University of Cumbria — Attraction in Carlisle

Honestly if I could give 0 stars I would because in my opinion 1 is being generous. I started Uni here in 2020, all online and only now and then was able to have lessons in the university which was absolutely fine, but I had severe mental health issues WHICH I was very OPEN and HONEST about when starting university and when I wasnt in uni when I had a blip it was never a thought of "I hope youre doing okay" it was "your attendance is low, fix it." Anyway due to that i retook my first year the year after in what going decent and moved into year 2 afterwards, throughout year 2 I again had multiple blips in my mental health, which caused me to be out of lessons multiple times, again no one cared about my mental health, it was attendance again. We had messaged multiple people within university for help both me and my mum, and I had no help because I was the one who had to speak to them, at that time and still to this day I have extreme and chronic social anxiety and I cannot bring myself to speak to people I dont know, even in my classes I could only speak to 2 people who were my friends from year 1. Again, wasnt taken into consideration, wouldnt even let my mum speak to them it was "your fault you arent in, your fault you won't speak to us, not our problem" in my 3rd year again wasnt present because I unfortunately caught covid twice in 3 months and had caused a trigger in my body that has left me with multiple chronic illnesses, through my third year I was in the process of getting diagnosed with Autism and ADHD which I was diagnosed in third 3 professionally, again once UNI KNEW I had these diagnosis, I got no help at all, nothing. No help with my university dissertation, no help in my exams nothing. Again, all I was confronted about WITH the knowledge of autism and ADHD and multiple other health concerns I had was yet again attendance. I had no help through my dissertation and the only thing I EVER GOT from 4 years of uni was an extra 30 minutes on a paper, I was supposed to have extra time throughout the whole Uni period as I was told by my head of subject and through emails from the uni, I never once got it until my last exam in 3rd year. I ended up failing my dissertation and that point I was so drained, I was so angry and I was just completely done and I had no self esteem left from trying to get help I wasnt given and knew I was never goung to get, I didnt even try to redo my dissertation and left it because I couldnt physically put myself through anymore nights of no sleeping, no eating, crying and just ready to give up on my life.. and took the diploma with no honours. We and my whole class had to go to the leadership board with a whole meeting for complaints we had about the duties that werent being fulfilled in our groups, how we were failed in support, failed in safeguarding, failed in feeling like we were actually here to get the best grades we can and not feel like our mental health was a burden. My dog passed away in my 2nd year and instead of asking about how I was coping with the sudden loss it was almost as if I was being told "oh look, youre not in AGAIN let me guess what for this time" one of my lecturers i knew had a grudge against me, she was one of the reasons I wasnt going to my lessons, she would single me out and even in group emails throw hints and jabs at me through reading the lines. I spent 5 years at this uni for a 3 year course and I only ever got support once, once in half a decade. I honestly dont care what people think of this review and I dont care if people read this and think im dramatic, I was silent for 5 years in how this uni treated me and I am honest when I say this was the biggest regret ive had in my whole life. If you have additional needs, mental health problems or anything of the sort, please for everything good in your life DO NOT choose this university, from someone who had to deal with this for 5 years it really...

Okay, let me just be honest. This is an ok university. The tutors/lectures were friendly. But I found the course sizes small. Really small. There was only one person on my course and we were all bunched in with all the other science courses (which is fine, my current Uni bunches forensic and biological foundation together) but these were multiple different courses with all that related them being science. If you like really small classes then that is fine. The timetable was unpredictable. I don't know whether that is a norm. But where I am now the timetable's stable. One thing that really gets me is the lack of respect for people's birth certificates. It came back folded. The university was also really unhelpful when I was trying to change universities. I didn't know what I was doing or how things worked. I got no help. I was very lucky I managed at all. My tutor set the date where we'd talk about transferring to be after the UCAS deadline. However I think about it it feels like he was trying to rig it so I stayed at Cumbria University and didn't transfer. The emails I got from my tutor made it seem like I was unsure when the opposite was the case. It was a complete nightmare. I only chose Cumbria University because it was close to home, now I know my mistake. I am so glad I got out of that car-crash of...

Please don't go to UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA if you want to be successful in life (The only university where you see an undergraduate teaching a postgraduate students. A complete joke of a university ) . I am not even kidding look up the profile of lecturers of M.A social work and see for yourself. In the whole M.A social work department, there were only two reasonably mannered lectures who were social workers themselves and others were not with a doggy degree . Please don't go there if you ambitious not even with a scholarship. There are better universities dotted around the uk. I was lucky to learn my lessons very quickly although my one year was wasted on an NHS bursary I couldn't bear the thought of wasting one more year on free tuition particularly being thought by an undergraduate so I left to do something wonderful with my life.

Read other reviews about the university and make your mind up. I have tried to be impartial in my review but it is saddening that such university is being allowed to exist and charge...