Canterbury College

It was really amazing!!! I met amazing people and met my awesome tutors. It’s really good, facilities are amazing. Library is really useful and classrooms are kept clean and well kept. It has improved my independence and I have learned so many useful skills for my future. City is really good, people are really nice and there isn’t any trouble as well as many useful stores to shop from and resteraunts. Nothing really! Everything is self explanatory and covered in the Freshers week!

So fun defiently, always a lot to do and I just think it was the perfect time to meet new friends and really get to know those around you in order to get the most out of your uni experience. The beggining of the history course itself I found quite daunting and of course different to the Alevel I have previously studied, however I really just do completely love the subject and it was so interesting to get a take on it and they easily made sure that we got use to it! So good yeah:..

I mean it was a little small but truly nothing out of the ordinary quite modern and such definetly a good opportunity to meet new people, and the rooms were fine yes no problems.

The part of the university I was in there seemed to be enough there was a Library thag maybe could of been bigger? However defiently so far has the majority of what I have needed for my history studies. The social areas were also great and I enjoyed the use of the gym #fitness. Aha

They just featured most of the topics I enjoyed, I just love modern history. However they also gave men that open scope to learn about different subject areas which I just found so interesting and really expansively of my history knowledge. I also think there was the right amounts of students in the lecture s not too many so that it wasn’t imperonal but also not too few so that it wasn’t awkward. The lectures were also really helpful in helping you get your best out of the course and each individual lecture overall!!!...???

City life was fine, I mena obviously doesn’t cater like the big cities of London,Manchester / Leeds would do. Howeere there isn’t plenary enough, very adequate and the city itself is very beautiful which I enjoy on its own in alone its splendour . For own entertainment.

That they should of course, be aware of the jump between a level and university. However also on the flip side they need to not be too daunted by it because it really is boundless and you do get a Lott of help with it. So in end, not to worry!!!

it was okay, didn’t do much because i was busy with other things. i enjoyed the best part of it. i like the accommodation and my flat mates. they choose people they think you’ll get along with and for me it’s been good. they can sometimes be a little messy and loud but what do you expect when there are 1000s of people. the library has what you need. because of the non academic subject i take the lectures aren’t boring and they are mainly hands on and easy to understand. canterbury is a beautiful city because if it’s old architecture and the nandos is really good too. it isn’t too expensive. that you don’t need to have a huge group of friends. just stick to a few girls/boys or whatever and do your thing. popularity shouldn’t be a thing as it’s never about quantity it’s about quality and that’s the same for your actual art

I am studying at Canterbury college and I have having such a good time, the course that I am studying is detailed and the lecturers cover a lot in class time, they are also great people to talk to and get advice off of even if its not course related!

The facilities here are outstanding, the facilities here are in the library are next to non with technology, top of the range software is used so you have all the facilities you need to complete your work.

There is no accommodation here so you would have to apply and live in private accommodation, but rent here is reasonable so I would definitely recommend that if you are looking for housing. I commute from home so accommodation wasn't a problem for me.

There is no student union at college but there are some sports teams and other teams you can join, netball etc.

Canterbury College is such a good place to study! I am having the best time and recommend everyone to come here! The course is so detailed and the lecturers cover a lot in class time so as long as you take notes there is no reason why you can't get top marks!

The colleges facilities are outstanding, they supply top of the range computers and laptops for students to use and get their work done, they also supply plenty of other types of media such books, journals and magazines for research for assignments and revision!

The college does not supply accommodation so you would have to seek that privately but rent tends to be quite cheeps in the area compared to others.

The college also does not have a student union because it is only a college but it does have sports teams that you can play for if you are into sports and are keen to train!

Canterbury College is a fantastic place to study and everyone is friendly, I would highly recommend coming here to study as you'll have the best time!

The course is good and the lecturers cover all aspects of the course. They are very helpful with any problems you have and are always there to help you and give advice!

The university's facilities are brilliant they have a library with all the recourses you need to complete your assignments and revision. Top of the range computers and thousands of books and journals.

Accommodation is not available at this university so you do have to commute but housing in the area is quite cheap so that shouldn't be a problem.

There are no sports teams or society's at this university.

