London South Bank University Reviews Summary

Staff and Faculty

Pros:

• "The staff are friendly and help depending on who it is."
• "Teachers really helpful for students, really good location, easy to navigate around the building and joins modern and old together."
• "The psychology department are brilliant, if it wasn't for their support I wouldn't have achieved what I have today (2:1 BSc Psychology Hons)."
• "The lecturers were willing and committed to assisting the students to learn."
• "All the staff I’ve met have been so friendly, informative and patient."
• "Staff are very friendly and would go out of their way to help you!"
• "Lecturers are amazing."

Cons:

• "The admin department or experts don't have any knowledge about the courses."
• "The heads are properly unexperience and not cooperative."
• "Another bunch of unprofessionals! Sent them all the documents and after a month they told me that I haven't sent any doc."
• "Lectures were an uninspiring death by PowerPoint by people that didn't seem to know about the subject."
• "Many time i email to lecturers for feedback but they reply before one day of submission."
• "The lady on the admissions switchboard is useless foreign lady cannot even speak good English at all, poor communication skills."
• "The lecturers are so rude and incompetent, many of them can't speak English very well and don't help you."

Facilities and Environment

Pros:

• "All the labs and classrooms are equipped with the latest modern facilities."
• "It's a quite place though situated in the centre of the city."
• "The classrooms and toilets were always clean."
• "London South Bank University has great amenities, lecturers and courses. Students feel safe, inclusive and happy to learn."
• "It is a very good University with brilliant facilities!"
• "Labs well maintained, very good infrastructure."
• "The Lsbu library on Southwark campus is amazing."

Cons:

• "Very poor enrollment process. Be prepared to line up as an immigration interrogation."
• "One bad thing is you feel slightly enclosed in the buildings."
• "Wellbeing team hide behind an answer phone system of voicemails, which they must delete in bulk as they never call back."
• "The tour on architecture wasn't informative as well and left before it ended."
• "The facilties were outdated."
• "I studied through a building site."
• "The only reason why I knocked 2 stars off is the fact that this place is extremely cliquey and affected my mental health."

Administration and Communication

Pros:

• "You can always request one-to-one appointments if you think you're lagging behind and need help with it."
• "Administrative department and admissions department are also very friendly and responsive."
• "There is an attached Legal Clinic, which you can go and do work experience in, and really get a feel for working in the law."

Cons:

• "University delet your email after you graduate and does not give u notice or anything!"
• "LSBU is completely disorganised, especially the former student services department."
• "They will not reply, even if we sent hundreds of mail."
• "Very unfriendly behaviour from University authority and UK Home Office."
• "Had to call twice because man was so rude that he even didn't listen what I needed."
• "No support from educational team whatsoever."
• "No communication with students."

Student Experience and Support

Pros:

• "Great school, I’m in the school of Applied Science and so far all my professors have been amazing."
• "This is my last semester at LSBU and it has been such a journey!"
• "LSBU gave me the opportunity to follow my own pathway!!! Really pleased to be a student here!!!"
• "I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to live this wonderful and unforgettable experience."
• "Best university..very helpful staff."
• "London South Bank University 🎓 The best multicultural and diverse university, close to everything you need including social and many tourist informations."
• "Visited for a cryptocurrency event this week. Nice staff and students, all very keen and interested to learn and collaborate."

Cons:

• "Literally the worst uni."
• "This university is absolutely horrible."
• "The shittest thing ever happen to me. It's not even a university it like a high school who just want money."
• "However the rest of the uni is useless."
• "My advice DON'T GO TO LSBU."
• "Way under my expectations."
• "One of the worst universities and my biggest mistake of my life."