de Montfort University Leicester

Advantages: An early warning system for the demise of HE
Disadvantages: Where do we start?

According to BBC News Online, this 'institution' has a drop out rate of 11% for the academic year 2001-02. The justification for this shockingly low figure is the classic Paxman motto: "I've started so I'll finish". Well, what have the non-drop-outs started? A programme of study that, if it was anything like my first year, is intellectually unstimulating, psychologically draining (though not in any positive sense of the word) and about as useful ...
...may have been a little harsh - at least anthrax is mildly amusing to those versed in the darker side of humour). My course of 'study' (Photography and Video) was to the Humboldtian ideal as Mohammed Atta was to the New York skyline. It consisted of producing consistently awful work (and I speak only for myself - my work was thoroughly appalling), getting marked over the top for it, all the while sitting through lectures which talked monotonously ... Read review

Advantages: culturally diverse, friendly staff, campus is in one area
Disadvantages: Although culturally diverse (Leicester) a sense of isolation can be felt

...year i would definately recommend De Montfort University as i know many others who have gone to the elite universities yes the top two- and have hated it. A BIG thumbs up I think!!! **********NEW BITS********* 'Well you see times have changed, and relationships are not like the old days'- Destiny's Child, Writing's on the Wall Albulm (the first bit of it) It has been 3 months into my second year. Is it hard ? Yes! I have essays coming out of my ...
...so much fun not living in halls. I go and see friends AND get a good nights sleep. Since I last wrote this review, I have moved into a 5 bedroom house with 3 other girls and Duncan. Another Emma, Hanna and Laura are our housemates. In the picture attached is Laura hiding together with Hanna. Hanna is an absolute crazy girl who went so over board decorating our house for our Halloween party- we're having the Christmas Party !!!! If you want to see ... Read review

Advantages: Great for art courses, great halls, great nightlife, located in a good central city with good links
Disadvantages: Poor selections of postgrad courses, some halls suck! (grange court)

...second year of study of de Montfrot university and am about to complete my third and final year! -The location- de Montfort is located in Leicester very near the city centre. It's an excellent location a 5 min walk to the shops and bars in the city centre, 10 mins to the train station that has very regular trains to London and most other locations which are fairly cheap. The actual university is compact and everything is located together with the ...
...these!! but check out the de Montfort website for more info www.dmu.ac.uk -Courses- de Montfort offers a fairly wide range of courses and is highly regarded for their art and design department. They are also the only place in the world (last time I read the prospectus anyway) to offer a contour fashion course! The offer courses from business management to drama and dance! de Montfort offers course including the following: Architecture, Fine art, ... Read review

Advantages: Close to services / city centre
Disadvantages: My faculty sucks a bit

De montfort university leicester - My first and only uni After 2 full years at de montfort university leicester, i can say that i am satisfied that it was a good choice for me. It may not be the best university on paper, or even physically, but i find it very good. I am studying for a BSc Business Information Systems and am really enjoying the course. The IT department is very good, with access to PC and Unix labs very readily available. At times ...
...full quite quickly. This can cause problems occasionally but there are plenty of places to go. The main problem with this (and a few other in Computer Science and Engineering faculty) course is the management. The faculty is quite poorly organised and coursework marking, results etc. take a long time coming through. Unlike most other faculties we do not get individual timetables, instead having to print off a communal one and then crossing out the ... Read review

Advantages: Central location and cheap cost of living
Disadvantages: Accommodation tight if not booked early

INTRODUCTION ************* This is an extensive opinion and I will dwell here sufficient to say the University is named after Simon DeMontfort, a rebellious Leicester Earl, switching from Leicester Polytechnic around 1990. As a polytechnic in the 1960-70`s smaller rock groups frequently played within the halls, but alas no more. LOCATION ********** Leicester, Bedford and Milton Keynes. The principal college is Leicester, 100 miles north of ...
...Road, turning right towards the DeMontfort University (DMU) Gateway. TYPE OF EDUCATION ****************** Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Part-Time and Distance Learning. Art & Design, Business, Engineering, I.T., Law, Social Studies, Pharmaceutical and many more. DMU has its own bookstore and library centrally, but several other bookshops exist in the city centre from which you may be able to obtain your books at cheaper prices, including Waterstones, ... Read review

Advantages: Structured timetable, responsibility for own work and how I approach this - others may view this as a disadvantage.
Disadvantages: Each module leader wants his / her work to be your top prioroty, not enough hours in the day to complete all tasks,

...-> Me I am a student who has spent the last 2 years studying for a BSc (Hons) computer science degree at De Montfort University, Leicester. I completed my IT A-Level back in 1999 and decided that computing was to be my degree path. My time at university has been great to say the least. But here I intend to focus on my actual degree and its content not the countless nights filled with alcohol, kebabs, scrapes with the law etc... -> My University The academic year is divided up into 2 semesters each 13 weeks long, after each semester is a 3-week break and then a 3-week exam period. Each week of the semester is divided up into hourly lecture slots that occur Monday to Friday between 9am and 6pm. The lectures themselves usually involve an OHP or a PowerPoint slide show projected onto a screen. The lecture theatres tend to hold... Read review

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