Is the University of Wolverhampton really as bad as its reputation?

eilish1903

17

When I was in sixth form the University of Wolverhampton was known as the "uni of rejects" because they have such low grade requirements and will pretty much accept anyone...

I got an unconditional offer to study Biochemistry there and I am graduating this year and my experience hasn't been terrible, but it hasn't been great either.

Is there anyone on here who has been to Wolves and wants to share their experiences with me?

Reply 1

Blue_Cow

22

Original post

by eilish1903

When I was in sixth form the University of Wolverhampton was known as the "uni of rejects" because they have such low grade requirements and will pretty much accept anyone...

I got an unconditional offer to study Biochemistry there and I am graduating this year and my experience hasn't been terrible, but it hasn't been great either.

Is there anyone on here who has been to Wolves and wants to share their experiences with me?

Moved to University of Wolverhampton

Reply 2

aqsxa

1

I am currently studying at the university of Wolverhampton and honestly speaking, its not as bad as how people make it sound like. I actually love the university and am so glad I came here. The lecturers etc, are so helpful and the university itself is also great!

Reply 3

eilish1903

OP

17

Original post

by aqsxa

I am currently studying at the university of Wolverhampton and honestly speaking, its not as bad as how people make it sound like. I actually love the university and am so glad I came here. The lecturers etc, are so helpful and the university itself is also great!

What are you studying?

Reply 4

194

4

Hello. I’m currently in my last year studying at Wolverhampton and am on track to graduate with a first class honours degree, and no I wouldn’t recommend this uni. Yes I’m on track to get the highest grade possible for undergrad...but it really wasn’t that hard. And that’s not me being big headed! In fact I didn’t even have the entry requirements to get on to the course or any experience to compensate...but they let me on anyway. Every year I have studied for only 30 weeks of the year MAX and each week consists of no more than 6 hours of lectures and 2 hours of non compulsory homework...so not much for a full time student. I’m not sure if other Universities are similar or not, but personally I don’t like this approach. The fact they allow anyone onto degrees also limits the material they teach as there are varied abilities so this can hold a lot of people back from achieving more. Yes I’m probably going to get a first...but I don’t think it’s the equivalent of a first class honours degree in most other universities. Overall they promote diversity of students and enable wider participation, but the quality of education seems to be low in my opinion. Depends if you want to really earn your degree and feel accomplished at the end of it, or get a degree with minimal effort and feel like you’ve cheated the system. Your choice.

Reply 5

194

4

An update for my first reply - I thought you were planning to study there, not that you’re graduating this year! Whoops. But nevertheless, my experience remains the same

Reply 6

maxiecatlea

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Original post

by aqsxa

I am currently studying at the university of Wolverhampton and honestly speaking, its not as bad as how people make it sound like. I actually love the university and am so glad I came here. The lecturers etc, are so helpful and the university itself is also great!

Same! I'm a current student and really enjoying my time at this uni. Great facilities, friendly helpful staff, clean campus, and students who respect the 'quiet area' signs in the library lol

Reply 7

eilish1903

OP

17

I've had a relatively mixed experienced at wolves. I studied Biochemistry and my father passed away the week before xmas in my final year, which obviously affected my studies. I applied for extenuating circumstances and didn't go to the Jan exams last year which meant I basically had a while years worth of work to submit in the final resit week last year. As you can probably imagine, I was under immense pressure so off I headed to the SU for some advice. The woman there told me that as my father had passed, my extenuating circumstances would be carried forward and to submit the work I felt I could, not pressure myself with anything else and redo them this year. So I took her advice... BIGGEST MISTAKE EVER. No one told me I would have to submit EC for resit week when I went for advice in order to not be capped on the retakes of modules this year. I was under the impression I wasn't going to be capped at 40% because of what I was told in the SU, so imagine my surprise when my module leader tells me I got 81% in one of the exams I did this Jan and then went to evision and saw 40% :smile:

I filed an appeal, which automatically got rejected on the basis that I am apparently outside of the appeals deadline even though I submitted the appeal within the 19 day deadline... so because of the misinformation given by the SU my degree is now pretty much screwed with the maximum attainable grade being a 2:2 overall and my course I've applied for to start in September is asking for a 2:1.

