University of Bristol Reviews

Current Employee – been working at University of Bristol full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great City, University centrally located (Except for Vets), good pension, reasonable pay, people like to stay on here. Okay relocation packages.

Cons – Excessive use of contracts, needs further careers support for contract workers and less management change schemes! Statuatory minimum redundancy. At certain grades only external candidates are genuinely considered except for a few very lucky exceptions. Housing expensive and mixed quality.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Bristol as an intern for less than a year

Pros – lots of free time to explore what you want in robotics,
chance to know lots of exciting areas of robotics,
involved in real project

Cons – Far away from city centre
Pay is not good, but if money is not your primary concern, it is great experience

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at University of Bristol as a contractor

Pros – - Great reputation with future employers if you're a student/research staff
- Fun city in the summer
- Interesting and beautiful old buildings

Cons – - Bristol property prices are very expensive
- Bristol public transport is quite poor
- You probably won't be able to drive to the University due to lack of parking

Current Employee – been working at University of Bristol

Pros – Great colleagues, a lovely city, good beer, and the opportunity to teach small classes with students who on the whole are quite well prepared and intelligent.

Cons – The average pay here in the UK is considerably lower than in the US. There is a certain inflexibility to the upper management, who has far more power than at a typical US institution.

Current Employee – been working at University of Bristol full-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexible hours for a grad student. Extremely supportive Professors and staff- overall fantastic experience. Strongly recommend for grad and undergraduate education.

Cons – Very few cons - Some bureaucratic rules could be eliminated and decision making could be distributed to front end. The student unions could be managed better.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at University of Bristol part-time for more than a year

Pros – Great admin team at the university meaning that it didn't take long for stuff to get done. Really enjoyed my time there. It was rewarding as I could see that the work I was doing was having a real effect on the day to day there. Top stuff.

Cons – No real cons, the university were very accommodating throughout my employment. More holiday time would be appreciated.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at University of Bristol as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Academic atmosphere, great people, the city is a fun place to live. I would recommend this city as a student or as a member of the workforce.

Cons – The student-based workforce within the university system is a little inexperienced, and can often cause confusion and lack of direction.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Bristol

Pros – Its location, great City, ans some excellent buildings.

Cons – Politics , poor administration in the extreme, and in fighting amongst so called academics lecturers and lecturers.

Advice to Senior Management – You claim to be a world class University, and you were perhaps as little as ten years ago. However you need to adopt the approach of University of London, particularly, Imperial, KCL, UCL,and you may have a chance within the next ten years of joining University of London as part of the "golden triangle" of Universities. Failing which, you will continue to fall down the rankings at the huge pace you presently are, ultimately falling in to the abyss of mediocrity or worse.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Bristol

Pros – - relax on number of days off
- good interaction with other research assistants and PhD students

Cons – - treat people as monkeys
- no prospect for career progression
- no support for helping personal develoment according to the university's criteria

Advice to Senior Management – be less selfish!!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at University of Bristol

Pros – If you are looking to be a hall tutor while studying at Bristol, I would highly recommend it. Hall tutorship offer subsidised accommodation (when I was there I believe it was 30% of standard accommodations fees, about £250 or so every term, which is every three and a half months).

You will develop leadership skills. Trying to find that balance with your tutees respecting you while still being someone they could confide int. Great support from other tutors and Warden in helping you understand how to deal with many situations. They will offer your training before the academic year starts on everything you need from first aid, University policies, how deal with students in certain situations, fire safety, etc.

The room you will get will be very large (larger than standard) and you will enjoy free internet as well.

Cons – - A great deal of drama within the hall among the tutors. Be prepared for allot of politics. Most tutors are easy going, nice people, and will be good and lasting friends. However, as with most situations, there will be one or two tutors (usually senior tutors) who will go on power trips and thing they are far more important than what is reality.
-You will have duties in the evenings and on weekends. The duty itself is not so bad, except that you can not leave your hall at all (not even to get some lunch). This is especially annoying if you get a Saturday morning or evening shift (regardless of when you get your duty, your Saturday or Sunday free time will limit what you can do).
-Your tutees will eventually get a chip on their shoulder (this happens during the 2nd term for most) and will be louder and a bit more "daring" in what they do.

Important - every hall will have different set of rules. The Wardens are diverse. Some Wardens are more traditional. Believe it or not they are the more liberal ones because they have more experience and do not overreact to every little thing. Every Warden is different and will have different set of rules

Advice to Senior Management – -Perhaps a University wide tutor committee. A place where tutors can come together from different halls to discuss issues concerning the hall.
-Maybe encourage that tutors have a history with a specific hall. This will ensure that the tutors have an interest in preserving the community feel of a hall.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend