Plymouth Marjon University — Attraction in Plymouth

Plymouth Marjon was hands down the worst possible experience of my life. I attended here in 2018-19 and somehow managed to complete the academic year solely to get the qualification that I still have not received in the post after chasing this Uni both on the phone and via email. I stayed in the dated halls know as Coleridge. These halls are ludicrously priced for a box room that's infested with various kinds of bugs(See picture). The carpets are darkly coloured/patterned and stink of previous tenants spilt alcohol, the green walls throughout are paper thin and a deep clean, if anything, should happen. For over £6k , £110 per week and the compulsory DIS card for £825 is an extortionate amount especially as I hated every minute spent here. On top of these payments was the gym membership which still carried on charging me even months after the contract was up and I had left.

The people I stayed here with used to cut one anothers hair on our dining table and leave it there, their dishes would always be piled high in the sink so i had to sort them out just to gain access to cook or eat food. They would never clean up after themselves leaving me to sort out their mess and clean up the kitchen and dispose of their junk once the accommodation was over and would even complain saying ''it could be cleaner''.

The two girls here excluded me from flat events and psychologically bullied me, leaving me in my room not wanting to use the kitchen to eat or socialise in. The fire exit door which is supposed to stay locked over night was constantly open allowing anyone to access the flat. This eventually happened when a group of international students followed me to my room and kitchen area and asked me personal and uncomfortable questions which I contacted the Uni about and nothing got done even though this happened to other girls in other flats. I genuinely believe that my mental health disorders have arised from my year here as I received no support, no help and no one to talk to.

Reception staff always give you funny looks and aren't helpful with advise. When I was being verbally abused in front of the whole desk they were listening in, stopping what they were doing, watching and finding it entertaining rather than stopping or diverting the situation they enabled it to carry on, not professionals at all. With reference to my emails and calls they will always divert you to someone else to deal with issues which sets you back further. No certificate has been given even though I have evidence of passing the course...

I also went to a careers advisor here and it was shocking. All that happened was scrolling through websites and was a waste of time, makes you wonder what people get paid here for... I also told her about my situation in halls and she didn't take it to anyone else.

The only positive thing I can mention is the small teaching groups I experienced which is more beneficial than lectures in my opinion.

There is so much more I could mention but overall, do not come here you will be better off at Plymouth University as they have the finances, facilities , variety and diverse people, services and most importantly the support you require as a first year student. Marjon will ignore you, avoid you and their responsibility and just rinse what little money you have as a...

Having studied a primary PGCE and a masters here, I would highly recommend going elsewhere to study. The PGCE was awful, the course director seemed pretty uninterested in student welfare and even went so far as to question whether I wanted to be in the course because basically I didn’t cry in front of them during the feedback for “the worst lesson and folder they had seen” - this was due to not being shown what needed to go in the folders or shown how to plan a session as I was off ill and they refused to help me catch up.

I ended withdrawing from that course and opted to start a MRes and to be fair, I cannot fault the lecture team on this course. I struggled with mental health on this course, spoke to the university about it and had been given the wrong advise every step of the way, they offered to set up mental health support for me and never did and have ended up refusing to allow me to sit my final submission as an external candidate after being advised this would be okay. I’m putting in a formal complaint that will probably be ignored as that also seems to be a trend.

Would look anywhere else to study other...

By means of an award, sponsored by the ODA (Overseas Development Agency) and The British Council, in 1994 I did a post graduate course entitled THE PRINSELT COURSE.

Its objective was to train TTTs, Trainer's Trainer's Teachers (CONSULTANTS) to asses Teacher's of English in running ELT workshops all over the world aiming a renewal for THE CRADLE PROJECT (Curriculum Renewal Aimed at the Development of English).

It was a grateful experience for the High-qualified Senior Teachers we met (Rod Bolitho, Tom Hunter, Steve Austin), advanced methodology and specif theories and principles to share with teachers.

I will allways remember my Host Parents and partners from Ghana, Lithuania, Mozambike, Greace, China, Malasya, and my...