I've also had issues with accommodation services, faculty support services, the extenuating circumstances process itself. Plus the fact that I've done a biochemistry course and the content is mostly biotechnology and microbiology, which means I can't go into teaching as a chemistry specialist like I wanted to...

The only thing I can honestly praise about the uni is certain members of staff in the faculty of science and engineering. Thank the lord that lecturers like Dr Morris and Professor Radecka exist.

Reply 8

TheCyborg

10

University of Wolverhampton is not that bad it you're just looking for a place to get a degree like Bachelors or Masters. It's not a very good research university, though. If you intend to pursue a doctorate and do some serious science, Wolverhampton is not the place to go.

Reply 9

lh2018

5

I’m from Wolverhampton but go to university in Newcastle, so can only really talk about Wolverhampton as a place to live rather than as a university. I guess it’s dependent on the individual but whilst I always will have a love of my home town, I am so much happier elsewhere. I think the place is dirty and boring and for the most part the people are unhappy.

Reply 10

Anonymous #1

Original post

by 194

Hello. I’m currently in my last year studying at Wolverhampton and am on track to graduate with a first class honours degree, and no I wouldn’t recommend this uni. Yes I’m on track to get the highest grade possible for undergrad...but it really wasn’t that hard. And that’s not me being big headed! In fact I didn’t even have the entry requirements to get on to the course or any experience to compensate...but they let me on anyway. Every year I have studied for only 30 weeks of the year MAX and each week consists of no more than 6 hours of lectures and 2 hours of non compulsory homework...so not much for a full time student. I’m not sure if other Universities are similar or not, but personally I don’t like this approach. The fact they allow anyone onto degrees also limits the material they teach as there are varied abilities so this can hold a lot of people back from achieving more. Yes I’m probably going to get a first...but I don’t think it’s the equivalent of a first class honours degree in most other universities. Overall they promote diversity of students and enable wider participation, but the quality of education seems to be low in my opinion. Depends if you want to really earn your degree and feel accomplished at the end of it, or get a degree with minimal effort and feel like you’ve cheated the system. Your choice.

Well known that the grading system was modified to ensure more students get firsts a few years ago. Everyone knows this is a Wolves first though.

Reply 11

Anonymous #1

Spot on- need to ask if you want a degree or C a degree that will be valued by employers. Your choice.

Reply 12

rks23

3

I done BA hons and currently doing a PGCE with them. My experience whilst doing undergrad was great I enjoyed everything about it however when I started to do my post grad and went to do my placement i soon realised it is a terrible university well the staff on that course they DO NOT SUPPORT students in succeeding if youve failed placement instead they make you feel rubbish about yourself :smile:

Reply 13

anonymous2389

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Hi, I'm applying to do a PGCE this year at wolves, just wondered what is the interviewing process like to get in?

Reply 14

Musicgrad2001

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by eilish1903

When I was in sixth form the University of Wolverhampton was known as the

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Anonymous #2

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by eilish1903

When I was in sixth form the University of Wolverhampton was known as the "uni of rejects" because they have such low grade requirements and will pretty much accept anyone...
I got an unconditional offer to study Biochemistry there and I am graduating this year and my experience hasn't been terrible, but it hasn't been great either.
Is there anyone on here who has been to Wolves and wants to share their experiences with me?

I can attest to their online service as being incredibly bad. Staff regularly ignore students, assignment marking is highly suspect and they still have the audacity to ask for tuition when its due. Best advice I wish someone would have given me, all of the bad reviews online is true don't kid yourself, do yourself a favor and avoid them like the plague.

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Vystopian

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Original post

by eilish1903

When I was in sixth form the University of Wolverhampton was known as the "uni of rejects" because they have such low grade requirements and will pretty much accept anyone...
I got an unconditional offer to study Biochemistry there and I am graduating this year and my experience hasn't been terrible, but it hasn't been great either.
Is there anyone on here who has been to Wolves and wants to share their experiences with me?

It is the absolute worse thing ever. I'm a current student with their online program and the lack of professionalism hard to believe. On stop of that, the staff seem borderline hostile... it's weird and confusing I don't understand how they can get away with this. If I had to guess, it looks like their reviews are so bad, they've given up trying and rely on people who are desperate and willing to pay the low cost of tuition. Their trustpilot score is nearly 1 star so... It really can't get much worse than that.

Is the University of Wolverhampton really as bad as its reputation?

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