

Nice modern room and building.

Support is regular from the tutors , course content can feel heavy during the periods in between placement. I feel more relevant links to practice in the course would be beneficial

good contact with professors

Lectures are very supportive and the course was taught very well with a blend of assignments and real-world projects where you work with a business to improve a problem that they have.

Best aspects are theres a lot a topics to learn about

Facilities for the course and the support staff are excellent but they are let down by the course content which is weak, mostly unplanned and very superficial in it's nature. There is no depth to any lectures that are put forward

We have access to a lot of facilities/technology which we can then use in our own studies The course focuses on careers but it is extremely hard to get a graduate job without taking further courses

Student housing is super expensive, and often is not worth the value as there are often mould/damp problems The city is extremely unsafe as there are always crimes being committed For my course there are not a great deal of graduate jobs

My roommates were uncleanly and my flat was extremely messy to the point where we had maggots Management sometimes took a long time to sort issues like a blocked sink, so we were left days without use of the kitchen sink I reported the mess from my roommates however nothing ever came from this There were often maintenance issues in the entire building People often brang friends etc into the building who often were not students, there was a lack of security to monitor who was coming into the building and security often were not always present as they had to be at different sites The rooms and bathrooms are extremely small for the price you pay and have too many issues

Great experience with applicable knowledge to real world cases

Two days a week is easy to manage into my busy schedule and allows me a lot of home-study time which I tend to do better at.