Coventry University in general

Coventry University as it is now known can trace its roots back to 1843 when it was known Coventry College of Design. In 1970 Coventry College of Art merged with Lanchester College of Technology and Rugby College of Engineering Technology to form Lanchester Polytechnic. When I studies between 1986 and 1988 for my HND in Physical Science (Physics) it was undergoing change and the front of its administration block in Priory Street was Coventry (Lanchester) Polytechnic. The Polytechnic as it was then had deep roots in industry across not just Coventry but the Midlands in general and it was no surprise that Lanchester was taken from an engineering pioneer Dr ...  Read the complete review

Full review -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First, here are some contact details:- Tel 024 7688 7688 e-mail info.rao@coventry.ac.uk Address Coventry University Priory Street Coventry CV1 5FB Website http://www.coventry.ac.uk/ OK, I am doing this review, as the parent of an ex student, who went to this university for four years. During his time there, I had to visit Coventry many times, not just the University, but the city itself too. I have frequented pubs, museums, car parks, fast food shops, libraries, and many other places. I also ...  Read the complete review

I have now been at Coventry University for three years and instead of revising for my final exam I decided to write this review. First off I would like to make it clear this is based solely on my experience in the “School of Mathematical and Information sciences” studying for a Software Engineering degree, so is no reflection of other schools at the university (as I’m told by friends that some of them are completely different”. Oh and by the way I hear your sniggers, yes this Uni lets anyone in, but as I like so many people had no idea what I wanted to do when I picked my A-Levels, when I finally decided I wanted to study computing it was already to ...  Read the complete review

Well... I spent a term there, started in September and I quit recently? Why? Because the Uni is so poor! Not just the uni though, but the course too and the actual city itself!! Obviously this opinion can only be based on my opinion, and there's a lot of happy people at the Uni, but I'm speaking for a lot of people there too :) The best advice I can give people is to pick somewhere else :) the lecturers are ok in all fairness, but the Uni is extremely unorganised. Particularly the MIS department of the Uni (Maths and IT basically)... Was the only school in the Uni that wasn't given accurate timetables, they changed the rooms the lectures were ...  Read the complete review

Coventry University as an institution is rather under-rated. But the city is...shall we say: "unfortunate." I studied International and Political Studies at Coventry University between 1994 and 1997, and funnily enough was impressed by the city when I first visited because everyone had told it was worse than Swindon. When I visited and saw that it wasn't worse than Swindon and, what's more, had a Virgin Megastore, I was sold! Of course, litle did I know then that every town and city has a Vrigin Megastore. Pretty naive. The city is a modern-looking mess with a skyline perforated by three spires - clues to a history that is all too hidden. Like ...  Read the complete review