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BCU or Newman for Psychology?

I've received an unconditional offer for both Birmingham City and Newman University and I have no idea which one to go for. Newman is further away but BCU has a bad reputation.. HELP?!

Reply 1

cassini27

Hiya,
Just found this and looking at both Uni's myself - interested to know which you chose, if you have chosen yet?
C

Reply 2

bez786

Original post by zahrazee

I've received an unconditional offer for both Birmingham City and Newman University and I have no idea which one to go for. Newman is further away but BCU has a bad reputation.. HELP?!

Hello. I did study at Newman for a year but quit due to personal issues. Now i'll be studying psychology at bcu in September. From what i can remember, catching the bus every day there was a bit annoying not to mention the amount of places you could go to eat and drink from was very limited over there. Study wise it was alright but i feel bcu will be more easy (travel wise)for me as it's much closer, but that's my personal opinion :smile:

Reply 3

Rachelmclaughlin

I'm currently a student at Newman and going into my second year psychology in September.

I catch the bus to Newman from Birmingham city centre, it takes me around an hour and a half on a good day, which I personally have no problem with.

Newman as a uni is excellent. Due to the small number of students at the uni there is a wide range of support for students, a big range of books/journals, good computer facilities and access to meeting with lectures without waiting weeks (experience my friend had who studies at bcu).

I was looking into studying at bcu but have heard unpleasant things from people who go there on the same course. A main point I hear a lot is that there is not enough support if it's needed and lecturers are hard to get a hold of.

Newman has a good range of facilities, Starbucks, restaurant, bar and gym.

Good luck choosing and with your studies :smile:

Reply 4

BCU Student Rep

Official Rep

Hi,
I'm Elle Boag, a lecturer on the psychology programmes at BCU, and we offer a lot of support:

* A total of 12 hours per week one-to-one or group contact.
* At least two hours per week drop-ins with module co-ordinators (lecturers).
* A personal tutor and a year tutor.

We have a few places left on our courses in Clearing - http://bcu.ac.uk/clearing/courses?term=psychology&clearing=1 - call us on 0121 331 6777 if you are interested.

Reply 5

cassini27

Thanks for the very helpful feedback everybody!

I will be looking at both next year. I studied MH Nursing at BCU for a while and enjoyed it though guess that Psych will be different dept to Health.

I am interested to know why Part time at Newman is 4 years and Part time at BCU is 5. This is something that would sway me to be honest, wonder why that is?