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Parking is a massive issue. In my first year I parked in wickes/outlet/bingo car park as it was basically always empty apart from the few customers but hardly ever full even with most students parking there but recently they’ve installed cameras and a 2 hour limit in parking meaning you are fined £100 if you stay longer, similar situation with tesco and as I am in uni every day at 9am at llandaff campus this is a major issue trying to make lectures on time while trying to park safely, since struggling with parking I am almost always late which is effecting my studying. Some students have suffered damage to their cars while parking on the estate next to campus which is added stress while you’re at university. Parking in the rugby field comes at an expense of £3.50 when in university every day. Most days I am in until 4/5 o’clock and walking long distances back to a car with the dark nights isn’t desirable. Living 19 miles away means I would have to leave ridiculously early and get home very late if I were to use public transport which also isn’t reliable and due to poor routes it would mean I must use more than one form of transport. I think it’s discriminatory against students who live far away and cannot move out to not help out with the parking situation but complain continuously about the way/locations students are forced to park.

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Parking is an absolute disgrace for Llandaff Campus and to be told by members of staff that the parking policy is "Don't drive to university" was absolutely appalling. I would cycle into uni if I didn't live close to 15 miles away and carrying food, because prices for food in campus are extortionate, for close to 11 hour days is impossible. I am fortunate that I work for a company that has a warehouse close to campus and allows me to park for free. I was parking in Wickes car park until they also introduced a penalty fine for parking there. The university should openly admit to having no available car parking facilities and that students should look at alternative universities if they wish to commute back and forth. If not waking up 4 hours prior to a lecture (approx 6am) to beat the traffic isn't bad enough, when you get there, you can't park your car. I suggest that Llandaff Campus looks into funding the construction of a multi-story car park on site that will grant students who need to access parking access. The stress that parking is imposing on students and on the local community is disgusting. Students want to learn and pay good money to learn and should have a facility to park and local residents shouldn't have to deal with cars being abandoned in their estate and outside their houses.  Llandaff campus needs to rectify this issue as it is imposing stress and lowered academic performance on students due to missing lectures and being exhausted in the ones they can actually attend.

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I tried to get the bus up for my 9ams but after consecutive weeks of the buses being max capacity before getting to my stop, I now get the bus which gets me up to campus for 7:40am. Can't be that difficult to organise more buses/double deckers. One late bus could also be useful running around 1/2am to ensure students living in Roath and Cathays can get home safely at this time after studying up on campus.

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The commute to uni in the mornings is absolutely ridiculous, as we share our bus with the local college this means that the bus is completely rammed during the 9am commute, I would invest in using the double deckers during the busy times of the day as this would help stop buses becoming too crowded.

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having to pay to park and come to university is ridiculous! there are extra curricular activities taking place but put the parking cost in when these start after school e.g. 4pm start

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I commute on the Edwards 400 bus which currently isn’t a part of the Cardiff bus scheme. It costs me £25 a week to get to uni which is a lot compared to the people who are able to pay for the Cardiff bus scheme which offers unlimited travel.

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At Llandaff it’s impossible to park and at Cyncoed after 10am you’re trying to squeeze on the end of the row or forced park on the hill. The worst thing overall is having to PAY to park at university. For those of us who are in more than 4.5hrs a day, that’s £2 a day. We’re talking £40 a month, £160 a term ontop of uni fees. This is absolutely ridiculous, with Met’s location being non-city centre and with many people having to carry sports or design kit to uni all day, it’s just ridiculous to charge us to pay to park! Then when the machines don’t work we can expect £16-£40 tickets! Like we’re not absolutely broke enough! :(

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A chill out area with kettles and microwaves would be brilliant. Somewhere we can make/heat up our own food. I can't afford to buy hot food every day on campus and salad and sandwiches get boring very quickly.

Also parking...a HUGE issue which has also put off quite a few prospective students. They love the uni and Llandaff campus, but won't come because of lack of parking.
Maybe even some sort of deal with the car park company that now run the car park outside the bingo hall? Even if students pay for a season ticket to park there or something?

The only way the uni is going to get more students and make it's current students happy is to sort the parking.

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I would love a microwave to warm up my food. I can’t afford to buy food on campus 5 days a week and being able to have warmed up food would be much nicer and healthier than having to force down a cold homemade sandwich everyday

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The bus timetable never matches the uni timetable and I have to wait around 45 minutes to an hour for a bus home!

