The London College UCK

It is very sad to see Qype gives Muyiserra  a platform for such slanders to take place on an institution where I presently study. Qype should not upload intimidating and grossly inaccurate reviews by any persons. Further I would not be surprise if the college in question will take legal action about Qype and for the simple reason that Qype is governed by its guidelines which admittedly fair and legal BUT not for this review which broke every known concept Qype believes in.

I happen to be a student at this college and started in Autumn 2011 and doing HND in Electrical & Electronic Engineering where most likely the reviewer is presently a classmate of mine even though I do not know him personally.

In summary I wish to comment on the issues relevant to reviewer’s complaints:

1)Teachers: based on my own experience all teachers are very supporting, well qualified with UK degrees & professional qualifications. All those who taught me are Senior lectures at public sector intuitions as well as this college . some of these teachers are internationally well know as a result of their extensive research and publication activities.

2)Library: well stocked with all taught subject majors being offered at this college. Not only this, it obvious the policy here to display on the shelves multiple copies to ensure students have easy access to all reading list relevant to their studies. In addition I was able to borrow laptops, Digital camera, electronic Components for my projects and many more..

3)Engineering Laboratories: Confidently I challenge this reviewer about his pathetic comments relating to lab facilities at this college for the following reasons;

4)The Electrical & Electronic Lab where I do my experiments has every components & analogue and digital instruments needed for my lab work.

I have worked on the latest PLC and managed to write Assembly programme to control Stepping Motor, Traffic lights & many more interface circuits. The lab also quipped with Circuit design simulation software (PSPICE) . This application software will turn your laptop or desktop into the most sophisticated electronic & Electrical laboratory using simulated experiments (You can simply simulate any analogue or digital experiments that you may need to design ,assemble and test)

There are of course other Civil Engineering labs but I think I should leave this to other Engineering students to comment but to the best of my knowledge there are full Civil engineering labs including Fluid Mechanics, Soil Mechanics , Structures & Science of Materials and Concrete technology workshop. I also seen on daily basis Site Surveying students working outside the campus carrying out field practices (to add all facilities are recorded on Video and indeed published on line).

5)Student Admin & Support staff: To be very honest I found most staff are very supporting and I received good advice with personal problems I faced at the start of my course and mainly relating to my finances where the college offered me cash (under the student financial crisis scheme) to enable me to travel from home to college and also with additional pocket money for my daily expenses and even paid my 2 months rent and I’am very grateful for this support because the student finance were too slow to process and approve my application at the start of the course and I had no one to turne to . I was also given additional time to submit my assignments which was the result of various family problems.

All in all I think this review is unbalanced, intimidating and grossly Irrational and Qype must remove it immediately. There was nothing specific in this review which fall within the freedom of expressing opinion . Furthermore I think the review is Liable and amounts to gross slanders and Offensive. It is shameful that Qype would allow irrational opinion with intimidating tone for uploading without initially being screened to protect themselves. I think the college should take a legal action against Qype to protect their reputation under the laws of this country.

Finally I would be very pleased if I will be able to continue my further study at this institution on completion of my present course.

At the moment I m studying electric electronic engineering, usually I'm not the type that appreciate little effort from colleges but with this college I will say its extremely bad! The new pricinple is ok but the other members of staff are so rude and some can't even speak proper English! I enrolled for a HND and after a week I decided to re enrolled for HNC, it's a fracas and an absolute waste of time, I won't recommend it to anybody. The library is nothing to write home about, the lab are not well equipped, they don't do any practicals! I can't believe this is UK, it's seems more of a third world country and if it were up to me,I will closed down the college and get some of the members of staff arrested for misleading the country future leaders! No doubt it because of such institution the UK education level is declining. All those people writing good comment of the college I pray the same will happen to your kids, and I'm sure it's your type who insult our politician of been corrupt, but you are doing the same thing for just one course... Money!!!!

The College is well located close to Notting Hill tube. The area is safe and quiet. Lost of nice places to eat, drink and take friends out. Best charity shop ever round the corner. It stocks top designer gear at a fraction of the price tag!

The college is small as compared to most universities. Students are mostly undergraduate. Facilities are OK for a smaller college. The campus had a facelift last Christmas. Re-decoration work was going on when I visited last week.

I studied HND in Business Management and graduated this summer. My tutors were helpful and nice. I chose the college because I was not sure if going to the uni was cost-effective. I am now job hunting. If I won’t get a job by Sep, I am off to do a degree top up at uni. If I get a job by September I will differ my degree place to 2013.

There were ups and downs during my studies. Nowhere is perfect. Overall I will recommend if I you are looking for the college. If you are looking for a big uni then perhaps you should not chose the college.

Probably one of the worst colleges in London. Its selling point is the central location and slightly lower tuition fees compared to most colleges and universities. I’d rank this college on par with most fake/scam colleges in East London.

Me, being a naive international student 2 years ago, fell for their trap and ended up enrolling for a HND in Electrical and Electronics Engineering course. Let me tell you, those 2 years were painful. Now in most colleges like, Imperial College or LSC, usually allocate 8-10weeks for a module to finish, but this college gives you and the lecturer 4 weeks to do the same!! That would be fine if the college had a vast library with lot of resources and where faculty members are available most of the time to help you out. But no, we had to literally fight for our books with other students cause the college only had 2 or 3 copies of the course text books. I am sure you can find a better library in prisons! Most of the lecturers who ‘taught’ us were visiting lecturers, so after teaching a class in this college, they would jet off to teach in other colleges and universities. If you wanted to speak to the said lecturers, you must wait for your next class, which was the week after in my case, or catch them before they run off.

