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I really enjoyed my stay at Novel riverside, the building was very nice and staff really friendly, it was located in a good position for shopping and getting to campus, however since leaving in June 23 I have emailed and phoned on numerous occasions to get my deposit back and have received not one email or phone call back, this is really beginning to cause me stress as I need the money to help pay for rent on my new accommodation.
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University of Kent Hall Rankings
Pavilion Court | #1 |
Riverside | #2 |
Pier Quays | #3 |
Alma Court | #4 |
Turing College | #5 |
Canterbury Student Village | #6 |
Canterbury Student Manor | #7 |
Keynes College | #8 |
Parham Student Village | #9 |
Tyler Court | #10 |
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I really enjoyed my stay at Novel riverside, the building was very nice and staff really friendly, it was located in a good position for shopping and getting to campus, however since leaving in June 23 I have emailed and phoned on numerous occasions to get my deposit back and have received not one email or phone call back, this is really beginning to cause me stress as I need the money to help pay for rent on my new accommodation.
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University of Kent Reputation
University of Kent is located in the city of Canterbury. The county of Kent resides in the South East of England.18,155 students are enrolled at the University of Kent:
-14,720 of these students come from the UK
-20 come from EU countries
-And 2,510 are students from non-EU countries.
(Source: HESA 2021/22)
The graduate outcomes for the University of Kent show that six months after leaving university, 88% of graduates are in work or further study. The typical graduate salary six months after leaving the University of Kent is £24 - £27K a year.
(Source: HESA Graduate Outcomes Data Survey 2023 for 2020/21 graduates)
Updated: 30th June 2023
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Good service, appreciate the help and guidance to the resources available to help us students enjoy and receive the correct help with what we want to achieve
Kent university is great but is unfortunately phasing out almost all the humanities including my master... Diversity will be missing!!
University of Kent in UK stands for academic excellence, fostering vibrant community and where innovation meets creativity.
Great campus! Staff are super friendly, hardworking, and helpful Shoutout to the ladies at the donut stand for making the event very enjoyable i.e. Harleen, Kiera, etc, and a special mention to Nick as well.
Stunning , love it , lovely stuff
I don’t know what happened to the wifi this year but it’s been horrible, most of the time I have to use my data. I’ve always wanted to join a sport society but they’re too expensive for me to play competitively. My course ultimately is quite good with showing us opportunities to do with our degree post graduation
good price and friendly staff,i like here
Wish we could have more career opportunities
Loving it and recommend to all students
The campus is very pretty and very easy to get to from my accommodation
tom was great with the plumbing things he did excellent work
I really enjoyed my stay at Novel riverside, the building was very nice and staff really friendly, it was located in a good position for shopping and getting to campus, however since leaving in June 23 I have emailed and phoned on numerous occasions to get my deposit back and have received not one email or phone call back, this is really beginning to cause me stress as I need the money to help pay for rent on my new accommodation.
US sized campus, really cool students, high location with many courses, not the best travel services
Beautiful campus with a lot of facilities.
Loads of event, very big campus but the reception and wifi is not too good
I ‘like’ the Univeristy of Kent, but I would say that stems from the content of my course and the friends that I have made. I think that the univeristy lacks, and I have noticed this when I have visited my friends at their universities. Coming from a big city, I think that Canterbury and the Univeristy of Kent feels rather small and boring to me compared to what I’m used to. However, Kent has a great library, a good enough student club with good themes. Another major problem is the lack of shops, coffee shops and other stores on campus (there are just two co-ops which are too overpriced for students)
It's a good university and the communities are nice, but there aren't a lot of restaurants and things to do on campus
The university has a vibrant and diverse community of students and staff from all over the world, which makes for a rich and stimulating learning environment. The facilities on campus are modern and well-maintained, including state-of-the-art classrooms, libraries, sports facilities, and student accommodation. The campus is also located in a beautiful setting, surrounded by greenery and overlooking the historic city of Canterbury.
Has been a great place to study law from abroad.
Enjoying my course very much. Pretty good uni and facilities.
I love my course. Always opportunities for me. Uni is great
One of the best unis out there
Good uni, feel like I fit in. Lots of different clubs going on.
It’s fine and suitable. It’s fine and suitable. It’s fine and suitable. It’s fine and suitable. It’s fine and suitable. It’s fine and suitable.
Lovely place ! Just get ready to climb a hill !
great facilities and the societies are great fun
A positive university experience, lots to do, amazing facilities and great social activities provided.
Second year, it’s great. Love my course
Great campus with good support team.
Amazing and supportive staff!!
