So many of my friends have dropped out from this university because lectures and lecturers aren't sorted...no order of classes. "Money grabbbers" in a summary. You'd think a university is a place for higher learning...not this place.
Side note, drama and theatre course here...BAD!
Before I begin my review I just wanted to respond to the negative reviews that I have read. I am honestly sad to read that other people have not had a good time at this university as i had. I wish that there is something that I could have said or done to help those who have had a bad time here or struggled in some way. University is supposed to be that period in one's life that everyone looks back on fondly.
I chose this university based on its location, wide open campus and that the course I wanted to do was interesting. I enjoyed my time as an undergraduate here, which further reinforced my decision to do a post-graduate. I have never looked back and am glad that I chose to spend my time there.
For me to say that this university is perfect is obviously impossible as there is no such thing as perfection in a person, let alone in an institution. However, I can honestly say that if I had a problem during my time here, it was quickly rectified by talking to the right people. This university is also expanding in several areas with the purchase of the old prison site to provide even more space for computers, students and lecture rooms.
I wish to end my review with one final thought; we are all different, this impacts upon our perception of the world and how we interact with it. Don't let others (or even myself) completely influence your decision on where to study, come and see for yourself.
Can't speak from an educational point of view yet as my daughter is just starting, but I just want to say how well organised it was yesterday for her moving into halls. Pleasant, helpful, friendly staff/students who couldn't do enough to help! It was greatly appreciated following a three and a half hour drive! Many thanks CCCU!
I am applying here for BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science. The staff are helpful and lovely, and have helped me every step of the way unlike the other 4 universities I have applied to. Students are really nice, too, especially on the open day, and were very understanding of my relative's disability so took their time when escorting us around the buildings. I recommend the Medway School of Pharmacy for prospective students and if I get into the university, I will edit my review accordingly.
I have nothing but positive things to say about Canterbury Christ Church University. The three years I have spent here have been the most inspiring, testing, eye-opening, wonderful years of my life so far and I intend to return here for my Postgraduate studies. Every University has it's flaws, however my personal experience has been nothing short of wonderful. In a Religious Studies course, the lecturers have vast knowledge of their respective fields and motivate and deeply encourage each and every student, going above and beyond to ensure each individual pushes themselves to limits previously unknown and seemingly unreachable. The campus itself is beautiful and has provided me and many others on my course with part-time work, maintaining the community feel to the University.
I truly feel any individual considering a University degree would benefit hugely from attending CCCU. I have achieved things I never thought were possible and have made life-long friends. Needless to say there will be a lot of tears when the time comes to separate. In short, from the moment you arrive at CCCU you are made to feel part of a community, and this is certainly the case for the Religious Studies Course. A close-knit relationship is maintained between students and most members of staff and students on the course form friendships very easily. Perhaps I got lucky with the students who attended this year as we all get along so well, but I am very very happy to say it has been a true privilege to attend this University and to meet the people I have.
Please do no come CCCU, especially for nursing, guys this university is a JOKE. No timetable, lecturers cannot teach or support students, your complaints are not taken seriously by the head of nursing and will be brushed off also they do not know how to mark essays . The only good thing about this uni is the i-zone. Please if you want a bright future In nursing do not come here. Honest advice
**ABSOLUTELY APPALLING INSTITUTION**
This is a really terrible institution. Money grabbing with exceptionally low standards and degrees that are worthless. Please do not let your children attend this 5th rate college, it's not a university. They are also destroying Canterbury with their land grab.
Canterbury Christ Church University not Provided my refund deposit and as well university staff member also not reply to any my email...
They send me an email that you will get your refund, but around 20 days completed I didn't get my money even they didn't reply any my email regarding refund now...
It's fraud and scam .. Please Be Aware don't pay they will cheats you , I lost my 5 lakhs rupee they didn't refund...
Having graduated from CCCU June 1998 it is fantastic to watch and read of the steady growth of a college that became a thriving University
This is truly one of the WORST institutions in the UK. This University does not respond to emails, does not offer advice. Like not support to student just get to money.
I would toughly you NOT to let your kid go to this Canterbury Christ Church University.
This is a shout out to everyone who is about to waste their money by doing masters there...go to a different university where staff actually have dignity about what they do and trying to support you.
don't go any Indian brothers there..
I attended Christchurch for my PGCE then later part time for my Master's degree. I really enjoyed studying here and the teaching was first rate. They were extremely supportive of me having a baby to look after and my tutor arranged tutorials around me, even let me bring him along to a few.
This was very different to my alma mater, The University of Kent, who told me I couldn't do a Master's degree, a full time job and have a baby. Christchurch found a way to support me through it and I gained a Distinction.
