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University of Northumbria at Newcastle in general |
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26/02/08 (488 review reads) |
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Advantages: newcastle is a nice city
Disadvantages: not much of an air of achievement about the campus!
Well I wasn't very impressed
I think I liked the idea of being at university in Newcastle more than being at this particular institution, which only became a university relatively recently! Owing to its being christened "the poly" by the University of Newcastle students. (the smarter ones in the city!) I'm going to get crucified for saying that but I dont really care because it is true!
I went to an open day to see if i was just being snobby, but no, I really just didn't like the look of the place at all. The law department had offered me a place so I had a look around there aswell but I just wasn't interested in being stuck here for 4 years!
It seems like more of a party-animal place to be, and not the kind of place where education and learning prospers!
If given a choice I would pick pretty much any other *proper* university in the country! But I ended up heading up a bit further north to bonny Scotland anyway!
Summary: i wouldnt go here
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- 22/11/08 If you feel this university isn’t the one right one for you, then go with your instincts and get out before red tape keeps you there. There is probably a good reason that you didn’t gel with the place. ..Especially true when it comes to Northumbria ‘University’. After two years, it may prove difficult to get on a different course, especially if it’s one completely unrelated to what you are currently doing. Other universities will most likely accept you, however, if you’re doing well, but with my experience of Northumbria, they won’t be pleased about it - other universities being the competition and all and tutors may be a bit ‘crafty’ about making you stay.
In my opinion, quiet, refined, hard working people won’t like this place and may be pushed to the bottom of the pile as (in my experience,) lecturers seem to favour the loud mouthed, binge drinking louts to the extent they turn a blind eye to cheating and sabotage. The Business School will claim this is what happens in the ‘real world’. Us ‘fair’ types know that no respectable business would allow such behaviour to go on without legal risk. This department along with the Computing/Science schools are known to be sexist, even by staff.
All-in- all, your scumbag and/or vocational students will benefit most from attending Northumbria, while the more academic may possibly suffer. As mentioned previously, your average drunken lout will be king/queen here, thanks to the ‘poly’ wanting to maintain their ‘party image.’ How do you think they get good feedback and win ‘Best New University’ titles?
Oh, and they are particularly poor in handling bullying. |
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- 04/03/08 Of course you can 'gain a feel' of somewhere through just an open day. You get to see what the location is like, the facilities, what the staff are like etc. More than enough for you to decide whether you want to study there. In my opinion, and the reviewers opinion, Northumbria is a poor University. With both of our reviews been made very recently, it shows what the current standard is like at the University. I was at Northumbria to learn not party and the teaching standards were a joke. If a student goes there and achieves anything higher than a third then they are some kind of genius. |
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- 26/02/08 Sorry for such a low rating but I don't think that this really adds much for someone thinking of applying here. You can't really get a feel for somewhere just through an open day. |
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