Roehampton Reviews

Disappointing Experience at Roehampton

As a student at Roehampton I regret to say that my experience has been far from satisfactory Here are some of the issues I ve encountered Lackluster Facilities The university s facilities including classrooms libraries and recreational spaces are outdated and poorly maintained It s disheartening to see such a prestigious institution fall short in this regard Ineffective Communication Communication from the administration is often unclear and inconsistent Important announcements get lost in a sea of emails and students are left in the dark about crucial matters Underwhelming Support Services Whether it s academic advising mental health resources or career guidance the university s support services are inadequate Students deserve better assistance during their academic journey Overcrowded Classes Large class sizes hinder meaningful interaction with professors It s challenging to engage in discussions or receive personalized feedback when you re just one face in a crowded lecture hall Attendance Confusion The university fails to provide clear guidelines on attendance policies Students are left wondering whether attendance is mandatory how it affects their grades and what steps to take if they miss a class Financial Burden Unexpected fees and hidden costs have burdened students financially Transparency regarding expenses is sorely lacking In summary Roehampton University has failed to meet my expectations I hope these issues can be addressed for the benefit of future students

I never recommend this university

I never recommend this university they don t have any standard of marking Completely unfair markings no check and balance

Roehampton is a Kafkaesque Nightmare

The teaching in the faculty of psychology is mostly good occasionally excellent but the university s administration is beyond dreadful It has been an extemely stressful and unpleasant 3 years for my cohort having to combine our studies with repeated formal complaints It began with not being able to pay our fees because the system wasn t set up to work Hours on hold day after day just trying to pay Then there was no willingmes in the department to produce reading lists prior to weekly lectures As part-time mature MA students the one day in advance of lecture reading list rule isn t sufficient especially when even this isn t adhered to This was a repeated request by each new cohort - the result Utter intransigence and disregard The supposed anonymity in marking is a joke what with the first three letters of the student s surname appearing at the front of every essay That doesn t feel great when you are the course rep whose role it is to make complaints And the complaints My cohort was overcharged by 3000 each When this was pointed to everyone anyone in the faculty it was denied and ignored for well over a year Finally a formal complaint and threat of legal action resulted in an inquiry and the full reimbursement of the excess fees And that s just the start Every academic year began with the hours-on-the-phone-trying-to-pay ritual A finance department that obstructs payment - imagine that The minor inefficiencies and annoyances go on and on far too numerous to go into here But the hell that is the end of the course is extra-special Having completed all the modules necessary to pass one might reasonably expect to have one s degree awarded and be able to register with one s professional body and begin work right Wrong First the successful students were lumped in with resits and told that all of us who finished in July would not have our Awards and Progresdion Board until the end of November The course leader had the gall to say that this was not a delay at all The only possible reason for this delay is to make life easier for administrators - sod the students - they just pay the wages So - another formal complaint made and hey presto - suddenly it IS possible to hold our APB in September after all What a relief But not for long Don t forget the ineptitude of the Finance Department As I write they have decided entirely erroneously that most of our cohort owes the universiry money We do not - we are all fully paid up The advice our department offers Get in touch with the Finance Department to sort it out So for those of us who try to do as suggested - two hours and 15 minutes on hold before having our calls cut off Repeatedly This happened to every one of us who tried to call them Unsurprisingly given the thousands of students whose lives they make hell who are desperately trying to pay their course fees sort out the errors on their payment records Why are we expected to waste days and hours of our lives pleading for them to correct their errors Theirs is an ineptitude that I have never encountered in a first world institution before So now with our putative clients employers beginning to think we are far too problematic as potential employees given the endless set-backs and delays yet another formal complaint has been lodged and we can do nothing but pray that someone inside dysfunctional edifice thsat is the University of Roehampton will notice and do something helpful This is the 4th University that I have studied at and far far and away the least organised and worst It is particularly galling and a great joke among my peers that the University websire proudly boasts that it is UK top 10 for Postgraduate Student Satisfaction - that s only because their student satisfaction questionnaires give no opportunity to comment on administration 46 students embarked on my course in 2021 Only 15 or 16 of that number are graduating Some left with a PG Dip after year 2 saying they couldn t bear another year of being treated with such disinterested scorn Others left to fimish their MAs at rival universities and they report having had a MUCH better time elsewhere A success rate of about 35 can t be something to be proud of If amyone asks me about my experience at Roehampton I would say Avoid at all costs - It s a complete nightmare

Very disapponting

This is among the worst international university I have come across they treat international applicant with disdain I have been requesting for my refund for pre-cas interview according to their terms and condition for months now no response Communication is Zero attitude of their staffs are unprofessional Its very disappointing and devastating coming across this university

International students look somewhere else this University is not it

I am an international student they not only accepted my placement and after months of prepping my visa and declining other university s offers they canceled my program without warning me that it was a possibility when I was applying They now have canceled the other program I currently am in so my work feels pointless The pricing for on campus housing is not equivalent to the quality of housing molded bathrooms poor plumbing issues and more They take forever to reply to emails even when the issue is very severe such as my room literally flooded when I submitted a service ticket 2 weeks earlier only for the issue to get to the point my sink backed up and flooded my room if I didn t harrass them constantly the issue would not have been fixed Did not pay me back for the damages caused This university only will take your money and then leave you with no support and assistance

REJECTION OF APPLICATION UNACCEPTABLE recently applied for an MA course via

I recently applied for an MA course via their online portal I uploaded all my documents as requested and two referees provided excellent refs My work history over many years directly evidenced my relevant for the course experience Counsellor and Support Worker in Mental Health I made several calls and sent several emails as by March this year had heard nothing Got no replies Then i looked at my online account and saw one word rejection I sent an email asking for the reason By return i received what looked like a generic response cut and pasted stating you did not meet the basic admissions criteria I was shocked as my degree counselling diploma work experience met the criteria and more I have since emailed the pgadmissionsteam simply asking them to explain in which way i did not meet the basic criteria Have had no response whatsoever I can gracefully accept a genuine reason for my not being offered an interview but their explanation was just insulting Does anyone know Who i can contact in the PG admissions team or the Dept of Psychology to request the honest explanation Is it my age the fact that im not going to pay as much for my course as an international applicant might If so then the process is highly discriminatory Angry but have other options and Unis to try for next year

Stay away from this place

If there is minus rating I would give minus millions stars this University is just collecting money they will keep forcing you to pay the deposit to not miss your place from and then they will mislead students give false information and after wasting all your time and money and you ask for refund they won t reply at all even if you call them the operator will just say I am sorry And wait for a reply from finance on your email and there is no time frame

Useless Mitigating circumstance team

The mitigating circumstance team does not review the applications properly They either reject the application or keep asking for evidence despite providing more than enough evidence They do not care if you have an emergency