University College Birmingham

Went her last night for a work function and have to say the food was outstanding! Every course was a delight! Bravo to students for putting on such a tasty and visually impressive spread!
Would return tomorrow if it wasn’t that they weren’t accepting bookings until September!

I’m not a student here but attended a Halloween themed meal put on by some of the students. I’ve heard you can eat at the restaurant here and that the food is very good quality for bargain prices so I was really intrigued.
Tickets were only eighteen pounds and included a welcome drink, amuse bouche, three courses, coffee, a table magician and a little bag of sweets!
The students serving were all very nervous and worked hard to make sure we had a great evening. One of them told me it was their first event, so I am excited to see what it will be like when they’ve had more practice.
The amuse bouche was tomato soup with bread. Starter was goats cheese and caramalised onion tart. I’m not a big shortcrust pastry fan so this wasn’t for me. The main was chicken supreme which was very good indeed, the chicken was beautifully cooked. Finally pudding was a chocolate torte. We finished with coffee which wasn’t great but you can’t have it all.
Service was a little hit and miss but that’s why we are there– for them to practice on!
Will definitely return to another event. What a great experience for the students, it reflects really well on the university.

For the love of cake, Have you been to cakes and bakes at university College Birmingham? If No for the lovers of cakes and bread get a roll on. The bread here has a great crumb, and is under £1 loaf. Breadalious! All of bread is baked fresh by staff and bakery students on the day. And the cakes are amazing too. All of products are so cheap and taste amazing. Do not be a sour dough try it for yourself!!!

As a student of this University, I am most likely very bias but i have also attended another University which i feel gives me more right to judge.
Although the university is small and very compact, the teaching is at a very high standard, this has also been recognised by OFSTED who awarded the University with an ’ Excellent’ report. The majority of lecturers that i have encountered in my two years are very passionate on their subjects and encourage their students to have the same level of passion in their work.
The student services are impeccable, most noticeably the study services. Being dyslexic, i take full advantage of the support that i am entitled to, i regularly arrange meetings with the department to make sure my assignments are checked before submission. Although these services are in high demand, the waiting list for appointments is not ridiculously long.

I love this place! I’m not a student but I spend a fair bit of time in the place formerly known as ‘the college of food’ because I do some projects with the hospitality students. That’s my excuse to go in; but the part of this building I would like to share with you is the little coffee place as you enter. It feels like a best kept secret but it is open to the public. You can buy a coffee for 99p! They also offer deals so you can get a coffee and Danish for under £2.
I often grab a coffee and pop upstairs to the seating when meeting events management students to discuss projects. Furthermore, there is a bakery on the ground floor with the most freshest bread made by the talented students at unbelievable prices. I’ve picked up huge walnut load and onion breads and prices start from about 40p. One of the chef lecturers, Phil High, stated that the bread there will last far longer than any from a supermarket and he is right!

Whilst I’ve heard veeeeeeery good things about their restaurant and on site bakery I have more experience of the hair and beauty salon (called The Spa — not to be confused with The Spar which is just round the corner in Paradise Forum — also quite nice but rubbish at aromatherapy) located on nearby Newhall Street. Here you can get a pedicure, manicure, hair cut, massage etc for a really good price and also make use of their steam room, sauna, spa pool and dry flotation room. Treatments are given by students at the College so sometimes may take a little longer than a high street salon but I’ve always found the service here to be exemplary.

I studied Marketing with Events Management here and enjoyed (nearly) every minute of it. When I first started searching for marketing degrees in Birmingham I was surprised that they taught it the University College Birmingham and not Birmingham University. However, I soon learnt that where the lectures take place didn’t matter as the degree was still accredited by the University.
I’d say the main advantage of choosing UCB is that it’s the college where young chefs learn their trade. Part of their course would allow them to run the student canteen which meant that we were spoilt daily with restaurant style food but charged student prices. One day I had a lemon chicken risotto with home-​made apple crumble and custard for £2!
If you live locally, you can walk in to the reception and ask to be let through to the onsite bakery where you can purchase fresh bread and cakes for 50 pence. Definitely worth popping in.