London Metropolitan University... A Proper Review

Hi, has anyone done the Counselling and Coaching undergraduate degree at London Met? Feeling really worried with all the negative reviews, it's hard to cut through the noise and see it for what it actually may be. If anyone could help I'd greatly appreciate it!

all you need to do is look at youtube to find out what sort of place it is, i would look for options outside of London if possible

Thank you! What do you mean look outside of London? Is there better counselling courses elsewhere? I have applied to UEL for their Counselling course too.

HI

I have just completed the extended undergraduate Science (Chemistry, Biology, Psychology etc.) first year and it was almost universally, the most appalling year in terms of academics and social life.

The Students as a whole are clearly considered a commodity. According to our year tutor, "at least half the people on the course should not have been taken on and did not even have the most basic of qualifications for the course."

The organisation is appalling (any other business would have gone bankrupt). I had my math papers marked multiple times;
4 times on the first paper and twice on the second and the third paper was discounted by the university, because it did not test for on the lecture material, we had to beg a lecturer to cover for our missing invigilator so we could sit the final math exam. Not conducive to student stress levels and is not fair or equitable.

Generally the marking between groups appears completely random for essays and Chemistry mini tests.

The uni is very big on self development learning, which means do it all yourself in the library if you want any chance at all of passing and/or permanently attach your self to a study group in the library.

At one stage we had a lecture, in which the lecturer had gone AWOL and we had to get the course tutor in to give us a couple of lectures as a fill in.

For one module half the class walked out as a protest against the poor quality of the lectures and lecture material. When I complained to the year tutor I was told she was S**T, his words not mine. But there was nothing he could do and we all needed to put in a formal complaint. Which we did and it was up held.

We had to lose a marked lab session because there was not enough cover.

Academically for this course at least, the one thing you do learn is to cover all the material for the course yourself in the library and attend the lectures as a signing in process. You have to sign in for every lecture. Which is really stupid, since you can sign in and leave.

Socially:

There is no social life. The student union is a joke in my opinion. There are no social events with other universities, there were no student events to see London, there is no listing for events, such as the comedy clubs, night clubs, cheap theatre tickets etc. there were no student house parties, It doesn't help that a large proportion of the intake I saw at the tower site are of one denomination, a more multicultural intake would have made it feel less like a college rather than a university.

There was little, if no socialisation between courses.

I have children that are in other universities in London and have an amazing social life.

If you have any other option take it. This university charges the same fee as Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, Kings etc. It's like paying for a Bentley and being given a bike. It is ridiculous.