The university already knows how I feel about them
A good university that offers lots of support, especially for international students
Good experience and met some nice professors
Good facilities and teaching however
I haven’t yet been to all parts of the campus but so far nothing to complain about. I love the campus and all the different buildings, student union is very active and supportive There are so many different societies and events you can go to. There’s a lot of opportunities to socialise and meet people as well as study
I enjoy my course and the staff here, a really vibrant community.
A friendly small university. A lot of opportunities to socialise and make friends including societies, teams and the union. The campus has a good set of bars and restaurants, and two co-ops on campus. The Templeman library is a large library with plenty of space to work in. These spaces are split between silent studies and more social group-work spaces.
Decent uni with a good vibe to it. Would recommend the kent business school
Never had any issues with any of the above, the campus is big and welcoming and there seems to be a society for absolutely everything. The student union have done a lot this year in regards to the cost of living crisis, allowing extended opening times for the campus food bank. The careers service are amazing, I receive a weekly newsletter on jobs in the area as well as graduate schemes to apply for.
Outstanding campus, amazing library, great facilities.
Student union never replied my email when I need their help Same as my friend she was crying in front of the student union office then manager cMe out to see her otherwise they won’t reply you at all
Great for my course. As a masters student I felt very alone outside my course.
staff are always ready to help out especially through tough times like covid & marking and assessment strikes and boycotts
A very nice location for a university however it can be a trek to go the the nearest supermarkets which are in town
The teaching at Kent is excellent. Combining this with the wide range of societies and things to do on campus, my experience here has been great.
Could have better organisation structure
Great place with very nice staff. Very nice location
It’s a great and diverse university with a big campus and plenty of societies.
good area of study, a range of different societies and a nice area to relax.
It has been an amazing first year in the uni of kent there are so many clubs and societies to join fpr everyone. However, if you are not a type of person enjoys clubbing, you may be lonely. The teachers and seminar leaders are very helpful and push you to learn. Social areas are amazing and the gym is free for first years!!
Amazing experiences and Kent Dance is an outstanding society where everything is involved
My experience at the University has been enjoyable. I'm quite reserved but enjoy walks through the grounds and the library as it is full of study corners and booths. There are several societies for people and the nights out are quite fun.
Good university. With good lecturers.
DO NOT GO to this uni. I am a 3rd year student and they have decided on a marking boycott- essentially they are refusing to mark our work until they get their concerns met but higher members of staff. So our degrees might be useless- they don’t care about their students!
The uni is good and placed in a good area
Great university and it has much needed support. All a good variety of societies
Good in overall, but library is always full...
an excellent university with passionate teachers. A very good eramus program and a multitude of associative events and clubs allow you to socialize
Pretty average. Diverse range of students
Very nice and big campus. Templeman Library has lot of space and also a café. The university is well maintained
University is located in a less crowded city( easy to commute to and from ). Module convenors are quite accommodating and helpful. Amazing university.
Really nice uni and great facilities
A very critical university who take pride in developing the students.
Very diverse university and big campus. presser is not a native speaker that makes it hard to understand.
Overall amazing experience, quite helpful just shame about no parking as if you don’t have a permit you have to pay
Everything is great! I am grateful that i choose Kent Uni
I've enjoyed my education at Kent Uni. The professors are super friendly and the quality of the teaching is good. My modules (literary history) were interesting and engaging. The campus facilities are alright. Some buildings feel more welcoming than others, but overall it's clean and in good shape. Internet usually works but it's not the fastest.
My time has overall been good, and your experience will depend on your expectations- I would of hoped for more of a community feel since its a campus uni based in a small city, but that hasnt been the case.
Better than I expected actually happy I’m here
The University of Kent experience is unique and diverse
A friendly and helpful environment
I am currently a second year the campus itself is lovely , modern and old mixed and very green with a lovely view of the cathedral.
staff outside lecturers are awful at responding to you. they just blank you- really damaging , very dishonest.
The campus is big and has a BEAUTIFUL view of the city. The teachers are accommodating and nice
Studying at Kent and experiencing student life on campus were some of the best moments of my life thus far
Really nice campus, good facilities and accommodation, some issues with contact and keeping in touch with the uni/societies.
A very diversitied culture and modern learning environment.
didn't spend much time in school campus
University of Kent is the Best in Canterbury
Well organised and a nice place to be.
Everything works well with how everything is formulated
WiFi was always terrible and not worth the money lived of pot noodles for a year as my flat mates were messy and never spoke
Nice location but it can take long to get to city centre.
Beautiful campus, lots of clubs and the career service has been very encouraging.
I am really enjoying my time at Kent uni.The facilities are good, the college system is a lovely way of getting people to meet new people, and the campus is beautiful and feels vey safe. I love my course, and the lecturers have been really supportive through the online learning Covid experience and always available for drop in virtual sessions. I’ve felt very well supported throughout my time here so far. There’s nowhere else I’d rather be.
