Royal Holloway University of London Employee Reviews

I learnt so much working at Royal Holloway from my colleagues and managers. I enjoyed working for them and felt part of a team. The most enjoyable part of the job was helping young people in their educational journeys.

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Great quality research

Research assistant intern (Former Employee) - London - 8 May 2018

A friendly and relaxed environment, with good work-life balance and state of the art research being carried out, especially in the field of neurosciences.

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Insights into Royal Holloway University of London

Based on 10 survey responses

What people like

Ability to meet personal goals
Feeling of personal appreciation
Inclusive work environment

Laid back atmosphere, dependent on students in halls

Resident Support Assistant, Part Time 14hours/week (Former Employee) - Egham - 12 February 2018

As the summary suggests, its highly dependent on the students you're in charge of. Some RSA's had almost nightly issues whereas my group was exceptional.

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Well paid, awful culture

Student Recruitment (Former Employee) - Egham, Surrey - 10 January 2018

I worked in student recruitment which has seen a huge turnover of staff in the last two years, as has the whole marketing section of the university. Sadly this has continued with over 50% of employees leaving in the past 12 months. This is due to a toxic culture of intimidation and constantly poor decision making at director level. The whole department has been in transition status for the past year and at the time of leaving a permanent director has still not been appointed. Very basic mistakes are made regularly causing the university to get in deeper trouble with its recruitment numbers. Most of these could have been avoided if any effort was made by senior managers to consult the 'hands on' staff who are generally very pleasant and just want to get on with their jobs. The working environment is very poor with over 30 employees crammed into 3 small rooms and the director having a large office space unused. Mental health has been a huge problem in the department, as staff are dealing with high pressure, uncertainty and unhappiness on a daily basis.

Pros

Salary

Cons

Everything else

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Wonderful environment to work in

Visiting Lecturer (Former Employee) - Egham, Surrey - 10 January 2018

The most wonderful experience ever. It was very satisfying, rewarding and fulfilling job. I would love to have to continued to work there had the position continued.

Pros

Good people to work with

Cons

Process - as ever

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Admissions Manager (Permanent, Full-time) (Current Employee) - Egham - 30 October 2017

Beautiful campus, great working environment, nice and supportive colleagues. Overall it is a good place to work for. The College is trying very hard to recruit more talents

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Working in the countryside

Research Fellow (Former Employee) - Egham, Surrey - 18 September 2017

I worked at RHUL as a full-time researcher, spending my days thinking about challenging problems. The problems are related to my own research project in functional analysis. I published papers, visited conferences as well as made a lot of numerical simulations in MatLab and Octave. I learnt a new concepts/theories in linear algebra, matrix theory, classical analysis and functional analysis.

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A great place to work at

Specialist Mental Health Mentor (Current Employee) - Egham, Surrey - 11 September 2017

I love the location of the RHUL and enjoy working with the students there. I am a flexible worker there at the moment as a Specialist Mental Health Mentor and thoroughly enjoy going into working, meeting my colleagues, line manager and students. The campus is in a beautiful location as well, which always helps. Being a psychotherapist already, I have learned the more direct approach to help and support students that come with the job of a mental health mentor. Working flexible hours, the hardest part of the job is to actually see the students on the day an at the time arranged. Students tend to cancel last minute for various reasons but unfortunately that also impacts on me, as a casual worker.

Pros

Colleagues, Location of campus

Cons

unreliabilty of some students, which is inevitable in this job

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Good Pay

Student Ambassador (Current Employee) - Surrey - 28 August 2017

My experiences within the university have equipped me with distinct abilities to lead an effective team, to manage time efficiently, and to be proactive.

Pros

free lunch

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Lovely evironment, pay not great

Administrator (Former Employee) - Egham, Surrey - 17 August 2017

Lovely environment, team great, but pay not wonderful. Hard to advance, limited vacancies. Good extras - discretionary days, bank holidays, on site gym.

Pros

Discretionary Days, Xmas break

Cons

Pay

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There is room for improvement

Business Analyst (Former Employee) - Egham, Surrey - 3 August 2017

Stakeholder Management Requirement Engineering problem and incident management average work-life balance micro management average work place culture

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Simple Student Job

Student Ambassador (Former Employee) - Egham - 7 July 2017

Good opportunity to work whilst studying. Long hours and very busy days. Comfortable environment and free lunches. Sometimes difficult to communicate with bosses but overall fine.

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Productive

Economic Student Ambassador (Former Employee) - Egham, Surrey - 26 June 2017

There is a great atmosphere, and the staff are very supportive. The work environment is calm, there are nice stuff to do all the time. It's not too busy

Pros

Free lunch

Cons

Not enough hours

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Great place to work if you know what you're in for

EFL Teacher (Current Employee) - London, Greater London - 24 June 2017

Having/had an amazing time with them! Can be tiring and daunting at first but management and support to newbie teachers is very good. Met wonderful people, both fellow teachers and students. Totally recommend. Will do it again next year for sure!

Pros

Accommodation sorted, great people, timely payment

Cons

Long hours sometimes, last minute changes

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Gezellige lab groep

Promotie onderzoeker (Current Employee) - London, UK - 19 May 2017

Een leerzame ervaring in een internationale omgeving tijdens een promotie onderzoek binnen een hoogstaande onderzoeksgroep.

Pros

Veel vrijheid om uren te plannen

Cons

Laag salaris

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Lost their vision of what an academic institution is meant to do

Lecturer (Current Employee) - London Heathrow Airport, Greater London - 9 May 2017

There is too much pressure to academics to perform every possible admin work (increasing constantly). The high management does not trust their staff to do the work and HAVE to rely on over-regulating every single thing. Trying to run it as a private company but skills and vision are lacking

Pros

Nice campus

Cons

Short sighted management

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convenient work for students

Bar and Kitchen staff (Current Employee) - Egham - 26 March 2017

The company has improves hugely since I began working there in 2014. Management has changed and shifted and this has had an obvious impact on the company. The company are much better organised but have room for improvement. The staff are treated well and shifts are given based around our studies which means our studies are supported and prioritised by the company. The pay is very fair but some jobs within the company should be paid more. It would be more beneficial for staff members to receive actual qualifications to support them in the future. Overall my experience working for this company has been satisfactory and i would recommend a job here to anyone working alongside their studies.

Pros

Pay, shift times, flexibility

Cons

no real qualifications gained, some management oversights

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Great!

Educational Support Assistant (Former Employee) - ogham - 17 February 2017

Lovely team, and really enjoyable work in a beautiful campus. Plenty of staff willing to offer support when needed. Great management.

Pros

People

Cons

odd hours

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IT Support Officer

IT Support Officer (Former Employee) - Egham, UK - 16 February 2017

Part time role that provides a good work/life balance. I found that the job was well paid considering my lack of experience as an IT support officer prior to working there.

Cons

Limited Hours

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Good Student Job

Student Ambassador (Current Employee) - Royal Holloway University - 13 February 2017

The university has a good range of jobs for students studying at RHUL which take into consideration the students studies.

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Excelentes compañeros, buen ambiente científico, pésimo salario

Investigador Postdoctoral Asociado (Former Employee) - Egham, Reino Unido - 27 January 2017

Una muy buena universidad que, como desgraciadamente todas las del sistema británico y debido a cómo aquel está configurado, no ofrece ni salarios decentes ni estabilidad. Muy buen ambiente científico, excelentes seminarios / conferencias, instalaciones en la media.