The City of Liverpool College in Liverpool

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  Nahren Neno

  :: 15 September 2017 01:07:36

  I am just about to start studying at LIPA and was looking to enrol in a college to retake my maths GCSE. I had come close this last time but failed to get my C and was looking for a college I could do the exam. After emailing the college they told me to go to the learning exchange building so I could talk to the guidance and advice team. I got to the college early in the morning and the (very rude) receptionist told me I needed to go to the other building as the teachers where there. I went to the other building only to be told to go back to where I was in the afternoon. I came in the afternoon to be met with, not a guidance counsellor but an administrator. I told her I wanted to retake my maths and I was given minimal information and only gave information when prompted. I found out that one, ONE evening class a week for the next year would cost £500 in total! I was almost in tears because I couldn't provide that and I thought my whole future was down the drain. I didn't feel any better until I called my old maths teacher and he made me feel much better when I was told about my options without having to pay that much. Overall the college was unhelpful and the people working there were cold and uncaring. People go to colleges to improve and better themselves and want a career and this college is exploiting that. I was sent to an advice team at a college, they need to be compassionate and understanding and they were none of that - they almost made me cry and didn't seem to care at all.

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  Jamie Lowry

  :: 30 August 2017 16:36:56

  Enrolment process was very disorganised and staff weren't managing it well.

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  Holly Little

  :: 14 June 2017 22:13:59

  The worst experience of my entire life. I thought school was bad until I attended this place. They lack positivity and encouragement. The teachers will always blame the student for any wrongdoings even though 99.9% of the time it is the tutors fault. There is a lack of education and training for the teachers, half of them don't even know what they are teaching themselves. Some teachers I cannot fault. It is a college which is simply after a pay cheque. If you don't pass they will lose funding. However, it currently looks like my entire course is about to fail. I have been individually persecuted throughout the year and made to feel like an ongoing issue for the college rather than the victim I have truly been. I have voiced my opinions since September 2016 and have even been called into meetings to just be faced with unanswered questions and more grief. I have never been so embarrassed for an establishment as I am for The City of Liverpool College. There are plenty of bright students with the most amazing attitudes and work ethics; however 75% (if not more/ I'm being generous) will not even pass the course. Why is this? The teachers lack a can do attitude. I faced this with one particular teacher whom took an instant and intimidating dislike to me. I have voiced this to members of staff and been placed on distance learning to be away from this teacher. I will happily take credit in saying I basically taught myself all of that teachers subject. It was hard and effected my studies in my other two subjects, However this was just expected of me as I couldn't deal with a teacher as pressurising and neglectful as that teacher. As a student, I took it upon myself to remove myself from the toxic classroom and to take my study elsewhere. It has had a knock on effect and I have struggled throughout the entire course with the demands. The teachers yet again lack giving opportunity out to students who ask for help, although happily want you to dedicate all of your social hours to that college. I am a student and an employee. I was advised to quit my job just for the last few weeks of college. Does that not seem like an extremely unethical suggestion? However, I am still expected to be a dedicated student that has no teachers to show that same dedication. The teachers are happy to chase you down over attendance and punctuality but will refuse any feedback from students. As I presume it has always been negative. The building is as run down as the teaching standards. The OFSTED report says it all. I have wasted my time and effort to simply get no where better than I was previously. If you get the chance to go to this college, then please avoid it. Don't let what happened to me, happen to you. A similar situation also happened the year before in the Arts Building that I attended. I left 3 months in as the course was wrongly advertised and the teaching standards where yet again absolutely horrifying. This year, my class has relied on no one else but each other. We have all been each others teachers and therapists. The amount of tears, stress and heartache that has been implemented on the students by this college has been an utter disgrace. I can only hope that my future is brighter than this past year has been in that place.

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  Daniel Pe

  :: 09 June 2017 16:12:22

  studying here for my second hnd year, I have two teachers, but only one is in charge of everything, he is good, but is just one person in charge of two class, he has no time to stay with us, college fault they do not want to hire more teachers, he is an artist one, is not a programming one(and we are doing programming too) he is pushing himself to learn but college should hire other teacher just for programming, again college fault they don't want to spend money on teachers to teach us, they are interesting just in your money, don't go to this college to study as less you only want lost money and learn everything by yourself

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  Jon Edwards

  :: 11 January 2017 16:59:44

  The first 2 years were good with the second year being excellent . However my 3rd year was just a mess so I left after Christmas. I decided to go back the following year to attempt level 3 again only to have 3-4 teachers leave the course after a month so I only ended up with 1 tutor. I left before it turned half term as I found out that 2 of the teachers had left permanently and the 3rd tutor I had for 1 hour on a Monday followed by the 4th one being on leave for grievance which is of course forgivable. However they didn't replace the teacher until a month into the course. No one was telling us anything, I was being pressured into securing my loan so I could stay while all this was going on and then once I got my loan secured we were told 1 of the teachers left and the other had quit(Not fired) due some issue with students and teachers in another class. And top of all this they now want me to pay back a £4,500+ loan for 6 weeks of quite literally a broken course with 1 tutor after being promised about 5 teachers. What a joke. I have phoned numerous times and left messages asking to speak to either the head of my course or the principal, none have gotten back to me, that was 3-4 weeks ago since I stopped leaving messages. I am now seeking legal advice. If you want an education pick anywhere but here. They don't care about you. They just want the money from your loan it's how they're funded. After that apparently you can just drop dead and they wouldn't look twice. If I could give a lower score I would. Honestly. Don't go here for an education.