University of East London Reviews 

I am studying pharmaceutical science and It is great experience at UEL

Faculty so good and nice to be doing my msc in uel

It was a good experience

I like this facility and this is behalves work based on allergy

The fact that I have a feeling of home away from Home at the University of east London is so great. Sometimes I really wish I can freeze time while in school. I love UEL🥰🤭💯

The university has great opportunities for students to get involved and even earn! The lecturers are super helpful and it has a great atmosphere.

The University ultimately is really good in terms of the opportunities it provides through career zone, the activities, workshops, industry networking, free gym and many more, but when it comes to teaching not all lecturers explain clearly but that is highly dependent on the lecturer themselves. I currently work and study at UEL and the work environment is exquisite and safe, I have had no reason to worry. I am studying computing for business and most of our lecturers are excellent teachers and are easy to talk to.

The university of East London has taught me a lot of things it has allowed me to grow and get involved in many of the extracurricular activities that are on offer!

I disengaged from the university due to a bereavement (my father died). I tried to re-engage but was met with bureaucratic doom loops. One year in they are saying I need to pay twice for my outstanding module, have even instructed lawyers to pursue payment, and are offering a capped grade.

I am constantly refereed back and forth to different departments and appeals processes. They clearly do not review evidence. I am having to relive elements of a traumatic period in my life constantly by re-providing evidence of my father's death, GP notes about my mental health during that period.

Zero compassion or respect for their students. Money grabbing evil institution - AVOID.

You will not be treated fairly if you encounter an unfortunate life event during your studies.

South Asian are majority in this university.

Very negative environment and disrespectful students.

Horrible place, 100% no go zone.

It is the beginning only, and l’ve had truly positive experience from the MAPP teaching team. I could feel the teaching team/lecturers are professional, supportive, and have a great sense of humor. I also like how their respective modules are very organized and with great instruction to follow along. Will come back here to see if my first impressions stay unchanged.

Zoe from clearing was, fantastic very helpful, polite, patient and understanding. Despite I had awful experience with Joseph from students advice and guidance team. Zoe made it all okay for me. Thank you Zoe.

It is a very good university

Great school

Endless delays, poor communication, and zero consideration for deadlines. I went through multiple appeals, provided every document requested, and still faced uncertainty until the very end—costing me time, money, and my opportunity.

South asian: Indian students working for russian as a spy agents. Their aim is to steal critical research and discovery to Russia.
I reported few of them to admin for stealing my research to department did nothing

I contacted this university a month ago regarding a question that was not addressed on their website.

Their lack of interest in customer service and their unwillingness to respond to all the negative reviews tells me all I need to know.

AVOID AVOID AVOID !!!!!

If there was an option to give this place, a zero star I would have.

Being dead would be more pleasant than attending this place.

Lecturers , I wouldn’t even call them that because they don’t teach you shit.

These so-called lecturers that have no people skills have no empathy and have to communicate with hundreds of people every single day and then they question why their students are depressed and do not attend their lessons.

No amount of money or debt is worth going to this shit hole sitting in a room with these disgusting lecturers that don’t do anything but read of a PowerPoint for more than four hours long.

No amount of crisis or family emergency can change these people, they simply don’t care, even when your neurodivergent it’s simply disgusting.

Bro what's going on in Marketing communications!! Profs talking about communication with wife

As I have been both a graduate and an employee of UEL in 2024 I will be completely honest and hold nothing back.

In light of student life: We had free gym, bars and events for every community which was nice, abroad learning, mooting events, every weekend there's travel trips ie Cambridge, Thorpe park etc.

We also had a bus that runs between all three campuses which helped, I only used this during lockdown though as my classes were between two campuses. They ran every hour, although I'm sure that it's a lot more frequent now.

In regards to the teaching, this is where the stars go down. I recall first year (I'm a law graduate by the way), one of my classmates asked the lecturer for clarity so that we could understand what was being 'taught' this lecturer told us to go on google instead?? SORRY what am I paying £9250 for??

Anyway good thing I can research on GOOGLE!

FYI, this lecturer still works at the university.(Mark)

There is a lot of bad apples at this university, lecturers known for lack of support, I remember vividly Catherine in public law a fellow student asked her a question and she asked the student the same question they asked and said what do you think? sorry but if we don't know/understand and have the courage to ask for clarity, why wouldn't you try and help??

One thing they do really care about is recommendations/ reflection at the end of each term.

In our last year, we had a unapologetically racist lecturer called Vick, he was racist to blacks, Indians, asians. Collectively some students reported him and the university did NOTHING.

So yes, I see many reviews talk about dismissive, racist and many other bad things, it's true. (do not take with a pinch of salt)

I had one lecturer Lorna in particuar say that I would NOT pass my module?? I did pass and I did get an awesome grade.

People warned me not to come here, I tried it for myself yes, I graduated but, would I honestly want fellow people to relive the experiences I did? NOPE.

There are some good hard working lecturers, and of course this account reflects solely on Law lecturers.
I noticed that in some cases lecturers came, worked here for a few months and then left to further elevate themselves. A bit of a stepping stone environment.

I think if they continue to push aside major inequalities and issues within then no matter how many awards they may get their ratings will still be low.

Another good thing, as I noticed I highlighted many inequalities, was that they have an option of getting 5% of your fees back. So if you can pay for your studies in full you get back approximately £450 per year, which could help you with paying for books, printing allowance, travelling allowance etc.

As an employee: I had a few instances, one of which they attempted to do a full social media check on me, which is in line with KCSIE 2024 guidelines now, but since they couldn't find anything, I was invited in so that they can scan my emails... my PERSONAL emails? STRANGE RIGHT?

Anyway, fast forward, I worked within the UEL on a hybrid basis, they are a London Living Wage employer, so that's a bonus, work requirements were good, colleagues were nice, honestly I have nothing to complain about, there were no pay issues, it was lovely! - For this aspect alone I'm torn between 3* and 4*.. - So 3* for my experience while being student & 4* being an employee.

Overall rating: 3* simply because if students constantly complain about issues within your facility, perhaps you should look into them. They tend to sweep things under the rug, that's not how it should be. There was proof of such racist remarks (Vick).

(Catherine) known for her way of "teaching" if you want to call it that, she needs training? but she always boasts about the fact she's been there for 15 years...
maybe they can't get rid of her I'm not sure?

(Lorna McF..) well nothing nice to say about someone who talks down to students and wishes ill on them.