Years ago, I was accepted into this university as a PhD student. Before committing, I had an interview to discuss my anthropological research project. During the interview, they repeatedly assured me that they would fully fund my research, and give me also a stipend. However, just a week before the semester started, I was informed that I would have to fund everything myself, and if I wanted a scholarship, I would either have to wait for the next year or find one on my own. thats what they told me. They provided a few links, and said go and find funds for yourself. They also insisted I do an M/Phil program, which was essentially just a research master’s, which i already took with excellent grades a year before- a waste of time and money in my opinion. Meanwhile i denied the offer of some excellent universities to join them because of the false promises. I attended the first few weeks of the M/Phil program and got excellent grades—better than even the funded research students—but I felt disrespected. The workload was heavy and unpaid, and I found myself sitting there in the mornings, working alongside students who were paid for the same amount of work while I was not. It felt unfair. The department seemed to prioritize funding for "woke" and feminist projects, while I was left to fend for myself doing research on more important issues such as conflict societies and peacebuilding. Also during one lecture I was asked to close my laptop while taking notes, while a visiting feminist student from NY was allowed to play with her crochet during the same class. The PhD students didn’t even greet one another in the mornings, creating a competitive, negative atmosphere rather than fostering a supportive environment for research. It was a toxic place with academic not keeping their promises. It felt like they wanted a high-achieving student but were only interested in taking advantage of my work for their own gain. Ultimately, I left and transferred to another university, where things went much better.

The best academic experience of my life, will forever be thankful for my parents for financially supporting me, and to all the great teachers I’ve had the pleasure and honor to learn from this year (IR msc student)

This uni will drain the life out of you, if you actually have a soul. Highlight of my time here was Stuart Bramwell and the lovely Data Science department. Go get your nice, cozy finance jobs!

This is a very large university campus with many blocks of well design buildings, all accessible with respectful staff and security forces. A+++

What a gathering of students from all over the world, so much diversity so much inclusion. You see students from every corner of the world focused on learning, new things, beautiful campus, beautiful facilities, smiling pictures of students from all around the world studying together. What an amazing institution