Studying At Leeds Metropolitan University For A Great Student Experience - Vocational Studies, Languages and More

Are you looking for a place in the UK to pursue your undergraduate or post-graduate studies (perhaps in West Yorkshire)? One institution of academic learning worth your consideration is Leeds Metropolitan University.

‘Leeds Met’ is one of the two major universities in the great city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, and in some respects might be considered something of a competitor with the other, Leeds University. It was created in its current incarnation in 1992 and currently hosts more than forty thousand students and post-graduate students. Famous alumni include Marc Almond and Austin Healy.1

Studying At Leeds Metropolitan University

The university is based on more than one site. One is located in the centre of town and hosts much of the college’s computing facilities. The other is further out of the town centre in the popular student area of Headingley, and is set in very attractive grounds with student residential accommodation, a handy refectory and a great student library with excellent facilities.

So what kind of courses does Leeds Metropolitan University offer? Looking at the prospectus, there is a heavy emphasis on vocational, useful and career-minded courses that can easily be applied to real world jobs and activities, such as accounting, health studies and sports coaching. These may be undergraduate or post-graduate courses e.g. the post-graduate qualification in Dietetics for those looking to qualify as a dietician.

Undergraduate and post-graduate courses aren’t the only educational offerings available to Leeds Metropolitan University students. The Leslie Silver International Faculty at Leeds Met also offers a very wide range of part-time language courses, both during the day and as evening classes. You can study Swedish, Mandarin or French, or any one of a whole range of other languages at any level from beginner to advanced. I think that’s pretty cool! (And of course, the existence of language courses suggests a sustained requirement for language teachers…)

The Leslie Silver part-time vocational language courses are funded at least in part by public money and therefore the tuition fees are really offered at bargain rates and are very good value indeed. I would however like to sound one single note of caution: this is that the deadlines for putting in an application to study on a particular language course are very, very strictly enforced, due to the public funding provided. If you really want to get on a language course at Leslie Silver, don’t get your application in late!

Of course there are other places to study in Leeds besides Leeds Metropolitan University. You could attend the University of Leeds, to start with, or All Saints University College. There are also multiple other specialist and further education colleges such as Leeds College of Art and Design, South Park College and Leeds College of Technology, some of which offer undergraduate study. But my own experiences of Leeds Metropolitan University have been great so far, and it’s certainly an institution of learning that’s well worth your consideration!

References:

1. 'Leeds Metropolitan University'. wikipedia.com 18/07/2010. Available at Accessed 18/07/2010.