Northampton Reviews

Worst university ever

I can say that this university is one of the worst university I have ever come across in my whole academic life I used to be a master student there During my studies I found a lot of racism discrimination homophobia etc etc especially from their staff I remember my teachers used to bully me on regular basis They used to threaten me shout at me and discriminate towards me based on my sexuality At the end of my first six months I was expelled from my degree for no special reason and was taken from the enrolment without following the correct procedures Because of them I suffered and went through a tough time Due to the severe stress I lost my health badly After a long process I took my case to OIAHE who looked into the matter and issued an order that the university should pay my first year fees as the correct procedures were not taken When I made a complaint to the vice-chancellor and other senior officials they all ignored and neglected my complaint Four years ago I finished my degree with distinction from one of the best university in UK and secured a job in academia My incident was not the first after leaving northampton I came across a lot of people i e students and academics who told me various upsetting stories against northampton It seems that the university s staff specially staff in the marketing and advertising school has some kind of problems with people from outside the UK International EU students and staff are treated badly by the local staff I made several requests in past however I never listened any apology from the university It is strange that you hire students from all over the world and then bully and degrade them I would like to suggest international EU students that they should not join them especially programmes in their marketing and advertising school

Warning about Human Bioscience BSc

If you are a BAME student do not do the Human Bioscience course I am predicted a first and hoping to finish Some of the lecturers on this course a very unprofessional and passive aggressive and are different in private in comparison to in public There are a few good lecturers but my overall experience at the Uni is negative The nutrition lecturer is very petty I was a student advocate in my first year and he invited me into a private room after I brought forward feedback about the module He invited me into a private room and then shouted at me that because of what I had done his module would not be in the new Biomedical science course I was called pootard by the Programme leader and asked are you are Looney The genetics lecturer also asked me are you a criminal directly in a class full of people mentioning my name specifically

Great for partying and thats about it

Best place to come if you want to party and fail in life

Worst Univesity

The University was very unfriendly and slow to reply urgent matters They are not supportive and overall all teaching education quality is below average They just structured the Masters course for making money from international students The Courses are far easier than bachelors One of my friends also get terminated from studies and the university didn t give a second chance to complete the course after providing valid reasons There is lack of communications between department to department Different teams will guide you differently on based of assumption if someone encounter any problem I will not recommend anyone to plan their higher education in this institution

I remember very well my days in this

I remember very well my days in this University as a student and the series of issues I had to go through with lectures which eventually led me to walking away from the Uni In my second year As a student I had high hopes of finishing my course and going to do better things for myself but that dream was immediately cut short due to the unprofessional approach by some of the Law lecturers and their attitude towards students They discriminate against you and reward the ones they like with higher marks Till this day I still haven t recovered from their attitude I will never recommend this university even to my worse enemy

The local government made a really bad

The local government made a really bad choice by first of all spending council cash strapped funds on the university kingsthorpe campus purpose built for students and staff and it has larger grounds and then for no reason moving it to a location close to town centre causing a lot of problems car parking traffic congestion as it is close to a main traffic road leading to business complex lack of parking local residents have complained about noise pollution litter and crime that both international and uk students can bring The university was fined for overscribing students Rise in house prices as a result of the large number of students and demand for residential housing The campus itself is in a location close to hospitals and NHS town centre which is crime infested Students roam about freely in large numbers and have been known to cause nuisance and mischief for patients of the dentists GPs hospitals users of supermarkets shops and restuarants There have been cases of students trying to gain entry to this country illegally and despite being fined they are building a new building next to nat west bank and and blocking passengers on buses near a bus shelter It is a racist institution

Change the Director

I have finished my degree but couldn t get my graduation due to poor communication what a shame as people do not graduate every day No ThanksNorthampton is WEAK as it can NOT provide a ceremony for the students that tried to work hard 4 4 yearsMany Thanks Northampton Please change the management

A total living nightmare

Applied to study here in 2022 Was lied to alongside the other first years and told that we were all guaranteed a place in the on-campus accommodation - which looked lovely and was more like a gated complex Upon moving day I found that I was in fact going to be living in St Johns which is in the town centre This would be fine except the town centre is riddled with crime drugs and people who generally seem unsafe to be around Within the first month the accommodation was broken into and the university services seemed to care very little simply myself and my other flatmates to lock ourselves in our rooms until someone could come and have a look at the door During this time a group of unidentified men entered our flat took items from our kitchen and trashed our communal space - something the services person initially tried to blame us for when they eventually showed up Upon me then inevitably deciding to leave my course I was told I had two weeks in which I could leave but - importantly - I withdrew from my course before the cut-off point of being charged A member of the St Johns staff entered my room without notice or warning whilst I was in the shower and I never received an apology Then to make matters worse the uni attempted to charge me as a student for months after I left Would not recommend attending here unconditional offer or not

Homophobic staff and faculty

I was studying Sociology BS Hons which at the time was a relatively new department at University College Northampton as it was known then despite attending all my seminars lectures completing all exams and passing I want awarded my degree The Head of Department told me in my office that he didn t award degrees to dirty faggots and when I reported him I was ignored by the Faculty Board after he lied to them Even though I had videoed him holding me by my throat in his office for a second time Three years of my life wasted because of homophobia It has taken me a long time to go through counselling and finally speak about this experience June 2002 Now the university tells me they have no record of my attendance despite showing them my payments for tuition fees and emails