Cardiff University
speciality: Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering

Cardiff’s a great place to study! The recently refurbished student union and centre for student life stand out, but I’d say the best part is the teaching and support. For my course anyway, teachers will reach out to help you and you’re absolutely encouraged to do the same. I feel that the support could however be slightly improved upon, with a more equal balance of understanding of mental health and obviously pushing you to succeed. With COVID restrictions in Wales, I haven’t had much chance to use the facilities here, but since February they’ve been great. Some of them need updating as they’re really outdated but most are absolutely fine. The student union in terms of the actual union is great, however clubbing in the student union building is horrible as they allow it to overcrowd. I hope they increase capacity and lower the amount of people allowed in. One more thing that could be improved is communication between the university and students, as we are often told important things last minute and have to find the info ourselves through convoluted methods. Overall though, I’d definitely recommend this uni if you don’t want to go to a massive city like London, as there aren’t that many services here and the transport is, to put it lightly, lacking. You might struggle with finding international foods too as well as services because Cardiff isn’t very ethnically diverse compared to, for example, Birmingham. I love experiencing Welsh culture here though, so you get diversity in the sense of it being very Welsh.