Let’s just say, if I had seen the reviews before coming here, I wouldn’t have gone.
I’ve had such a bad experience with this college.
I have come from a place of having no confidence, no life, no social life, no aspirations as such, due to being homeschooled from about year 9 onwards due to always having struggled with education systems trying to essentially trap you in a box and tell you how to act and dress etc, and just deprive you of any personality. I overall felt like college would be different, I had high hopes and expectations and was excited to start, I felt like I had a future, HOW I WAS WRONG. Let’s just start this off by saying I’m a trans man who is receiving testosterone treatment, which means my voice is deepening, I’m growing facial hair, and overall a more masculine appearance, for some reason this makes certain staff in the college feel as though they have a right to ask me super personal questions, and offer unsolicited medical advice. on my very last day (because I’ve genuinely had enough) I was taken out of my music class and put in a room with a random staff member I hadn’t met, there was absolutely no heads up prior, when you’d assume because I have a EHCP that they’d take into consideration that I’d need a heads up. I was clearly uncomfortable and was anxious due to my autism, because of this I tend to talk a lot, I fidget, and I just overall try make people laugh by making jokes because I want people to like me. She had brought up that Emily sharp had told her I was ongoing testosterone treatment, which I felt quite uncomfortable with as I recall asking staff not to make a big thing about it, or share that I was trans unless it was absolutely necessary. The staff member that Emily sharp put me in a room with was asking me quite invasive questions that even a doctor would feel uncomfortable asking someone, there was no need to ask me them, she’s not a medical professional and she had no right. she asked me “do you still get your periods” I was clearly uncomfortable and I sort of paused, I felt put on the spot and I answered her without really wanting to, then she began to ask me “when was your last period?” I’m sorry, but it’s none of your business or concern regarding my body functions. from my perspective I am a person, and being trans isn’t my whole identity and personality, I struggle to see why the college made it such a big thing from the very first day, my example of this is The day of the college enrolling (when I visited the college in person) I got the impression that staff had absolutely no idea how to handle me, or any trans person for that matter. I was late enrolled into college due to it being a fast decision made on my end, and where I’m 18 I felt like I had already missed out on a lot of potential life opportunities and choices. If you have ever been to Canterbury college you’ll know that the reception area is a very open space, due to people visiting from off the streets to enroll, and students coming in and out, and it’s certainly not the place to talk about vulnerable topics. I had to fill out a enrolment form and it made me tick a box of whether I was female or male, you’d assume that they might care to reword it and say “what is your assigned sex at birth” however no, so I ticked male, because I AM a male, after completing the form I handed it to a staff member at reception (which I mean no disrespect to, he seemed nice, just needed more educating about lgbtq+) he personally scanned over my forms and said “I’m really sorry, but you have to tick this box instead” (referring to female) me and my mum was visibly uncomfortable and I genuinely wanted the earth to swallow me. My mum had handed him my deed poll letters as proof of my legal name change, because when I was home schooled letters would come through in my deadname (my previous name), so we wanted to be firm with the college about the fact I’m my new name and nothing else. He went through the letters and he began writing on my enrolment form, my deadname (for anyone to see) , which is a major trigger to maybe not all trans people, however the vast majority of trans people would feel upset seeing their previous name. especially when you’ve paid £95 to change it by deed poll. you’d naturally assume that you wouldn’t have to be associated with your before name, or life for that matter. Unfortunately it doesn’t stop there, on my first day as a student here they didn’t have time to officially put me into a English and maths class, so I was again put in a room where I didn’t know anyone, I was taken to my temporary English class by a member of staff and was misgendered in a room INFRONT of about 30 students, I sat in the class but couldn’t focus on anything else, I felt like people saw me as a girl and so I asked to get some fresh air, and walked out the college crying and I came home (which was a nearly 2 hour journey due to living around the Folkestone area). My mum called the college and complained, and basically asked what was going on, it was my first day and I’ve already had an awful experience, she was overall worried. According to staff (and from seeing it with my very own eyes) I was put as female on my information page on the college?!? You’d thing they’d communicate my pronouns beforehand to my tutors, temporary or not. There’s honestly so many cons to coming to this college, something that I personally really struggled with was how Emily sharp handles her students, her teaching style definitely wasn’t for me, and quite a few other people I’ve spoken to within the college music courses. She made me feel belittled and as though I couldn’t do anything right, she was quick to constantly nit pick at anything I did. She started playing a funny music sound which is commonly used in tik tok memes, and so my natural reaction was to very, very quietly nose laugh, she then paused the music and pointed to me and my friend and said “what’s so funny?” With a nasty tone, To which I responded with “I just wasn’t expecting that sound” I wasn’t disrupting anyone, and would take full accountability if I had as I’m a very honest person. all throughout my time at this college (less than a month) it was constantly her making me feel anxious to come in, and judged. It’s embarrassing however I get naturally gassy (in terms of burps) when I’m anxious, I don’t know why, however I do. I very quietly burped, was about to say pardon but she gave me absolutely no time before calling me immature in front of everyone, and calling me out with a real horrible tone. yet during my time at the college she was quick to talk about my attendance when I was too mentally drained to come in and essentially acting clueless to why I’d feel that way, there’s more stuff that I could go into, however I’ve already written so much. AVOID AT ALL COSTS