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Is UWE(University of the West of England) good?

Hi, I'm in college and planning to choose a few universities, What do are your opinions of this university ?

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Reply 1

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by Wroetoshaw
Hi, I'm in college and planning to choose a few universities, What do are your opinions of this university ?


Im planning on going there myself in September. Seems like a decent uni to study! The open day was awesome and there is a few new things being built ready for this years freshers. However i recommend you dont go to uni and drop out of college to concentrate on your fifa videos :wink: hahahah

Reply 2

I have a few friends there who love it, they say that the social life is great and unbeatable.

On the education side of things, it wasn't good for me which is why I did not choose to go there (This is for Forensics and Computing, I wanted to do Software Engineering but this was the closest offered and UWE was a university that I previously really wanted to go to). Reasons are that they were very disorganised in the open day, and had very little to say (lots of awkward silences when introducing the course and such).

However my friends that go there seem to be doing great on their courses and they love the lifestyle at UWE so providing you know that the university will be good for your particular course then I don't think you could go wrong with picking UWE. Bristol is a beautiful city. However very expensive.

Reply 3

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by Joeey
Im planning on going there myself in September. Seems like a decent uni to study! The open day was awesome and there is a few new things being built ready for this years freshers. However i recommend you dont go to uni and drop out of college to concentrate on your fifa videos :wink: hahahah


Haha nice man, I'm planning to visit the open day this week! Are you starting first year on September?

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by Willff
I have a few friends there who love it, they say that the social life is great and unbeatable.

On the education side of things, it wasn't good for me which is why I did not choose to go there (This is for Forensics and Computing, I wanted to do Software Engineering but this was the closest offered and UWE was a university that I previously really wanted to go to). Reasons are that they were very disorganised in the open day, and had very little to say (lots of awkward silences when introducing the course and such).

However my friends that go there seem to be doing great on their courses and they love the lifestyle at UWE so providing you know that the university will be good for your particular course then I don't think you could go wrong with picking UWE. Bristol is a beautiful city. However very expensive.



I'll do whatever it takes to live in a city thats has good student life haha. My current university is Hertfordshire and the town is literally so boring that there's nothing much to do. However, the good thing is that it's close to London.

Reply 5

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by Joeey
Im planning on going there myself in September. Seems like a decent uni to study! The open day was awesome and there is a few new things being built ready for this years freshers. However i recommend you dont go to uni and drop out of college to concentrate on your fifa videos :wink: hahahah


What country are you from?

Reply 6

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by Wroetoshaw
I'll do whatever it takes to live in a city thats has good student life haha. My current university is Hertfordshire and the town is literally so boring that there's nothing much to do. However, the good thing is that it's close to London.



Well then you will love UWE! Student life is close to unbeatable.

Reply 7

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by Wroetoshaw
What country are you from?


Yeah first year in September doing Digital Media! Im from Cardiff so its under an hour away for me so not far.

Reply 8

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by Wroetoshaw
Hi, I'm in college and planning to choose a few universities, What do are your opinions of this university ?


What subject are you planning to study? it might help with evaluating your choice of the university. I've also just been to this university a few months ago. And is it first year entry Bachelor degree are you looking for?

Reply 9

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by trang8790
What subject are you planning to study? it might help with evaluating your choice of the university. I've also just been to this university a few months ago. And is it first year entry Bachelor degree are you looking for?


Its for my first year entry in September! I'm planning to do business management and i heard this uni has pretty impressive facilities, so I might be going to the open day this Saturday. How was your experience in that university ?

Reply 10

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by Joeey
Yeah first year in September doing Digital Media! Im from Cardiff so its under an hour away for me so not far.


Damn if i change uni I will have to travel all the way from hatfield which takes about 3 hours to reach bristol lol

Reply 11

It's quite a huge university, they were doing a lot of construction work and rebuilding when i was there so had to do a lot of walking, very quiet area. Do you care much about other things such as teaching quality as well? cuz in terms of facilities, i don't think UWE was that impressive to me, I used to do my Business Administration BA course at Hertfordshire and they had 24/7 library plus modern gym, restaurant and swimming pool right next to the business school as well. Are you looking to study anywhere in particular?

