University of Staffordshire

Fantastic facilities on campus, the simulation suites allow students the opportunity to put taught sessions into practice before implementing skills in the real world. This allows students the opportunity to make mistakes and learn from them, in a safe setting without judgement or implication on patients. The site is welcoming and inclusive. Lecturers are welcoming and approachable.

Improvements - Scheduling/timetables of modules needs to be reconsidered. Often they overlap especially in 3rd year this is problematic. For example - When waiting on results from one module (which are needed prior to starting the dissertation module as the content/proposal forms the basis for the dissertation) but the deadline to submit the proposal for consideration for the dissertation aspect was due prior to the result release date from the previous module. This was looked into but then students were only given 2 days from the release date to the deadline to make any amendments - baring in mind all students on this module are also in full-time employment working typically writhing healthcare/nhs settings.

There appears to be no consideration to students responsibilities outside of university when it comes to university timetables/deadlines.

When multiple lecturers are teaching on the same module there appears to be little to no communication regarding their expectations of us as a student or discussions about what’s been taught/previous advised. We have experienced multiple lecturers where one lecture has told you “this is what is expected and what the module/assessment entails” & the following week another lecture provides completely different information. This creates confusion for students especially when we have tight deadlines and limited time to complete this around our full time jobs and life commitments