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The buses are okay but they are quite infrequent and leave at weird times. For example, there’s a bus that leaves Llandaff campus at :55 but lecture finish at :00 so this isn’t idea. Then you have to wait 20-30 mins minimum for the next one.

Also, everyone who pays for the bus deserves a seat. Students don’t pay £270 per year or £3.60 for a day ticket to stand on a crowded bus. Either send more buses or if staffing is an issue, use a double decker. I think the latter option is better!

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Parking is a massive issue. Tesco have a limit, surrounding areas vandalise cars. Only place is rugby club which costs £3:50 every time you park and also fills up every quick. Other option is to park 20 minutes walk from the university which cost £4 for the day. I have to arrive at the rugby club by 9am most days to even get a space which means I’m waiting around like 2 hours for lectures. Also if I leave the rugby club I won’t be able to get a space when coming back to uni. This causes me to be late for some lectures even at times missing them all together. A car park is a massive need so students can park close to the uni knowing there cars are safe

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Not having a place to go when on long breaks prices to be difficult. Other than the library all the other recreational space on campus you feel like you have to purchase something. There is nowhere to heat up food on long days so it’s either cold food or purchase hot food on campus.

You can’t use the gym in breaks because there is nowhere to leave your personal belongings so you have to carry everything to lectures and seminars.

A place where you could sit and relax or do some work comfortably would be great, please and thank you 😀😀😀😀

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Parking is a big concern as I know there has been vandalism to cars in the estate next to the uni and the bingo across from Tesco’s now has a 2 hr limit.

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With the parking issue, I know many students park by McDonalds and the bingo across the road from Tesco.

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My commuting experience is very hard; I live in a remote village that has terrible public transport links, so it's a five hour round trip for me to get to uni and back even though it's only a thirty minute drive away. As a student I feel I hardly have one foot in the door, I don't feel a part of the community at Cardiff met. I miss out on many opportunities, I was asked if I wanted to be course rep, but had to decline. I can't attend any social events, or socialise with people at the uni. I'm learning to drive, so any kind of support to do so would be great. And more events of things during the day would be good too.

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Commuting has it's advantages and disadvantages. I struggle to attend social events as I live so far away which means that I don't get many opportunities to make friends. More events (quizzes, socials) should be held in the day.

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Parking Defo needs to be improved! On site parking for Students e.g. The field at the back could be turned into a carpark, this then means it would be safer for students as they dont have to walk miles to reach their car in the dark.

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I catch the train to Llandaff and then have a 30 minute walk to and from campus! There are days where I can be in from 9am to 6pm and there is nowhere to store things I need to bring it meaning that my bag is really heavy all day, I'd love some lockers! There are also times where I can have a 3/4 hour break which means that it's not justifiable for me to go home and back and there aren't many just comfortable chill areas that are big enough for a group of students who don't want to be in the library or busy canteen areas! There's the comfy area in the SU but that's quite busy sometimes, couldn't we have a larger area similar to that? I also found it difficult to know which buses to catch etc when I first came here so I feel communication around this could be improved!

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I’m a commuter and I find parking atrocious, I’ve had 3 parking fines in 2 weeks because there’s no parking on campus, I can’t park in Tesco as I’m here for longer than 3 hours and the housing estates near by the residents kick off saying I can’t park there so something needs to be done as the only places I can park are double yellow lines hence the parking tickets!

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If there was more buses going the Heath-Cathays way via Cathays Library and Crwys Road, as most people preffer to use the  Uni Library to do work rather than going home, This means walking from the M1, M2 bus stops is not safe at night alone!

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More buses, and/or times in current buses? each bus is 1/hour, and not in weekends, but some students might need to work at uni then as well. Also probably bring back the M4? It covered pontcanna/city centre/riverside areas which now are not covered. If more buses were to do trips for extended times, more people would stay later and could use the facilities (e.g. library) easier.

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Cardiff Met is predominantly a commuter student institution. We are looking to find out how commuter students experience can be enhanced. Add your thoughts and comments to this interactive chalkboard. These are anonymous.

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Do students that commute to university feel a part of the wider Cardiff Met community? If no, what can we do to connect more effectively to commuter students?