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Nottingham Trent University in general |
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11/04/06 (1463 review reads) |
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Advantages: Nottingham is a great city
Disadvantages: Money grabbing institution
I finished my degree at Nottingham Trent two years ago and my degree hasn't helped me in the slightest.
I haven't experienced other universities so I don't know if this is the norm, but NTU seem obsessed with rinsing you out of your money and not with teaching you key skills to use in your future employment.
Firstly there's your tuition fees. It costs £1100 a year and most of the modules you have to teach yourself. There is usually a lecture and a seminar to every module, but the seminar doen't include any teaching, it is us, the students that have to research the topic and form a presentation for the rest of the group whilst the lecturer just sits there and gives you a half arsed feedback sheet at the end.
My second rant is on the subject of the student activities they organise. At the start of the uni year in September, you are encouraged to sign up for sports or other activities. I quite fancied joining the football team, but wasn't prepared to pay the ridiculous fee of £40 for the privilage. This was one of the cheaper sports as well, you were looking at much higher prices for something like snowboarding.
At the end of your course you might expect the uni to let up in badgering you for even more cash. Oh no. If you want to go to your end of course ball, it will cost you £50. This is just to get in, it doesn't include your drinks and the tuxedo that you HAVE to hire. Finally there's your graduation, where you have to pay for your tickets, gown and photographs, again mounting up to a hefty sum.
The one thing this uni does have going for it is that is is situated in a great city. There is excellent nightlife, great shopping, culture with Robin Hood and it is also a big sporting city with the two football clubs, criket ground and ice stadium. I think this is the main reason so many students do go to the two nottingham universities and NTU seem to take advantage of this and fleece you for all you're worth. It is no wonder why so many students are in so much debt!
Summary: Visit the city, don't go to the uni
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- 10/05/06 I have to day, all uni's make you pay tuition fees, so NTU aren't really the big bad wolves that oyu make them out to be. and independent study is a big part of uni life |
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- 27/04/06 As far as I'm aware (and speaking as a former History student) the lecturer's aren't there to spoon feed students. In many respects, it's up to the student themselves to research the work for their own essay's and presentations. |
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- 11/04/06 I think it's a great shame that you do not know what to do with the qualifications gained here, and that you seemed to have dipped out on chasing a career, and tailoring your studies to that career. Is this the University's fault though ? Sounds like lectures were infrequent and that's a bad point from my point of view, but what kind of student support was there at the University, and did you use it to its' full advantage ? |
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