London College of Beauty Therapy Reviews Summary

Course Experience

Pros:

• "Just completed a L2 and L3 health and fitness course. I have to say it has truly been a great experience."
• "I felt supported at all times, and especially loved the hands on learning element of the course."
• "LCBT gave me the opportunity to do evening classes which is perfect for me and fits into my lifestyle."
• "I learnt so much in such a short space of time with her and can gladly say I passed my course, in fact the entire class did."
• "I left the course feeling confident in preforming the treatments and also gained so much knowledge."
• "Great college! I am so glad I applied to come here. Learned so much and it has brought out a lot of confidence in me."
• "The support and teaching was fantastic, Andas teaching was excellent and I really learned a lot."

Cons:

• "Management rude don't listen or deal with problems"
• "Be prepared as the course is quite fast, having just a day off in the month can really pull you behind."
• "Stay away from this College if you are thinking about taking a course, the classes are disorganised and unprofessional, the teachers hardly have any time for you."
• "Courses are rushed and you don't learn properly"
• "Some of the teachers often allow students to just 'get on with it', and aren't very hands on when it comes to the practical units."
• "Financial support is difficult to get in contact with when there is a change of circumstances."
• "Our class had been given no guidance or help on how to get into the industry, so yet again we are left to figure it out."

Staff and Tutors

Pros:

• "The girl that gave me a facial was really nice. It was her last final, and she was very thorough."
• "The JobShop - specifically Ellie Holbrook did everything they could to get me a job, and after 3 separate job offers I was able to select the best option for me."
• "Ashley Delaney is the most amazing tutor she makes my lessons fun and makes me enjoy my lessons."
• "Teacher Sandra is amazing and very motivational, she was very keen to help everyone."
• "Viv is an excellent lecturer she supported me so much and helped me get through the course."
• "Dionne is phenomenal. The course got hard at times but she was there being supportive, seriously encouraging and so patient."
• "Sarah Kimble was amazing! very thorough and knowledgeable and ensured we all fully understood what we were learning before moving on."

Cons:

• "She has different tutors all the time who don't know what they're supposed to be teaching."
• "WORST COLLEGE EVER!! this will be my second year at LCBT. Staff are very rude, disrespectful and stuck up!"
• "Worst place to study! I studied HMM here it was horrible my lecturer was so rude!"
• "Worst experience here, tutors are rude"
• "The young Receptionist is SO RUDE! Trying to book appointments is almost impossible!"
• "Staff are very rude, disrespectful and stuck up!"
• "The tutorer i had was a jumped up little madam who clearly had an attitude problem."

Facilities and Resources

Pros:

• "The resources we use in class are of good quality and kept in good condition."
• "I love the LCBT. The location behind Oxford Circus is easy to get to and they offer an impressive range of treatments."
• "As it is a college not all of the treatments are available all of the time but at the low prices they charge of the professional standard beauty treatments it is a small complaint."
• "The facilities are great, as well as the venue at Shaping Change gym where we had our practice."
• "The college in in a great location, easy access to oxford street which was perfect for breaks :)"

Cons:

• "Outdated equipment"
• "All of the materials are outdated and you are only qualified to use that outdated equipment nothing newer or you have to be retrained on the equipment."
• "There is no where to sit and have your lunch you have to go outside"
• "some rooms are dirty and they use same creams with no labels and old there bad"
• "There's no canteen or even a space to eat, just a vending machine which didn't work the whole time i was there."
• "You have to carry around all your equipment & HEAVY theory book everywhere you go up and down flights of stairs with no lifts & travel from one building to the next."
• "The alleyway where the actual college is based was mostly covered in people under the influence of drugs and alcohol."

Student Experience

Pros:

• "The other students were friendly and helpful."
• "I have made friendships that will last forever, and I would recommend this course to anyone."
• "I have been studying level 2 Beauty Therapy since June this year and have been loving every minute of it!!"
• "Intensive course, short, 2-3 days a week, qualification looks great on your CV."
• "I can't wait to enrol onto level 3 to expand on my skills for the Beauty world."
• "very grateful for this opportunity to achieve my goals, and it was all due to the most amazing tutor Sandra Connor who helped me get this complete and is helping me to get a job."
• "A special mention to our tutor Sandra who was highly motivational and always enthusiastic, a perfect mentor to all her students."

Cons:

• "some students are badly behaved and don't do any work"
• "Please do not Go here it’s a ‘catfished’ college the whole college is pathetic."
• "Also, it is really awful seeing masses of the girls sucking on cigarettes outside and around the salon."
• "Some of the girls at the college don't appear to be passionate at all about the course they are studying."
• "This college looks nice and seems like the staff are supportive but I was treated very harshly by a staff who judged me without knowing me."
• "Not just me but 3 other students who I obviously won’t name where bullied for many reasons such as the skills they had in the course, or being bullied because of their financial situations or the fact they didn’t look the same and was bullied for being ‘WIERDOS’."
• "GO TO A PROPER COLLEGE"