Reply 12

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by trang8790
It's quite a huge university, they were doing a lot of construction work and rebuilding when i was there so had to do a lot of walking, very quiet area. Do you care much about other things such as teaching quality as well? cuz in terms of facilities, i don't think UWE was that impressive to me, I used to do my Business Administration BA course at Hertfordshire and they had 24/7 library plus modern gym, restaurant and swimming pool right next to the business school as well. Are you looking to study anywhere in particular?



Yeah, but student life is particularly boring. The uni itself is descent, but the town is very lonely and depressing, there is nothing much you can do besides visiting a small nearby mall and buying groceries in Asda.

Reply 13

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by Wroetoshaw
Yeah, but student life is particularly boring. The uni itself is descent, but the town is very lonely and depressing, there is nothing much you can do besides visiting a small nearby mall and buying groceries in Asda.



lol the teaching facilities here in hertfordshire are also average, a lot of the classrooms that I have my lectures are small

Reply 14

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by Wroetoshaw
Its for my first year entry in September! I'm planning to do business management and i heard this uni has pretty impressive facilities, so I might be going to the open day this Saturday. How was your experience in that university ?
do you also need help with your application? or you know already what you're supposed to do?

Reply 15

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by trang8790
do you also need help with your application? or you know already what you're supposed to do?


Nope, I applied through UCAS and they offered me a place :wink:

Reply 16

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by Wroetoshaw
Yeah, but student life is particularly boring. The uni itself is descent, but the town is very lonely and depressing, there is nothing much you can do besides visiting a small nearby mall and buying groceries in Asda.


The Uni from what ive heard is decent. Ive heard the odd one or two stories about people having bad courses or having terrible lecturers but then again that probably happens in most universities. Ive been there and its a pretty big campus. Construction is currently going on for September where they're providing a brand new building for people to live in amongst other stuff. The halls, classes, labs, libraries, cafes etc seemed awesome when i was there. Up to date stuff, colourful and full of friendly people. My course leader and my course seemed pretty fun so i cant wait! Im not so sure about the surrounding area but realise the campus (Frenchay) is only a few miles on a bus to the city centre which isnt bad provided the buses are decent.

Seems like a fun university to me. The student life seems really good as well. I have been to Bristol for a night out and i have to say its one of the best nights out ive had :smile:

Reply 17

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by Joeey
The Uni from what ive heard is decent. Ive heard the odd one or two stories about people having bad courses or having terrible lecturers but then again that probably happens in most universities. Ive been there and its a pretty big campus. Construction is currently going on for September where they're providing a brand new building for people to live in amongst other stuff. The halls, classes, labs, libraries, cafes etc seemed awesome when i was there. Up to date stuff, colourful and full of friendly people. My course leader and my course seemed pretty fun so i cant wait! Im not so sure about the surrounding area but realise the campus (Frenchay) is only a few miles on a bus to the city centre which isnt bad provided the buses are decent.

Seems like a fun university to me. The student life seems really good as well. I have been to Bristol for a night out and i have to say its one of the best nights out ive had :smile:



Just went to the open day, it was ****ing awesome. The Facilities are impressive and i really liked the accommodation there.Not to mention, the town centre is absolutely amazing and I enjoyed my trip over there! However, the library was a total letdown, as I got used to the insanely huge library at my current uni(hertfordshire). Other than that, it was all good and I'm really tempted to accept their offer

Reply 18

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by Wroetoshaw
Just went to the open day, it was ****ing awesome. The Facilities are impressive and i really liked the accommodation there.Not to mention, the town centre is absolutely amazing and I enjoyed my trip over there! However, the library was a total letdown, as I got used to the insanely huge library at my current uni(hertfordshire). Other than that, it was all good and I'm really tempted to accept their offer


Awesome! I wouldn't let the library put you off, i thought it was decent for what it was but then again i dont know what its like in comparison to other uni's like the one you were at. You want to be quick if you want accommodation though. They start sending out offers in the next few weeks and the apply date was a while back so im unsure that you will get your first choice. What accommodation was this on btw Frenchay? Goodluck and maybe ill be seeing you at freshers this September! :wink:

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