University of Leeds Reviews 17

The University of Leeds refuses to investigate staff in the vast majority of cases when the staff does something abuses or dishonest. And I would say such situations are quite a few.

They even refuse to investigate what individual role members of staff had. In this way, any investigation is biased from the start, or even rendered impossible.

The staff are thus enabled to commit all kinds of abuse.

If there is something blatant such as sexual assault, the University of Leeds does their "token investigation" - perhaps so that the public cannot say that the University of Leeds never investigates.

But, other than that, a lot of very serious and probably very unlawful things done by the staff are covered up or "investigated" dishonestly. The result of such "investigations" are either that the staff are cleared of wrongdoing or given a "pat on the shoulder".

The staff of the University of Leeds can thus continue to commit all kinds of abuses, as well as to cover up what they did in the past, knowing that it is highly unlikely they will ever be investigated or held individually accountable.

Administrative errors are multiple, the problem is this called University does not repair them, which could be easily done, but cover them, no matter the impact on students. As far as mistakes made with students' forms don't affect their money, everything is good for University of Leeds.
So, I encourage students suffering from University of Leeds' mistakes to take legal action and publish the issues on social media.
University of Leeds, not only apologize but give fair solution to the problems your mistakes cause.

We invited Mr. Mayeh Omar, Associate Professor in International Health Systems at the Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, University of Leeds, to deliver a training session on Human Resource Management in Health. During the preparation phase, he introduced himself as “Dr. Omar” and stated that he held a PhD. As part of our standard verification process, we requested documentation to confirm his qualifications. Unfortunately, he refused to provide any evidence and responded in a manner that we found uncooperative and unprofessional.
To ensure accuracy, we conducted our own verification and discovered that Mr. Omar does not hold a PhD. His highest verified qualification appears to be Master of Arts in Health Management, Planning and Policy Human Resources at University of Leeds. Despite this, he continues to identify himself publicly as “Dr.” across multiple online platforms, including pages associated with the University of Leeds and the Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development.
This kind of misrepresentation is deeply concerning. It undermines the principles of honesty and professional integrity that institutions like the University of Leeds and the Nuffield Centre are expected to uphold—especially as they promote their online master’s programmes and claim leadership in global health. Allowing or overlooking such behaviour, where a member of staff fabricates academic credentials to present themselves as “Dr.,” damages trust, devalues genuine academic achievement, and risks harming the reputation of both the individual and the institutions involved.
Overall, this was a disappointing and troubling experience that raises serious questions about accountability and oversight within an organisation that presents itself as a global leader in health education.

This university cancelled a radio presenter.
5 supreme court judges rule . A woman is a biological female.
Surely the people who cancelled the radio presenter got it Completely wrong.They failed and need sacked

Do not send your children to study at university of Leeds. Appalling zio university which allowed a terrorist IDF officer who slaughtered civilians back as a chaplain and then this university protected him and made accusations against students who protested this man’s return. This university is unsafe for students and does not follow safeguarding procedures.

Its absolutely disgusting that you are putting your students at risk by allowing an idf soldier who has murdered Palestinians to carry on working at your university as a rabbi of all things. My family will not be applying to this university and we will carry on raising the awareness if he isn't sacked.

Jessica Manny is an aggressive and violent individual who has committed assault and battery towards her peers at the sport science dep. The university is doing nothing to stop her behavior, this is disgraceful.
She works at the headingly chiropractic clinic where I hope she has not battered anyone. She has no respect nor sense of responsibility, seeing the way she parties till morning.

The university of Leeds are run by cash grabbing managers who care little about their staff and even less about their students. In July 2023 they have allowed many students to end their studies without an award and others without a classification. They have cancelled promised field trips to save money. They kept online lectures for far too long after other unis had returned to lecture halls. Unlike other universities (offering £500 minimum) they are offering no financial compensation to students who have no option other than attend fake ‘graduation’ ceremonies wearing expensive robes and having expensive photos taken that will forever be a reminder of their terrible time at this university. It’s time to talk - settle the dispute, but more importantly make things right for your students and improve things for those in the future. Until this happens I can honestly say I would recommend future students to stay well clear of Leeds University.

