Canterbury Christ Church University

No freahser events for new students this year however the facilities for nurses to practice in is amazing! They have a fake hospital with amazing equipment- student union is POOR! Canterbury students are hardly involved in anything

Careers service was okay. Didn’t use student union at all throughout the three years. Limited work experience opportunities. Teaching generally good but some were unhelpful and disinterested.

Cccu was ok the course tutors could be helpful and the overall course was ok. The rooms and course content was good.

Organisation is not their strong point Have very good sports opportunitues Great nursing facilities Campus is easy to locate and the lay out is easy to follow Teaching staff for nursing are very good and helpful

very good uni got all the things you need for studies and good lecturers. good sites to concentrate on learning such as church style halls for social netwoking or talks about life in groups of students , advisors. 12 hour service library and job or career pathway groups in library for guide and help for students. opportunities to open up your own club or society.

The uni is a campus one so all the main buildings are on one main site with one or two buildings off campus, along with the library. The library is huge and the opening hours are often extended nearer to deadline/ exam season.

The facilities with regards to the main campus, certainly could use improvement. Many of the buildings are made of cheap material and certainly won't last. The sports facilities also need improvement, with particular notice to the lack of sports fields. The student union does well to represent the views of most students and hold open fair elections. One thing that is lacking is the opportunity for careers services or advice. This is almost entirely exclusive to those in their final year and is not well advertised.

I am on the Medway campus. A decent campus with a decent canteen. Library is large and you can order books in from the other campuses which is nice and the buildings are quite pretty. However, the uni can be a bit unsupportive, particularly with mental health issues which is a huge problem. This is mostly an issue on the Medway campus and I was unable to receive support in my second year which was very difficult for me. There is not a lot of social activities here, CCCU is very excluded from the activities of the other two unis on campus since we are no longer part of a joint union which the other two are. The gym on campus is small but generally pretty quiet so its not a problem. It is also very cheap. Though the other two unis get it cheaper than the CCCU students, of course!! I learnt a lot here. But if I had to do it again, I would probably look elsewhere. They are held in high regard for my particular course, but a more supportive university would have benefited me more.

Some of the facilities could do with an upgrade and be taken better care of. My course is great but the lecturers do not always seem to care, they take forever to reply to emails, they read off the PowerPoint slides 90% of the time which for me seems pointless to turn up especially if they are recording the session anyway so you are not really missing anything, their voices are monotone, boring and to be honest it is hard not to fall asleep during the sessions. They give little assistance! The student union offers cheap food which is great! It is a chilled space for all walks of life, if you want a quiet drink you can do that, if you want an atmosphere go to quiz on a Sunday and drink, if you want cheap food - it's pretty good, if you want to watch sports they offer that on the projector screen too! The mental health team need reviewing and updating their training as they do very little to help and not enough to help.

Uni itself is okay facilities and campus are great. Our Library is really great! only thing bothering me is that students are not that welcoming to the international students and since there is like 100 of us and i know name of like one persone, maybe it is also my fault partly, but still I feel left out.

There are a couple of things I’d like to mention about Christ church as a university. Firstly- the price of food in the cafe is ridiculous, I cannot compaire this to other university’s but I think £4 for 1 chicken wrap is ridiculous. Secondly is student support- where actually is the support?! During second year I suffered with severe depression causing me to move home and complete the year from my bed, my tutor was somewhat helpful giving me the exstentions I needed enabling me to actually finish the year, but other than that, no support was offered to me what so ever. However Christchurch similarly has a lot of positives, Christchurch is a small university meaning everyone knows one another and it’s like having a big extended family. The location of the university is close to everything & Canterbury as a mini city is beautiful. All the facilities are modern and the buildings are always clean and warm. The one thing the campus is lacking are sports facilities- while the university offers lots of sports most training sessions are off campus and at different centres, gyms, football fields as the campus doesn’t have these facilities- this does work though. The nightlife is okay, but come to third year and you are not excited by club chemistry anymore! The SU is great on a Wednesday if you’re in a sports team or a Sunday for big quiz, other than that, it’s dead.

Careeer services are amazing however the admin staff are really slow and rude. I study business with finance with is a lot however the tutors always give extra help when needed.

Good university- good facilities- the library is incredible although computers are not always available but they always have the books I am looking for and the staff are lovely! Lectures- lectures can be very interesting and stimulating and there are some amazing lecturers in my department (education) however sadly they carry the department as some of my lecturers are absolutely terrible- one is just rude and others cant teach etc. Head of the course is amazing and so helpful! What lets the university down is the support services- particularly counselling are in need of serious improvement - more full time counsellors who know what they're talking about need to be employed. More transparency on where our 9 grand actually goes! The Students Union could be improved but the staff are lovely and the food is cheap!

Facilities - most of the facilities are good, could have some work or more money put into them but they are not useless or disgusting. Support - some of the lecturers are useless in regard to further support and help as they just do not seem to care. The health and wellbeing services are finally pulling their finger out and helping those who suffer with mental health issues, unfortunately it was too late for a couple of students. Food - in the food court the food is not too expensive and is rather tasty but in the cafes it is overpriced and adequate.