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Poor university who put profits before students. They take weeks to answer cases, pass you from department to department as no accountability, they rarely answer phones, if you do get to speak to someone it’s extremely rare that your issue can be solved on the phone, non existent tech support, departments do not work together, rules are interpreted differently depending on the person you speak with. onboarding is poor, the team try hard but they will tell you themselves they are overworked, short staffed and take lots of problem calls as other teams don’t pick up
Go to a different uni that put students first. This may be a private uni but profits are at the heart of what they do and so students suffer
Worst university ever. Charged full fees for a completely remote course, zero mental health and well-being support. £75 resits and virtually everyone in my cohort will only be passing because of their ‘procedures’ - including their exam software kicking students out of exams not being a ‘genuine reason’ for setting aside a sitting - all the stories on here are true. They told me I failed 3 exams and were saying I had to resit, I challenged them as I didn’t receive ‘fail feedback’ for any of them and it wasn’t until I challenged them that I then found out I had actually passed and they got my grades wrong, three times! So many that have managed to graduate from here have gone on to not pursue a career in law due to how traumatic the LPC experience at BPP is, and I’ve been tempted to drop out most months. Absolutely do NOT waste your time.
No access even post-pandemic, still charged full London fees.
The building is not too big, so lack bit in environment.
Its little bit lengthy and in very start there is too burden so the course can be split.
Absolute worst university to ever exist. If you are planning to join this Uni, you will be facing following problems. This did not just happened to me, it also happened to my cohorts. As International student, I had mentioned about my visa status before joining the University and I was told there should not be any problem and I was told to get in touch 3 months before my visa ran out. In order to sort the visa, I was trying to get in touch with visa team from the start. I was told to pay upfront as well. As per the suggestion of admin, I tried to contact Uni help through phone, e-mail. I was redirected uncountable times. I even went there in person to get help but e-mail is the only way to contact them. They sent me back saying all these enquiries are dealt through email only( The e-mail takes 1 month plus to get reply). The staff on the university were extremely unhelpful. When I asked for refund, I was told I was already enrolled and cannot get refund because they did not reply in time about my visa problem. I am certain that they did not reply to us to deliberately not give refund. I did not get refund of approx. £10,000 on top of that, I do not have my masters' degree as well. All because of the incompetence of this university, I had to go through mental and financial stress. This amount of money is not a joke and whoever is planning to join this university, I suggest think not twice, five or six times.
Absolute nightmare to study in this univeristy. There is no library, no technical help, whatsoever. Me and my cohorts had to study in canteen since there was no study room available. There were minimal resources available.
very poor management team
some of my lecturers were helpful but a lot of them used to say 'i am busy' when i go to office after office hours in Urgent Matters. The staff are not well connected and they didn't reply to your email on time.
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How can i talk about my career when i don't even have my degree.
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Please do not waste your time or money going here. There are so so many other courses to choose from that are infinitely better. Also, if you're thinking of going here in order to get a visa DON'T! You won't be able to get your graduate visa if you need to resit any modules at all. There are loads of people on the course who have had to go home from the UK and have had no support from BPP.
BPP uses Inspera for online exams, students have been removed from these exams multiple times. This leaves students needing to resit exams at a later date through no fault of their own. Even when students are kicked out of the virtual exam room there is no support, BPP doesn't answer the phone for at least an hour, by which time the exam is finished. The libraries are now partially reopen. The computers are slow and you still can't borrow laptops. BPP looked at the pandemic as another opportunity to make money. They closed both libraries for a considerable period of time and wouldn't let you borrow any laptops from the libraries. This left students with 0 facilities. The library has a small section of psych textbooks. Very little online resources because BPP hasn't paid for access to most books. I've been using my undergrad login from a different uni for access to resources.
No availability to wellbeing services. I can genuinely say my mental health has been negatively affected by studying at BPP. International students haven't been able to get their graduate visas because BPP takes so long to mark work and provide results.
Course is all taught online. The student to staff ratio is far higher than the BPS guidelines state in numerous documents relating to accreditation so seminars end up being around 60 people. No support from tutors they take weeks to reply to you. Despite students previously raising the issue of out-of-sync term times, BPP continues to deliver their examination days after periods such as Christmas. After assessments you receive group feedback (the groups are 60 people). You only receive individual feedback if requested by a certain date which takes 8 weeks, by which time you've completed the next set of essays.