As with any university, you get out what you put in. If you're a dedicated student who wants to achieve and attain, the staff here will support you greatly and will always put time aside for you. You don't have to be averaging 80, just show that *you* care for your *own* education. This university does, however, suffer from a lot of 'bad' students. You know the sort, they leave everything to the last minute, try and copy your assignments, expect the lecturer to help them at 11pm when an assignment is due at midnight. Essentially, they blame everyone but themselves for their lackluster performances. It must be a indictment of secondary education that students walk in to a university and expect to be spoon- fed, and to a few of them, it's a surprise they aren't spoon-fed "What do you mean I have to research and do my own work? Is this some kind of university!?" My inner-circle of friends all walked out of this university and into a job in their field, some of which are earning very good money. We simply would not have been afforded that opportunity without CCCU.
i send to many email in Canterbury Christ Church University but university staff don't give me any email reply. after 6 day he give me reply..its take to long time in replay its not solve to student problem and not support to Indian peoples.Very little support from staff.
I would not recommend this university to anyone. my many friend study in UK University and all University give replay one to two business day..but this CCCU never not give your Email replay in within one week.
Please Dear friends I wouldn't waste your money. You get delayed email replies as staff always claims to be busy
Canterbury Christ Church University is worst uni...its not support to any indian people.
whenever you send any email and call to University staff ,
so its not give to any replay...for indian people
so please don't apply for this uni...my indian people.
I honestly suggest its worst University. please don't apply..
University is an institution of higher education and research which grants academic degrees in various academic disciplines. This place is an educational institution of UK . . . :)
Please ignore the negative reviews if you are considering coming to CCCU. I knew immediately that this was the university I wanted to come to, 5 years ago now, despite not even having applied yet. The campus is fantastic, the library is brilliant and the lecturers (I am specifically talking about the Religious Studies department) are all fantastic. I have been listened to, supported and have had my needs catered for excellently throughout my three years at CCCU, and I am incredibly sad to have to leave. Canterbury is a beautiful city, and the university is close to the town, and very good accommodation for first year students, as well as being close to the majority of accommodation for those privately renting. Canterbury Christ Church University is a fantastic university, I couldn't recommend it more!
DO NOT GO TO THIS UNIVERSITY.
I can't speak on behalf of every course but the business school has a selection of disinterested tutors who offer no help or guidance and make numerous organizational errors. Stuff like waiting months longer than you should to get back graded pieces of work as well as having deadlines and word counts shifted mid assignment. You will NOT get value for your money from this university just a selection of washed-up failures that claim they are lectures reading off PowerPoint s, who wont even have the common courtesy to answer an email regarding the syllabus.
Aside from the poor teaching standards the facilities are awful. The library should not be called a library. Out of 200 plus computers 20 are located in the Quite zone . Right okay because I really enjoy the rest of the library being incredibly loud all day with lectures taking place on some of the main floors. That s okay surely you can use some of the computers on campus instead when the library is full and noisy? Wrong. During the busiest period of the year lectures thought it would be a good Idea to book up these rooms for the whole days for their own personal use. One person really needs 30+ computers. Surely you would have the brains to book a teaching room that has one computer not a full computer room so that the people paying to be here cant work?
Please take note of this warning you will NOT enjoy the learning experience this university has to offer and will waste your money.
As the University seems to enjoy fiddling with the surveys they produce I can only agree with other comments that the 5 star reviews are just staff profiles not to be taken seriously.
Great science department with passionate about science staff and always ready to help lab staff
worst university experience. I would never suggest any international student espically from india to for any teaching course.
Thanks to all the staff who helped me to get my job
I've seen negatively reviews on here for CCCU and it saddens me to see this. Like any university it has it flaws... sometimes there aren't enough computers in the library - when assignments are all around the same time, which is something you'll find at every uni, all the students rush to the library to write their essays last minute. That's the students, not the uni. During normal term time there are plenty of computers and I solved this issues myself rather easily... take your laptop. I studied Sociology and the tutors were all very passionate about their discipline and it shone through in energetic lectures. There were a few exceptions of grumpy lecturers and late emails (they're human too) but generally we got assignments back on time and the majority were absolutely lovely, I can't fault them! I also firmly believe that you will get out of this university what you put in. The more you do and the more you instigate help and assistance from lecturers the more support you'll get. I have never once been turned away from the lecturer when asking for help. They give excellent feedback on work, more than just a tick or well done, they help guide you on what is wrong and how to improve. I know that each discipline is different and the experience of the university is different for every individual, I'd say ignore the negative and go to the university for yourself and speak to the lecturers and the staff. I'm proud to have attended CCCU, it's more than just 3 years of study, it has transformed my life and it is down to the lovely environment, atmosphere and the amazing people I have met.
