Confetti College — Attraction in Nottingham

Confetti Didn’t Just Let Me Down – It Abandoned Us All

I didn’t leave Confetti. Confetti left me.

If you’re thinking of applying here, don’t. This college failed me and many classmates—not just academically, but ethically.

With just 4 weeks left in the year, we were suddenly told Confetti was permanently shutting down all Level 1 and 2 courses. No warning. No backup plan. No way to continue our education. Level 1 students (like me) were blocked from progressing—despite already signing contracts for Level 2.

All other colleges had closed applications. We were trapped, mid-course, with nowhere to go. Confetti gave vague promises of “support” but admitted they had no actual obligation or plan. We were offered nothing. Meanwhile, they silently removed course pages from their website the same day to avoid public backlash.

They blamed “budget cuts,” but anyone familiar with how funding works knows these decisions are made months in advance. They just didn’t tell us.

We’re now forced to waste a year out of education—scrambling for last-minute alternatives that don’t exist.

Worse, Confetti forces a specific political ideology under the label of “well-being.” A mandatory LGBTQIA+ Pride event was added mid-year as a graded requirement. Students with religious or personal objections were told: “You have to participate.” Only after protest were some allowed to do an alternative—once.

When I questioned it, I was told “it was on a slide in week one.” I checked with classmates—none remember it, and many didn’t even see those slides. This was never clearly disclosed.

Tutors frequently pushed personal politics. One repeatedly made anti-white and anti-straight male comments. When someone asked why there’s no White History Month, she said: “Because you’re all colonisers.” In another session: “All straight men are privileged wherever they go.”

These weren’t isolated incidents. This was weekly. The same tutor had a political meltdown during the first week so extreme that another staff member had to intervene.

Disagreement or questions were treated as “microaggressions,” used to shame students into silence. One of our tutors even disappeared on an unexplained trip to India near the end of term. No replacement. No structure.

When I submitted a formal complaint, I got a generic response. I waited 20 working days. It’s now been over 50. Nothing. No reply, no action.

Confetti sells itself as creative, inclusive, and progressive—but it failed every student who relied on it.

We were abandoned, silenced, and then discarded.

Avoid this place. It’s not worth the time,...

I was a student here for a couple of years, and this college is an absolute mess. I heard after I dropped out of my first year of my level 3 course, that one of my teacher on the course randomly decided to leave during the college year to teach at university and didn’t even bother finishing the academic year off and finding a replacement teacher for the course. Management is poor with drawn out lessons that are way too long, with 2 hour breaks that totally threw you off balance. I also had a problem in one of the maths class I attended where there were a couple of students who were prone to mental breakdowns which was probably related to there autism not to put them at fault but the college could have tried to provide them with some alternatives to fit there educational and personal needs, rather than letting them having autistic meltdowns that effected all of our education negatively. I also remember there was a incident on my level 3 course with a teacher and student that I found very inappropriate a student had openly expressed that they believed in 2 genders and one of the teachers on the course thought it would be appropriate to take him out of class and try to force his gender politics on to the student and try to brainwash him into believing that there are a infinite amount of genders a teacher isn’t allowed to do that as there are educational acts put into place where teachers have to remain politically neutral and can’t even openly express personal political opinions let alone try to force there’s onto a student. This also goes into a problem many students had with confetti as they had a LGBTQ+ agenda they tried to force onto students. MOROL OF THE STORY STAY AWAY FROM...

I have been a student here since 2019 (4 years of music tech undergrad) and I'm returning in September to do an audio engineering masters. To me this place feels like a home, which is why I have felt inclined to stay. Student services and my lecturers have been superb, they are people I've come to think very fondly of. They really care, and even staff members I hadn't been taught by since first or second year stop to say hi in the corridor, have a chat and remember you by first name basis. I joke that they're like my dads lol

There aren't enough facilities I think but god they are amazing. And you get to learn skills that truly prepare you to work in the industry, as well as actual relevant theory, rather than to do some boring multiple choice test or something. It really feels everything I learned is useful to know, even if it doesn't apply to the field I want to know

Also, join societies! If one is bad or not for you, don't let it discourage you from joining others, there's so many amazing and very active ones. Being part of societies has been huge for my mental health at uni, especially as I had few friends in my course (I got better along with my lecturers than them even if I'm a disorganised mess and far from an exemplar...