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University of Cumbria

The University of Cumbria was formed on 1 August 2007 from an amalgamation of St Martin's College, Cumbria Institute of the Arts, and the Cumbrian campuses of the University of Central Lancashire. The university has campuses in Carlisle, Penrith, Ambleside and Lancaster and a specialist teacher-education centre in London. The university also has strong links and close partnership working with the four FE Colleges in Cumbria (Lakes Colleges, Furness College, Carlisle College and Kendal College) to enable HE delivery locally across the county. In addition, the university is the lead institution of Cumbria Higher Learning, a Distributed Learning Network for Cumbria.



Latest University of Cumbria Reviews

6 out of 10
very small and friendly, but in debt
The ethos of the staff that work at the uni makes it a very friendly place to study.Ive always felt known , safe and supported. However the university debt is impacting students, with jobs and resources cuts. I hope the university sorts out its debt so that it can put its priorities back into the right place. - read more...

4 out of 10
an oasis in a sea of mediocrity
Any experience of life is tempered with good bits and bad bits, the UOC if it survives the new education reforms will be a stronger place. IS it an art college? in a word no, its a Uni and a pretty anodyne one at that. - read more...

1 out of 10
A complete and utter disgrace.
DO not come here. I would never recommend this to anyone. Everything needs improving... the lecturers, the facilities, the way they spend your money! It's not worth getting into debt for. - read more...

1 out of 10
CRAP!!!
CRAP. newton rigg needs closed down. lecturers don't commuincate with each other and not organised at all. thrown off course ad didnt have good enough reason after being told i could come back and even had letter acceptance. waste of time going here!! - read more...

8 out of 10
The REAL truth about our uni
At a time the government are stupidly reducing university places and spending money, anyone would be lucky to get a place here. Even though i myself put down lancaster university as my first choice, if given a choice i would not mmove from the university of cumbria. I felt instantly at home here, the people are friendly, the atmosphere is brilliant. I would like to kindly ask the people who put my university down to stop it as they dont know what they are talking about. Also to the stupid big wigs who closed down other campuses such as ambleside, back off and leave our university well alone and pick on someone else. To close us down at such an early stage in our development would be madness. We have the potential so give us a change to grow. - read more...

1 out of 10
Deluded, depressed tutors and no library!
Think twice. The fine art course is isolated from the rest of the uni and this has its problems. they will sell it to you as being small enough to be a big happy family - if you don't mind being brainwashed and feeling like you have to flirt with the tutors to get anywhere, then you might be ok. if you're wanting to actually "make" anything (a dirty word in fine art) you will probably need to do this at home as there are hardly any facilities and rumour has it that those which are left are going to be closing down. this course is in serious need of improvement. if i had my time again, i would steer clear and head for Sunderland or Newcastle (if you're wanting to be in the north). However, if you can't get in anywhere else give it a thought. - read more...

1 out of 10
Terrible Teaching, Poor Support - No academic content at all...
The management of the course was just dreadful, totally disorganised. There is no support when you go out on placement and it is totally random each time where you are allocated. Terrible, please don't waste your money and your time. The government should not fund this institution. - read more...

1 out of 10
A DISGRACE
Very low. Take note of the poor reviews. - read more...

10 out of 10
brillient
UoC is an amazing uni with olot of support and prospects, you'd be mad to pass down the opportunity. - read more...

1 out of 10
Complete and total utter Cr*p
Dreadful experience, disorganised. Bad management of course, bad communication with students, regular redundancies mean most staff not interested in student welfare, only in preserving their jobs. - read more...

1 out of 10
Not worth 20p let alone £20k of debt
It has been two years of hell. I'm in debt up to my eyeballs, and for what? I wouldn't recommend this place, I'm sick of it, it really is bad. - read more...

1 out of 10
Disappointing in every respect
1) Rubbish 2) Rubbish 3) Rubbish 4) Rubbish Message loud and clear. Not recommended to anyone. - read more...

9 out of 10
A New Univeristy that IS getting there
I would ABSOLUTELY recommend the University of Cumbria to other students. It is a new University but everyone is friendly and helpful and the course is well organised. - read more...

1 out of 10
Not recommended
Not recommended. The whole course was strung together badly, with no help or effort made in helping us to get a good degree or get on a graduate scheme.Best advice I can give is to steer clear! - read more...

1 out of 10
Hell on Earth
HELL.Poor in all respects, and not a patch on Newcastle or Manchester Uni. - read more...

1 out of 10
Thumbs down big style
Everything was totally bad at Uni. Hated coming here, it didn't help me find work, I left with a mark that was way below what I could have achieved but its ok because lecturers get their pay and don't give a stuff how you do. Never again. - read more...

1 out of 10
I hate this place
Not enjoying any of it. Hate the place, it should be knocked down and the lecturers shouldn't be lecturing. No one here gives a toss about youre eductaion. - read more...

1 out of 10
Don't even entertain coming here (Fusehill St camp)
Really really really MAJORLY BAD CHOICE coming here. I can't belive the crap glossy brochure sold me in the first place. This place is complete and utter s***, tutors don't care, essays vague and completely off the wall, campus is crap, so best advice is don't come here if you value an education!Seriously! - read more...

1 out of 10
Could this be any worse...No!
Absolutely dire, wouldn't recommend to my worst enemy.The place could be improved by nuking it, it really is that bad and I can thank the staff for completely wasting the last two years of my studying.If you want an education, or a valid Degree, I wouldn't attempt to come here. - read more...

1 out of 10
A complete waste of my time
If I could grade it -10000 I would. It is a dive, crap teaching, crap facilites (it is based in an old mental hospital on Fusehill St, good sense of humour eh).Have tried submitting complaints, but these have led to nothing being done and no help for me on my course. I'm doing badly due to no help on my course, I feel like jackin it in! - read more...

1 out of 10
DO NOT COME HERE!
Enjoyment of Uni= 0-It is poor, and teaching is lack-lustre and rubbish. No clubs to join, no activities. Recommend to others= Like a hole in the head, will know next time, this place is crap. Parts to be bettered= Everything. Teaching is lousy, no feedack when you hand assignments/drafts in. Library facilities are poor, it just isn't a library. Communication between lecturers idoesn't happen either, and they don't communicate with us. Drop-out rate has been extraordinary, approx 60% of peole on our course have dropped out! Most important piece of advice= Unless you are desperate, a refugee or completely off your face and like the idea of a Mickey Mouse Degree (and a third) STAY AWAY - read more...

1 out of 10
A joke to even call this a University
This "University" is a complete shambles and a disgrace to even call itself a University. It truly is atrocious, with the emphasis on making money from students. Examples can be seen from the cost of a cup of coffee (£1) to the unbelievable library fines (approx £2 a week per book). Have been lied to continuosly through this course, as I signed up for a course which they decided to pull the plug on at the end of my second year (great, thanks a lot).Lecturers give little or no feedback, feedback is usually unhelpful and even asking for advice on a Dissertation title will result in no help whatsoever.Everything is done on the cheap at UniCum, and this is clear from the first day you step on campus (if you're daft enough to even progress that far).The place is situated in Carlisle in an abandoned hospital, with little or no wheelchair access.There is no car parking whatsoever, unless you get a space at 6am in the morning as the pay-and-display car park is used by people who work in town and people who live at Uni, so it is permanently full. The whole place could be improved by being closed down, the staff are unhelpful and lousy, the campus is atrocious, and my experience over the last three years has gone from bad to worse...DON'T GO TO UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA, IT IS A DISGRACE AND A WASTE OF YOUR TIME, MONEY AND EFFORT.Even an Open Uni course in Prison would be better than this! - read more...

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