Terrible mental health support would not recommend to anyone who suffers from anxiety.
A solid, valuable experience. However the careers service could do more to liaise students with employment opportunities.
Join a club or a society because you will regret it if you didn’t join any in your first year, trust me on that.
Fast wifi and plenty of amenities at SU
Very friendly, open and safe campus. Never had a problem with anything but if I did there are many services provided to ensure you have a safe and happy experience. Everyone is very friendly and approachable.
There is no sense of undergraduate community at the university, and little postgraduate community.
worst experience possible at a university. Nothing interesting ever happens in the cold and dull middle of nowhere. Lack of teachers caring about the subject they are teaching and students dont bother showing up to the lectures and classes. Dont bother going to this university as it is a rip off for what you are initially paying. Dont go here
Kent has been a disappointment so far. If I hadn’t made such good friends I would have left ASAP. Let’s start with the actual education: my contact hours are beyond minimal, seminars are a thing of the past, lecturers have no passion, the list goes on. All the lecture halls are good quality. Student life: EXPENSIVE. co-op will break your bank! Eating on campus is expensive; pizzas, burgers, curly fries served at ALL places to eat with no alternatives, great on the first week but you will miss having a side salad... Nights out: The venue is TINY, anymore than 200 people and you can’t breathe. Highly recommend club chem in town (NOT the Cuban - don’t do it!), get a bus pass! Accommodation: awful. If you don’t get Turing, Tyler or the brand new parkwood houses, good luck. Even then you’re miles from campus. Jobs: Non-existent. No help from the uni, they don’t hire and neither does town. Sport/societies: gym is decent, no pool tho, ENDLESS societies!!!
You'll get internet speeds of 45 mbps. Rooms get worse with the older time it was built. There is a lot of career advice. Picking the right room is essential and avoid eliot college by all means. There are thousands of fun clubs and societies.
Kent has good teachers and some good facilities. Everything else is just rubbish. Sometimes there is no hot water/heating/internet in student halls, specially during the winter. Most staff members dont care about students. Career/placement services does nothing to help students. kent only care about the students tuition. Takes in international students to get their money and then ditches them. Canterbury is a nice rural city but lacks heavily in technology. Kent=confusing
The library has been thoroughly modernised as an open plan place to access computers more than find books. I think it has gone too far in the other direction, to look pretty. Not too impressed by the essays I find in the printer tray. If you have high intellectual pretensions, try Oxbridge or Edinburgh maybe.
The Campus is quite large with a lot of open space to walk around, there is a reasonably large collection of societies that you can join and the Wifi works. That is the end of the positive section of the review. The Student Union is abysmal. During the strikes, the union (that could not organise a piss-up in a brewery) failed to organise a student response to the strikes and didn't even attempt to help students claim compensation. That caused some first-year students to have to organise it themselves while everyone was preparing for their exams which we were very unprepared to take. The Careers Service is not tailored to the students. If you are lucky and you manage to apply to get a mentor who has left the uni hold on to them as that is the only advice you will receive as the uni does not care about you at all. Lastly, I hope you are very rich as nothing at the university is free or fairly priced. The uni gym is not only overpriced but also lacks some pretty vital gym facilities.
Like any uni, the University of Kent has its failures, but it more than makes up for them in other areas. In terms of teaching/lecturing the university can be terrible, some lecturers won't even turn up without prior warning and when they do are clearly uninterested in teaching the content, BUT there are some that are gems and will go above and beyond to help you with any module not just the one they teach you. As well as this the campus is beautiful, as most of the accommodation; the library is phenomenal and the views of the city from around the campus are great. The students union is terrible and unsupportive, but they run a decent club on campus so you can't complain that much.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time as a student at the university of Kent. My course was really interesting, I was given chances to be involved in all sorts of extra curricular activities and the teaching was on the whole really good quality. The accommodation was some of the best I’d seen both from visiting other university open days and visiting friends at other unis. I was in Keynes college flats and I loved it. My course support was really good and I found Canterbury a really fantastic place to live where I had the chance to go out a lot (which I made use of especially in first year) and also be living in a nice community with lots of shops and nice places to eat in the day. The uni itself was fantastic for me and the perfect place to be. I also partook in part time work through the university as part of the student subject ambassador scheme which was paid really well and gave me really good work experience whilst also being flexible around my studies. Overall, I really enjoyed my time.
I was very skeptical about going here however it was the best decision I made, being a campus uni everything is only a short walk away. It has amazing facilities and there’s something to do for everyone, I feel proud to go to the university of kent.