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    University College London Reviews

    Updated 14 November 2018
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    • "Not a great place if you want career progression" (in 13 reviews)

    • "Expensive to live in or around London and the London allowance isn't anywhere near enough to make up for this" (in 7 reviews)

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    1. "PhD Student"

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      Current Employee - PhD Student in London, England
      Current Employee - PhD Student in London, England

      I have been working at University College London full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Plentiful resources to enable productive research
      Openness to individual creativity and critical thinking
      Opportunities to provide low-level teaching duties for undergraduates
      Industrial collaboration or scale-up readily available through myriad contacts and partners
      Flexible work schedule
      Lots of funding for travel (conferences, site visits etc)
      Ethnic and gender diversity throughout the institution
      Lots of parks, pubs and cafes nearby!

      Cons

      Central London location means living anywhere nearby is difficult and expensive
      Disconnect somewhat between departments
      Campus and buildings can feel a little cramped (space limitations - though new campus in Stratford under construction)

    2. "Student Union UCL Café"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at University College London part-time

      Pros

      Flexible work, good pay. Very suitable position for students

      Cons

      Early hours on occasion but nothing else.

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    3. "Good, but needs to get better"

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      Current Employee - PhD Student in London, England
      Current Employee - PhD Student in London, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at University College London full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Central location is ideal and convenient, with easy access to food, shops and transport. The equality, diversity and inclusion initiative is trying in earnest to improve conditions within the department and university.

      Cons

      Cramped spaces often due to the lack of space available. Admin team can take a long time to process simple requests.

    4. "Great place for reasearch"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at University College London full-time

      Pros

      Stimulating and cooperative environment with people from all backgrounds. Excellent research facilities.

      Cons

      Low salary and lack of pension schemes for graduate researchers

    5. "good"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      very diverse and fun, recommend

      Cons

      some lectures are a bit boring

      Advice to Management

      more organised lectures

    6. "The system is broken"

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      Former Employee - Postdoctoral Research Associate in London, England
      Former Employee - Postdoctoral Research Associate in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at University College London full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Flexible hours, not micromanaged, access to great equipment and usually good funding so can go on nice conferences or training. Some PI’s are amazing and very knowledgable/helpful when assisting research

      Cons

      Non-collaborative atmosphere and people. The people that get promoted don’t do any actual research but they do brown-nose management which gets them a promotion. All the best people were let to leave.
      As PDRAs are employed on 3 year contracts they are not regarded as or treated as staff.
      I can only speak of my department others may be different as UCL is a big place.

      Advice to Management

      Value all your employees not just permentant ones. Promote people who work hard and produce good publications

    7. "Good"

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      Current Employee - Programmer Administrator
      Current Employee - Programmer Administrator
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at University College London full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Lots of free events to attend, friendly staff, decent pay, good annual leave allowance

      Cons

      Sometimes you have to deal with difficult academics.

    8. "ucl student"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at University College London full-time

      Pros

      Anthropology course amazing and great location

      Cons

      little community, expensive, isolating

      Advice to Management

      help students more

    9. "Pretty good"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at University College London full-time

      Pros

      Culturally very diverse
      Has a great reputation
      Lots of societies to join
      Great location

      Cons

      Very expensive to live near it
      Professor give very little 1-to-1 time

    10. "Tutor"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at University College London part-time

      Pros

      Great pay
      Flexible working hours
      Good facilities

      Cons

      Very strict on punctuality
      No parking space

      Advice to Management

      Facilitate parking space

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