A Warning to parents who are considering entrusting their children to this institution. It should be said that I only have experience of the Maths department, but my son's experience here was terrible. Always academically a high achiever at school, he struggled with certain aspects of his course. Living away from home for the first time, it was quite easy for him and his pride to keep this from us. Unfortunately, there was absolutely no support or interjection made by the department. No personal meetings, no additional coaching or counselling, nothing. My son struggled through and passed the majority of his modules, but ultimately failed a few too.
In readying himself for his second year, he has rented a house with his friends, gained a part time job and is settled in Leeds, keen to commit to his second year.
Last week, with his second year about to start, he recieved a letter. You have not met the required standard for your first year, you are now permanently excluded. No discussion, no advice, no options.
His mum and I arranged a meeting with Mr Walker, the head of the mathematics department. We travelled up, dressed appropriately, had a list of questions prepared and were hopeful of at the very least, some guidance and some options. We were greeted by a scruffily dressed individual, who seemed irritated by our very presence. "There are no options available, your son (who was with us) has failed and we are not a University that gives second chances, so there are no further options available". Aside from his opening crushing of our son, nothing else was volunteered. Each time we asked him a question, he answered no and then nothing. No elaboration. We attempted to prise out of his socially inept manner, some constructive advice. "But he has has committed to his house.." "I deal with academics not lifestyle arrangements". Then silence. We then asked as he had done well in the economics part of his degree whether he might advise us how we might apply to Leeds Business School to continue or pursue a slightly different degree. "You'd have to speak to them. Again, I deal with this department and this University". After being politely asked 4 times, he eventually huffed as he found his counterpart at the Business Schools contact number.
It was without question, the most awkward, unsympathetic, uncaring experience I can remember being a part of.
In summary, yes, I am a disappointed parent and there are those who will only take that element from reading this. But that is not the reason for writing this. If you are a parent who expects, as I did, that Leeds Univerity, will care for and support your child, whilst providing them an excellent education, prepare yourself to be disappointed on all fronts.

I took language & translation courses here and had a good overall experience.

A simple request to certify thats what their degree certificates look like. Verification needed by an employer but you need the applicants signature, when they say no! you are basically stuffed! Allowing fake degree holders to work with vulnerable students overseas.

I am extremely disappointed in how the university of Leeds treats their masters students who started their degrees in January 2021.
First of all, if you want to study at the campus, you need to book your place in advance, which seems fair. However, they have imposed limits as to how many booking you are able to make and limits of how long you may stay in the library to study. They have showed a total disregard to students who prefer to stay a little bit longer in the library and get their work done.
Secondly, they are now operating on a summer opening hours basis which limits your ability to study even further. They said it's because the undergrads have left and there is no need for the library to be fully operational. University of Leeds showed just how little they care about those who started in January 2021 and have their deadlines in October the same year. Some masters students work full time or have placements and are only able to come to the library and study on the weekends, but guess what, the university is closed on Sundays. Nobody is asking for all of the venues to be fully operational, but have a look how many masters and PhD students there are and at least try to accommodate for their needs instead of being utterly unfair and unhelpful! Everything was blamed on Covid for the last two years, we started our degrees in January BECAUSE OF COVID, so why on earth would you closed the library on Sundays and limit the opening hours for the people who still need to study in the campus, again, we have deadlines in October! We do not go home for the summer and come back in September, we need the library to work during the summer. Bottom line, if you want to be treated fairly and given opportunities to study, avoid university of Leeds, unhelpful, uses the Covid excuses when it suits them, inconsiderate of those who started in January and overall a really bad experience. Will definitely not stay here to do my PhD!

I have, overall, enjoyed my time in Leeds. My lecturers were lovely and the quality of teaching was good. That being said, I do not understand the cost of £9250 a year; especially during the pandemic. I am also uncomfortable to know the university has both a gender pay gap and a racial pay gap according to UCU.

*****

I recommend

Amazing place, would recommend to anyone

Congratulations to Leeds University for beginning the process of divesting in companies that support Israeli Apartheid. namely, Airbus, United Technologies and Keyence Corporation. All you need to do now to be fully ethical and ahead of all other educational establishments in the UK is drop HSBC, who continue to invest a billion dollars in companies that arm Israel and so help perpetrate genocidal, racist policies against the Palestinian people.