This college, somehow, managed to hire the worst staff members you’ll ever encounter, except a few friendly helpful staffs. Not only they are grumpy, rude and misinformed most of the time, but they even fail to point you out to the right direction.

Most of the classrooms are big, but very congested. I guess the motto of the Dean Alan was to stuff as many students in a class possible.

Anyway, I could go on forever, but at the end I didn’t learn what I paid for. I would have stayed away from this college if I had a choice, but I didn’t. So consider this college if you have no other option, and have a very low expectation.

tl;dr – the reviews are true, horrible college, joke of a library, so so faculty members, worst and useless staff members. it’s a mess of a college.

PROS:
- Central Location
- Slightly cheaper tuition fees
- Flexible college rules and policy
- Better than some prisons
- Friendly and sympathetic other victims, I mean students.

CONS:
- Everything else that matters

I am an international student. I just completed my Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Management. The college is medium size. The facilities are not as great as at the uni but appropriate for size of the college and type of college it is. Student body: majority UK students. Some international. On my course tutors were helpful and knowledgeable. Made friends, I still keep in touch with. Reasonable international fees when compared to the unis. I am starting MBA Top Up in Oct. The administration was helpful. I received help with my application for the MBA - advice on course choice, personal statement, visa renewal after for my new course (which I could not get from my new uni) etc. I am now working for the NHS over the summer holidays then part time, could not get my job without my Management PgDip. Indeed a new principal is very nice. Lots of positive changes in the college last year. Probably I would have liked to see more international students like me  but overall - can't complain.

Studying at UCK gave me a great experience: my lecturers were enthusiastic and had real know-how, the  literature has been well choosen and I could gain a good foundation and the necessary skills for work life. The administration/organisation was great. I learned studying/working in a real independent way as well as teamwork and I got my first job after graduation with a top international company.

@ previous comments: The library area could be visually a bit more modern, yes. Expecting more "being taken care of" as a student/lecturer???

Things actually seem to be changing a bit now that there’s a new principal. he’s really talkative with the students and says he’s going to make some changes. we’ll see! so far I think he has a blog and they put up a big screen in the library and some new posters and stuff around on the walls which is a start.

The place keeps growing so they must be doing something right? My graphic design lecturers are pretty enthusiastic about what they teach and we’ve done some cool projects so far this year. I’ve never had any issues with the staff personally.

Would like to see some clubs and more extracirricular activities available…

Nowhere is perfect, but I love the international atmosphere and being in Notting Hill most days of the week especially now the weather is nicer!

1) The dean is always angry, and he never helps you when you need it. The administritive staff (i.e, Library and Reception) always look moody. There used to be the girl who was very smiley and always said hello, but she went last year and generally everyone is just rude

2) the lecturers are bad they don’t even want to be there, they act like they have better things to do

3) Not eligible for PSW Visa!!!!

4) I’m finishing my 2 year HND and ebverything is always changing and people come and go and nobody ever stay because it’s a horrible place. I used to speak with people sometimes and they all say it a bad college. They find all kinds of things to make you charge money, and the women in accounts aren’t helpful when you ask why.

I studied at this college as well and have to say it is absolutely TERRIBLE!!!. I would NEVER recommend it to anyone, not even my worst enemy. It was a total and utter waste of money. First off, the facilities (library, teaching, rude receptionists etc) are as most people have already stated, dreadful (for the money you spend). Second, the qualification you get (I studied for a Master Diploma in Management Information Systems) is not the same as a Masters from any other university and is therefore NOT ELIGIBLE for a Post Study Work Visa (a fact the college conveniently leaves out when you apply). Finally, and this is one really takes the cake, once you do complete your course and successfully pass, the college then hits you up with a £70 charge for your certificate!!! (yet another fact they conveniently leave out when you’re applying).
So in conclusion, let me just say whatever you do, do not bother with this place and tell all your friends as well.

It is good to know that more people have experienced the same problems at this college. As a current student of the institution, I am quite disappointed by the service offered to the students.
As it was mentioned on one of the previous review, you need, indeed, to attend this module called "individual study" which is just pointless. Basically you can do whatever you want as long as you stay in the building. According to them, that's a good opportunity for you to work on your assignments making use of all the (few) resources available in the (laughable) library. Also, in order to complete your timetable, they often include repeated modules in different terms. Even though I had not failed a module called "vocational skills", they said it was necessary to do it again due to its apparently importance, and to be honest, that's just a waste of time.
Having chosen to join a master with working placement as part of the course, I surprisingly found out recently about this extra £ 1,550.00 that the college charge you. At any time this information were given to me and I spoke to them twice before my enrolment, so they had the opportunity to clarify everything, but they didn't. I was shocked when I heard about it cause I thought that my course fees were already fully paid. That's the most unbelievable thing ever!
On top of that, when studying over there you must be ready to deal with a grumpy receptionist and staff that are not always keen to help you.
Well, the location of the institution is good though...

I diasagree. I studied Electronics at the college and now I am doing my top up degree year at the uni. I liked my tutors.