As far as my program, the university is excellent. Although lectures might seem large (in the order of 200-250 people), the university has managed to get around the lack of contact issue by providing tutors and laboratory work. Here, the students are able to ask any queries they have and get them sorted. Moreover, lecturers at the school have been fantastically helpful. All of the ones that I’ve met until this point insist that the student approach them if they have any questions on the lecture materials. The only real “issue” as far as I can see is the old engineering building. This shouldn’t dissuade you from coming uni here though given that a new engineering campus is being built and will be opening in the next few years. As far as I can tell, this is a heavily underrated university in the UK.