Really enjoyed my time here on the nursing course.... plenty good times... over 50 pubs within the city walls - now come on...
This is a fantastic place of university learning for everyone. State of the art facilities in the heart of Canterbury.
As a mature student (I started my under-graduate degree aged 30) attending Uni was a potentially a very daunting thing. However, Christ Church is both relaxed and laid-back whilst extremely professional. After 13 years or so in work before attending Uni, those were important traits to me.
The only reason I haven't given 5 stars is because aspects such as The Student Union are not geared in anyway towards anyone above 21 really. Although I expect this is the case anywhere, so I don't hold it against them. Thoroughly recommend :)
Work hard and organise yourself and you will be fine. All the people I lived with in Canterbury went to this University and achieved either a 1st or a 2:1 in Business or Law. The people writing bad reviews are typically the people that couldn't take it!
It's very very worst university, Uni.. Staff not response in email.. And support to me.
It's my Owen experience.
I never not suggest this Uni.. In Indian students.
The last three years I have spent at Canterbury Christ Church University have been the best of my life so far. Studying at this institution has provided me with a number of key transferrable skills I can apply in the job market. It has widened my knowledge of Sociology more than I could have asked for, provided me with great advice whether it is academically or employability wise through the services it offers and introduced me to some people who I consider to be life long friends. Although there may have been a few hiccups along the way, they haven't been anything that a quick meeting or email could not sort out. From comparing my experiences with people from other Universities who are given little support contact with tutors or staff, I feel very lucky to be at this University where I have not encountered these problems.
Although I cannot speak for all the staff within this University the ones I have come across have been truly supportive, kind and generous in the time they provide for meetings and discussing work with me. I have received my work back promptly with excellent detailed feedback and my queries have (normally) been answered within 24hours of sending an email.
I would highly recommend Canterbury Christ Church as a great University for people to come and study at and I am sad to be graduating this summer.
Next to the church. ancient city. Rich life flavor, bought a pack of cherries and eat all the way.
With all things considered, Christ Church is a solid University. Definitely recommend it to any sixform students thinking about heading into further education. Also, Canterbury city itself is amazing!
Tolga Ozkaratan wants Canterbury university college
Good lecturer by the name Alan Mount. a very supportive man, always ready to listen to you. good man I wish in the very best of everything life has to offer. For other lectures teaching the ODP students, I will give them Zero.
A great university with some great courses. I've studied here and at the other local (to Canterbury) university. They are both good but Christ Church is for sure a friendlier place to be. The Grad School is excellent and run by people who really care about your progress. The Business School was also excellent with some outstanding staff and modules.
In your first year how many people are aloud to visit you got told it was 1
I have my15 y old daughter completing an English Summer Course here. The first week has passed and all they have done is a very poor blog where they are posting internet searches that they do about Canterbury and its history. There has been no review from the teacher on the text, thus it contains errors, and the students are working in small groups made of students from the same country. Hardly speaking any English!!! The school has made the assumption that students of the same age have the same level of English, another big mistake. Classes are boring, very. I do not recommend this school at all. Bad choice!
Spent the best 4 years off my Life at this Uni.
Very good location in regards to motorway driving, never in the 4 years of commuting to this University was i stuck in traffic, always a clear run via A20.
In regards to the uni i would say its very diverse, you will meet a lot of different people from all walks of life who are friendly and willing to help. The lectures also i found to be very helpful (even when it comes to resits). They are contactable at most times of the day (to the point when i was stressing about my dissertation i was having a conversation with my lecturer at 11:30pm getting the relevant help).
Now onto whats around Canterbury? Christ church is surrounded by Canterbury high street, with an array of shops from Top Man and New Look to Currys Pc World and JD, you are surrounded with the big high street retailers. The town center is considerably clean, and always thriving with students whether they be from the neighboring Kent Uni , or college. NOOOWWW!!! the night life..... definitely my favorite aspect of the university within the 1st year. Tried the two main spots in the town, Chemistry and Cuban, and local smaller pubs dotted around the town. Chemistry wasn't bad the first times going, however starts to become a boar with the usual idiots who want to cause trouble, and sometimes over priced drinks. Cuban on the other hand loved, very chilled urban american clubbing vibe, mainly hip hop and rnb, with a smart dress code. Drinks aren't overly priced.
Overall i loved my time at Christ Church and i learnt a lot of life lessons being at Uni, and would do it all again in a heart beat (except the learning).
Just an amazing experience, I have no regrets. These past three years have set me up for the rest of my life.
Good accomodation, but it's annoying that you have to walk through the city centre to get to classes.
Terrible to study Business studies do not go here i am having to transfer to Bournemouth. Apart from a good economics lecture the rest are rude,arrogent and not very supportive . Plus they do not mark your work on time and unfairly grade More
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