Brighton Uni is one I'd mention. Accommodation is too expensive and out of the way (esp Moulsecoomb, with its awful public transport), buildings are grey and facilities aren't that great.
I think kat2pult is basing her opinion on places she's been to at open days (apart from Kent) rather than on universities she's studied at, which is what the OP is after.
I'm finding this judging of university on looks a tad bizarre. You can't see the outside of a building when you're inside it being taught, and surely it's the quality of your courses and your experience that will matter 10 years down the line rather than the pleasing facade of a building you saw years ago. I've attended 3 universities and all were excellent in terms of teaching but I would rank them in this order.
1st: UEA
2nd: Exeter
3rd: Reading
Bearing in mind I was a postgrad at the first two so that is undoubtedly influencing my ranking, but I just felt so much more comfortable and Exeter and UEA. The libraries were better (although I went to Reading from 2002-2005 so its reasonable to assume it's gotten better) and the teaching was excellent; for me at least it didn't just teach me so I could write an essay and get merit stamped on my head, but it genuinely inspired some new interests that I still have today. Although as a testament to Reading, it did make me want to go on to postgrad study. But I realise that this doesn't answer your question.
In terms of universities to avoid, my sister is at Middlesex uni and regrets it completely. From what she's told me, the teaching is awful with lecturers who don't care and she's even had some who occassionally don't bother to turn up to teach their hour, as is the library (she was never even told about Athens etc, not trained in how to do basic research). That and she's had to move in with her bf because she couldn't find anywhere affordable to live.
Sounds like one to avoid to me.
NB. On a related note, this thread shows just how pointless uni open days are. All you see are the buildings and meet a few students who of course are likely to want something different to you. It's like standing outside a musuem but not going in, you can see the building, you know its purpose and you have an idea of what might be inside, but there's no guarantee that it'll be exactly what you're after. I didn't go to an open day for any of the universities I went to, I looked at what the courses contained and decided on whether or not it was a course I would want to study and it worked out for the very best.
Oh and if you do go on open days, for goodness sake, don't bring your parents. Lecturers get pissed off by parents asking retarded questions and all other students think you're lame. *Sings* You're a big kid now!
nottingham trent, couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery, staff dont do anything about issues you raise, facilities are awful, lecturers dont want to be there (not all), students that go there arn't there for the right reasons so attendance is woeful
thames valley, the open university, kingston uni, roehampton uni, university of bolton, london metropolitan uni, manchester metropolitan uni, oxford brookes uni etc etc ....the list goes on
O shut up !!! i go to london met and i think its good university ! so im guessing uve been to all of theses unis and did a course in each one or r u just looking at the league table ?
From feedback from various people, the Scottish universities, excluding Edinburgh and St. Andrews, are very anti-English so I would avoid them. Also I visited UWE, and I thought it was awful, both the atmosphere and students seemed very depressed, it was miles from the centre of Bristol, and the campus was small and reminded me of a school.
Oxford Brookes? You've got to be kidding me! Brookes is one of the best ex-polies there is, and for many courses does a better job than some old unis. For teacher training they're one of the best places you can go!
Yeah that's what I was gonna say, they pwn quite a lot of unis at courses like Japanese and Architecture, and I'd say they're doing quite well.
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I beg to differ - Stirling is pretty amazing aesthetically 
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