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I think I would have preferred going into university as I can meet my class mates and lecturers and have a more engaged time. My lecturers have been fantastic despite virtual learning as they have been doing the best they can. The university keeps us updated with announcements and offers support during this difficult time.
N/A as I have not visited my university due to the pandemic, but I am excited to finally study on campus!
I have been contacted by the student services due to my disability and they are always looking out and my tutor is great also.
The course is taught online at the moment due to the university being closed. I would prefer being at uni but I understand the reasoning behind the virtual learning.
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They provide events and seminars to help network with employers
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Overall experience is Rubbish To anyone reading this review I was hoping it would give you some insight into how my experience. I would say my experience at many times has been far worse than the 1 star given. I would encourage students, to look at other training providers instead. For students booking themselves onto their courses, look out for their terms and conditions if you do book courses with them as they can be quite unfavourable.
ZERO Facilities
Zero Student support
GIVE YOUR RATING* MUST BE ZERO
The RATING must be A BIG FAT 0 I advice you to avoid avoid! However it doesn’t open. Not to mention you can’t even do exams in it! If I knew this before I would not have spent my money on them. If you can avoid them by all means.
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Zero Job prospects
It’s definitely a nightmare honestly Yes, I suffered emotionally, mentally and physically. It is definitely not a University to attend any how. Look up all your options and choose wisely. It will prevent you from all the stress and suffering that I went through and the course is not free. As a home student I was given the opportunity to finish the whole course or come out halfway. Believe me, I decided to come out halfway and they still want the full fee of the courses and terms that I did not do. Not the best experience.I will never go back to BPP University to study ever again.
Not enough of staff And no one to help when you are in trouble
Personal support was the hardest There was nothing
It was definitely tough, who do you go to when you need help. There’s no one there!!!!! I regretted going to that university
The teaching team were great every else was like talking to a brick wall. There’s no support and no one is ever there for you
I had my own job before joining the course But still they failed me
my overall experience at this uni is horrible, just to think you are paying £9000 fees at a university for your education yet there is no facilities or support for students. Students needs computers, printers, study rooms, libraries , computer rooms, support from tutors to do their work but there is none of this at all. The staff are very unprofessional and would not recommend anyone to go and study nursing at this university at all. please look for a place elsewhere.
There is no facilities provided at RDASh university for students at all, no computers, printers, library and we only have one room which is used for both seminars and lectures without windows. If you want to print, or use computers you have to visit public services or internet cafes.
there is no support for students at all, tutors always changes every semester and they are very unprofessional
there is no university but the room at RDASH hospital location is near the city centre easy to access
Nothing to like the staff are unprofessional and the teachers dont even know what they are doing when you go placements the placement books are very difficult to understand for mentors and the staff are not supportive at all.
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no effort at and l would nevr recommend anyone to go at this university please
Please think twice before you enroll in BPP University. By far, it is the worst university I have ever seen in UK. They have the worst management team that do not handle student progression/ issues/ academic matters well. The staff are rude and irresponsible. They do not care about student social welfare and academic matter. You can tell the staff turnover rate is relatively high. Student are often mistreated by the management team. The facility such as Computers, Book are not sufficient enough to provide for the student. They have only a few computer scatters across the campus in London. If you have studied in UK for long, you will know what i mean 'not only by numbers'. They have only a limited or rather a few good ACCA accountancy tutor in the university. They claimed themself to be the Platinum Provider for ACCA course with high passing rate for these exam. In reality, only a few student pass with flying colours. The rest would be need to retake the whole module (reattending the classes ) , repay for school fees and resit the papers (at your own cost). Which i personally believe thats how they make money and keep student. I would personally recommend for distance learning, there is no necessary to attend the university . The atmosphere in BPP University is nothing comparable to any other University that are listed in Guardian Ranking or The complete university ranking table.
They do not have enough computers to provide all students. The library is extremely small and it can be superb packed and dirty during exam periods.
The administrative staff are superb rude to international students especially to student who first arrived in UK. I do not encounter such situation but I have witness how they mistreat other nationalities where 'English' is considered to be their second language. International support team are so irresponsible , do not uphold any professional demeanour in rectifying student personal issues. They failed to answer student query and often provide the false information or misinformed student. There are a few times that ACCA student were not allocated in the right examinations hall. Timetable not update in online portal. They do not informed student if there is any changes or replacement of the current Programme Officer.
It depends on which campus you join.
Some of the tutors are quite experiences and willingly to share their expertise knowledge with students