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Somerset College

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Address: Taunton TA1 5AS, UK
State: Somerset
City: Taunton
Zip Code: TA1 5AS

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Reviews
Most of my tutors bar a few weren't very good, Being a stand alone dweeb in an environment filled with people that you don't click with kind of gets you ignored and forgotten about, and i was very much like this during my time there, i was there but it didn't feel like i was there so to speak. I don't know if it's altered much since but i doubt it. Things change as time goes on but these kind of things tend to stay the same.
Studied a year of my degree here. Worst experience of education in my life.. for many reasons, not just ones listed: •You're always told that if you had any concerns or questions then to just email the tutors, however the majority of the time you never get replies. •When shown around at one of the open evenings by a member of staff, I was shown the art shop in the art department; This was a huge positive for me to have the shop in the department, and influenced my decision to choose this university to go to, so when I started in September to find out it had been moved and opening hours been cut?!? This is a huge huge deal, and to not tell students who made their decision on where to study partly on this is just sneaky and following on from that the course wasn't what was described to me- completely different in fact!! • The quality and engagement of lectures were not what I expected at university level at all; They were rushed and not inspiring at all. •The environment of the department was always extremely stressed and so so unsupportive most of the time Please, consider going elsewhere for the sake of your own sanity. You'll really regret it.
I attended this college twice, first to study Game Design and the second time to study Music Performance and to say the whole experience was condescending would bed an understatement, during Game Design we spent more time learning how to make and organise folders on a PC than learning how to make games. When it came to the music course most of our time was essentially free period where we were just left to our own devices to essentially teach ourselves, I ended up leaving with no qualifications because we weren't taught anything related to the courses. The only reason I'm rating 3 stars is because the times I did actually get to practice music were actually pretty good and I met quite a few awesome young musicians who are now off doing great things however most of them failed the music course here. I now travel around the UK performing at conventions infront of thousands of people but none of that was thanks to this college.
Upon returning to education as a mature student I found it to be quite a patronising and belittling experience. A few members of the academic staff didn't seem to be interested in the modules they taught and rather alarmingly one of the teaching staff struggled to answer a query related to my course. The bright and colourful exterior belies the below average facilities on offer. The catering was very 'meh' whilst the whole feel of the place seemed to be very left wing biased. I was glad to leave here after only a year and my subsequent year of my course in a different college was a much more positive experience. Don't enrol on a course here unless you have no other choice.
I recently had my first dump in the college toilets after attending for a period of time and I must say the service was great. The seat was devoid of any mess and the stall area maintained its hygiene very well. My one complaint was that the toilet paper dispenser was situated too low to the ground, meaning i had to bend over... while bending over to wipe. All in all I had a pleasant experience. 8/10 would dump again.
Studying here for 2 years doing an extended diploma in Media Development. College is honestly great. Teachers are understanding and flexible, and treat students with respect. The content we learn is relevant and the lecturers teach it in a way that's easy to understand.
Stay away if wanting to do ICT. Lecturers are highly uneducated in most areas they are teaching. Expect to be treated like a child. The only good thing out of the two years I spent there was the paperwork. Otherwise, I learnt nothing and spent the entire two years trying to earn money working rather than waste my time sitting around when work had been finished yet I HAD to be on site. Many many occasions too where classes we're being misinformed on how certain computing systems work. Management is far beyond a joke.
Do not. I have many things to say about this place. I was promised to be treated like an adult and upon arrival I was spoken to like I was a small, innocent child. Not good. The new art building which promised to be so good is messed up. The floors are constantly dirty and there is no management or punishments when things are on purposely vandalised. The building floods so much seriously its flooded at least 3 times this year and has destroyed a students work and sewer pipes burst all the time spewing a nasty stench all around the campus. The macs are not good. If you save a file in the wrong place by mistake then you have LOST your work. Oh and I'm not done. As well as the new art building being a crumbling, dirty mess- while you're trying to concentrate the music department is directly below you- that's right. Music, singing, and drums are constantly ringing through the place and being a huge distraction. There is no air conditioning and the heating is barely worth it. Some of the art rooms don't even HAVE sinks. Don't even get me started on the prices of the food... I refuse to pay almost £3 for a simple mediocre sandwich. What did I learn? Nothing. I came to this college expecting to learn about art but instead it became a competition and a case of proving yourself. I learnt nothing and I am highly disappointed. The grading of the work? Be careful. The grading system is a little biased in which if you do not do a piece of work in a way the teachers like you will get marked down for it. It should be the students choice after all- not to appease the teachers. Paperwork. Lots. And lots. Of paperwork. I'm doing an art program and rather than being graded for my drawings I'm being graded for how I use my English in my sketchbook. I'm taking an art course not an English course. Life drawing is not that good. We would very rarely do this and when we do it was always the same model and no one else. No different genders or body types. You'd get more study from a photograph than life drawing classes. The chips in the college are good but if you want a takeaway beware. They put your chips in a cheap paper bag with a plastic front. Most people have vinegar with their chips but sadly the cheapness of the bags mean that the moment the vinegar touches that bag you have a pile of chips on the floor and a huge hole in your bag. Sometimes you don't even need to add vinegar- the grease from the chips dissolves the bag for you! Maths? Total joke. I attended a class with other students who spouted nothing but racist, sexist, nazi-like opinions and disgusting insults at anyone and there is nothing done about it. To make things worse your papers don't even get marked! How am I supposed to get better at maths without knowing how I did? Medical care.............. I was having a bad time of the month and I was in tears with pain. I needed paracetamol due to the sheer agony I was in. I went to the reception and I was told I was not allowed to have any paracetamol in case I was actually an addict! I was in agony and desperate. In the end I had to waddle down to the nearest shop, drowning in my own tears just to get some paracetamol. Even a phonecall to my parents to prove I wasn't an addict wasn't good enough for them. What do they expect me to do to prove it? Don't even bother asking the college for anything. Disgusting, dirty, unorganized, expensive, worthless, belittling, waste of time college. I think I would have preferred to have skipped the college and just go to full time work.
I studied a degree in computing here. In the 3rd year, that's at honors degree level 2 of the modules were a complete waste of time. Data warehousing assignment consisted of a 1 page hand in that taught me nothing. Total waste of time. We made a calculator for the IOS module, resourced from a youtube video! Wow!! The other modules have not readied me for a job. I read through the previous years dissertations and they were full or grammar and spelling errors, and still getting 70 - 80% passes. Disgusting. They also consisted of creating very simple sql databases. Open university needs to investigate this as I cannot see how they have approved the module content. My wife also studied here and her experience was just as poor. In the first term of one of her years, she'd had 3 different lecturers in one module. The lecturers are poorly qualified themselves. This colleges focuses more on the arts etc. I have witnessed a new lecturer leaving within their probationary period and they openly admitted this was due to the politics within this college. Now finance are chasing me for money that should have been paid by student financed leaving me even more bitter. I will not recommend this poorly organised excuse of a college to anyone. I will not allow my children to attend this college when they are old enough. Avoid avoid avoid unless you want to carry out a very less then mediocre qualification and learn not a lot!
I'm a ex student.... Has to be my worst experience in education, the reception staff are very rude and unhelpful. If like me you are thinking of attending as a adult learner Don't unless you're happy to be treated like a child again... The staff there seem to think it is ok to scold you like you are their own children an forget they are speaking to an adult who is there by choice and paying for it.
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