London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE vs University of Kent vs Canterbury Christ Church University - CCCU vs Canterbury College vs Cats College
Side-by-side comparison from 459 verified student reviews. Scan one row at a time — winners are highlighted
- +Expert, approachable faculty and high-quality teaching
- +Strong career preparation and marketable skills development
- +Excellent facilities and a supportive learning environment
- +Supportive and engaging teaching from experienced professors.
- +Beautiful campus and excellent on-site facilities and resources.
- +Valuable career support and unique course/degree opportunities.
- +Welcoming campus environment and good facilities
- +Helpful staff and diverse academic programs
- +Strong student welfare and inclusive community
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- +Supportive and dedicated lecturers
- +Diverse and enriching culture
- +Good value accommodation and scenic environment
- +Strong creative and innovative focus
- +Abundant specialized equipment and resources
- +Supportive and engaging learning environment
- -Poor teaching quality and unclear learning expectations.
- -Lack of structure and significant workload.
- -Disappointing careers service and limited social life.
- -Poor quality teaching and lack of lecturer expertise.
- -Insufficient financial resources impacting the department.
- -Limited student support and focus on student development.
- -Administrative & management issues cause significant disruption.
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- -Administrative and management issues cause frustration.
- -Outdated facilities and technology hinder learning.
- -Lack of student support and communication is a major concern.
- -Poor teaching quality and unprofessionalism from staff.
- -Frequent technical difficulties and unreliable class scheduling.
- -Lack of student focus and engagement from the university.
This institution demonstrates remarkable strengths in its **Internationality** and **Location**, both receiving scores nearing 4.8. **Professors** also score highly at 4.26. Conversely, **Student Life** is the lowest-rated area, with a score of 3.64, followed by **Accomodation** at 3.79. Other aspects like Facilities and Value fall within a solid mid-range.
The university demonstrates notable strengths in its **Internationality**, receiving the highest rating. **Facilities** and **Location** also scored highly, indicating positive aspects in these areas. Conversely, **Value** presents as the weakest point, with the lowest score. **Student Life** and **Accomodation** are rated moderately, alongside **Professors**, suggesting room for improvement in these student experience components.
This institution demonstrates considerable strengths in its **Facilities** and **Professors**, both receiving high marks. **Student Life** and **Accomodation** are also rated positively. Areas that received less enthusiastic feedback include **Internationality** and **Value**. **Location** falls somewhere in the middle, reflecting a solid but not exceptional standing.
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Excelling in several aspects, this university received its highest marks for Location (4.88) and tied for second highest in Facilities and Internationality (4.78). Student Life and Value also scored well, both above 4.3. Areas for potential improvement include Professors and Accommodation, which both received a rating of 4.22.
This university demonstrates a notable strength in its **Facilities**, receiving a high rating of 4.11. **Professors** are also well-regarded with a rating of 4. Opportunities for **Student Life** and the **Location** present areas for improvement, both scoring below 3.5. **Accomodation**, **Internationality**, and **Value** fall within a moderate range, suggesting a solid but not exceptional performance in these aspects.
Nearly 74% of reviews are positive, highlighting a supportive environment, knowledgeable faculty, and excellent facilities. A small percentage (around 3.4%) mention issues like poor lecturing, inconsistent grading, and lack of social life.
With ~87% positive feedback, students highlight a lively, beautiful campus, kind professors, and engaging teaching. A small ~2.3% of reviews mention poor teaching quality and lack of student development focus.
With a 4.21 average rating, ~93% of reviews are positive, praising campus, facilities, and inclusivity. A small percentage (~7%) noted minor issues with event attendance and parking.
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With a 4.56/5 average from 9 reviews, all feedback is positive. Students praise the great culture, diverse student body, supportive lecturers, and good facilities. Some mention minor areas for improvement, such as teaching standards and late-night food availability.
~74% of reviews are positive, praising creativity, well-taught courses, supportive environment, and abundant resources. A small ~5% of feedback indicates unprofessionalism and poor teaching.
LSE is a great place to create life-long connections and friends. There's a certain sense of community that is special to the university. The staff are hands-on and approachable. The facilities are modern and well-equipped.
I think Kent is a good university if you make use of the resources around you. The lecturers on my course were very enthusiastic and ready to help with assignments. My course being small I believe I got a lot of 1 to 1 support. Covid however did play a huge part during the duration of my course. It left a lot of students including me very confused with how to access learning material, marking etc. I do also believe there was a lack of support after graduating. I don’t think there was another focus on job applications, interviews and the ‘real world’. However, I do not regret coming to Kent, I had learnt a lot and made a lot of enjoyable memories.
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I found this to be a highly unprofessional university with very little interest in its students and their education. I undertook an MSc here and found the level of teaching to be extremely poor and not on par with the degree level. During my year at the university, I experienced the following: - The majority of lessons started off with technical difficulties that resulted in lessons losing half an hour. - Tutors scheduled classes and then did not show up for them. Tutors were significantly late to lectures and then laughed about it. Tutors took annual leave during term time. - Students were out of control and extremely disruptive, tutors did very little to resolve this issue and on numerous occasions laughed at and therefore encouraging their disruptive behaviour. - I had lessons that were scheduled to be 2 hours long with 45-minute breaks, reducing the lesson time significantly. - I attended lessons where the lecture was pre-recorded and played to us on the screen. I had to go to the university to watch a pre-recorded lesson over zoom. - Lectures were not present at their own classes and took them over zoom, again we had to attend a class to sit and watch a lesson over zoom. In some cases, it took a number of weeks before I saw the tutor physically present in the classroom. - The blended learning ended halfway through the year, and all students were required to attend all lectures in person with no exception. Which would have been fine had it not been extremely contradictory to the fact that half of the lessons were online classes as it was "more convenient” due to classes having 300+ students in with rooms only able to hold around 100. - I witnessed a significant number of students (I would estimate at around 50) being turned away from a class that they were scheduled to attend as the room held fewer students than were enrolled in the class , and the room was already full. I heard them being told they had to go to another room where the lesson was being streamed on a zoom call. I expressed concerns over marking as I felt that some of the feedback given was not in line with the work that was submitted. I felt that none of my queries were taken seriously and as a result of this, I feel that I have come away with less than I worked for. I found that this university often made mistakes regarding the publications of awards. My records were updated with a mark that was significantly lower than the one stated on the work and when receiving my final publication I was being given the wrong degree. I felt as though the requirement for an MSc from this university was extremely low and not on par with what I would expect from a post graduate degree. The national average for a MSc Dissertation is between 15,000 and 20,000 words. The maximum word count for my MSc dissertation was 4000 - this is less that I was required to write for my BA. When I raised my concerns to the university I felt that I was met with a very detached and defensive approach and I was made to feel as though I was at fault. After this interaction, I felt cast aside and treated very differently by staff members. I feel that I have spent in excess of £10,000 to learn absolutely nothing. I am very ashamed to say that I attended this university and plan to keep that fact as hidden as possible. If I could go back I would avoid UCA and attend a faculty that takes education seriously.
