University of Salford
speciality: Communication

This University has been very nurturing to me personally. My programme leaders have been very supportive and considerate of students having lives outside of our studies and have been more than accommodating. I study Creative Writing and have enjoyed it thoroughly.
I will say, however that when there are crossovers in modules there seems to be a major oversight by teachers of other courses to the fact that Creative Writing students are in the room, let alone in their class. This can be infuriating at times.

Overall, I enjoy studying here and would recommend it as a place for writers to grow with teachers who care about their futures.

I studied Journalism with Public relations and the lecturers are friendly and welcoming.

If you want to study film or specialise in the media, I would recommend this university because all the facilities that you need are easy to access. if you are struggling with assignments and don’t know what to do you can always ask your lecturer for help.

They even have a spot on campus where you can go and meet students if you don’t have anyone to socialise with.

If you are looking to work for the BBC Salford university is the best place to go because the university sends vaccines for graduates who are looking for work, and some of those vacancies are from the BBC.

The only issue I had was the bus because buses can be quite inconsistent.

Through my time at Salford, I have changed courses and contacted the universities well-being team. Understandably, both of these processes did take some time but once I got the help I needed it was plain sailing from there on.

It was fairly easy to find the wellbeing team for the university, as it is all on the student portal website. I had to fill in a couple forms describing my general wellbeing and then the wellbeing team emailed me asking me what appointment times would work for me. This took a few weeks and after this I had eight weeks of counselling – there is an option of continuing this further if the councillor decides it necessary.

I spent about 3 months trying to change courses and recruited the help of my university appointed councillor to help me get the process moving. she put me into contact with the assistant of the staff member I needed to talk to. from that moment onward it took a week to be accepted onto the new course. In this time I had to have a zoom meeting with said staff member, to discuss my reasoning for changing courses and to get to know each other. it was a fairly quick call, only taking 15 minuets, and they where very friendly.

My current curse is Creative Writing and I don’t have many negatives to say about the course. All the lecturers are approachable and considerate, deadlines can be bunched together but that it to be expected and all assessments are well explained. However, there have been a few scheduling conflicts with this course. For example, during the first semester there was an overlap with two modules that we where told could not be fixed. We did talk to our lecturer for one of the modules and she said she would make the recorded session available that day, instead of in a few days time like usual. Which allowed us to prepare for the workshop for that module in the afternoon.

The first course that I attended was Law, I didn’t get on with this course as I either had nothing or everything on in a day and found it quite overwhelming. Some lecturers also showcased a lack of understanding through emails containing the reasoning that I was unable to attend lectures and wanting extra help. however, there was one lecturer that really stood out and helped me start my counselling sessions earlier than expected.

Overall, I would say its a very good university.

I have had an incredible experience at university. The lecturers, the facilities and my class mates have been brilliant. I believe that my tutors actually care about my success within the course and they are keen to help me succeed later in life. I have been given the tools to actively learn and improve my skills with the facilities that the Media City campus has to offer.

Having had a taste of multiple campuses at the University of Salford, it has become apparent that there seem to be good facilities for those taking media or health sciences. Generally the lecturers are kind and caring and helpful, though there are a few who are pretty terrible at giving feedback and deliver lectures in the most boring of ways. It seems a good university for research based in acoustics and has a vibrant array of ethnicity. Life in Manchester is good too with a really good music and comedy scene with its night life being average, but good on certain nights. I cannot comment on accommodation as I never stayed in university halls, however they have recently built a new development of student housing so you should be able to get somewhere that is fairly decent. Pretty much anywhere in central manchester is a commutable distance to any campus and there are good leisure facilities provided by the University. I would say the value for money is average due to the fact that student fees have risen and some lecturers can really make a hash of explaining things and some facilities and rooms are so outdated and need a refresh – having said that, there are some good lecturers there.