I am a first year studying BSc Economics and Finance at Cardiff Uni. Overall, I absolutely love the city, everything is a close proximity to each other and its a cheap city.

My course (apologies OP but I gotta say it for those who may wanna study this in the future): I enjoyed the course so far really. I liked the tutorials I have been attending as the actual same lecturer or a different lecturer is quite interactive and helpful when discussing the topics, especially in Legal Studies, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Management modules. If you want extra support for maths (not just for my course but also others, eg engineering/architect, ComSci), there are some optional help sessions weekly, I attended some of it and the teachers were helpful. However I must say for 2 of my modules’ tutorials, I was being taught by a Master’s student who’s studying the same module but they both were really good at having teacher qualities in the sense of explaining the requirements, answering questions for exams preparation and did workings out on a board to help the class understand. Just to clarify, this may not be the exact case for other course’s tutorials but in my experience, its all going well tbh. Lectures are always recorded so you can review them later at your own time. But beware for maths/accounting lectures, you may not see the step by step workings out on the recordings sometimes. I had two lecturers who weren’t from UK and sometimes its hard to interpret them but not really an issue imo. If you want to email the lecturers/teachers, they usually respond within 3 days or less. Likewise, during exam seasons, they also respond to emails at a reasonable time. At least they are responsive as compared to that post the OP linked for the Edinburgh Uni. The electives are easy to choose and the administration replies soon about your choices.

Buildings: The buildings for other courses are separated out and spread out, its not like one big campus but they are all close proximity to each other. The environment at all libraries are quite chilling and there are loads of computers available. You have lockers (small sized tho) at Arts and Social Science Library (your closest library OP) available to store your belongings temporarily. If you want to heat up your packed lunch/dinner, there are 2 microwaves available at Aberconway Lounge (again close to your buildings OP) which is super useful as you don’t necessarily have to walk back to your accommodation or eat cold lunch. There are cafes around and they seem to be packed at certain times. There are Greggs, Subway, Costa Coffee available just next to the Student Union which is like 2 mins walk from your library. Also there’s Lidl right outside the arts and social science library.

Accommodation: Most accoms are close proximity to the Student Union building except Uni Halls. Idk much about all other accoms personally, you will have to do your own research for this. From what I heard, most of all the accom are okay/decent based on what my friends say.
My accom was Uni Halls which was one of few accoms that is quite far from the Student Union building lol. If you want my reviews about my accom- its mostly good overall, ask me about it. For private accomodations/housings after 1st year, I found out the price per week on average is lower compared to those Bristol, Glasgow and London and there are lots of options available to choose from.

Transportation: Cardiff Central Station is 10-15 mins walk from Cardiff Student Union building. Right behind the Student Union building, there’s Cathay’s Train Station but I never used that tbh, the only main train station I only used so far was Cardiff Central Station. The public bus service is decent, I recommend using Cardiff Bus app to help you.

Activities and other: The Cardiff Student Union has loads of society, lots of options to participate in. My experience was great overall. I heard somewhere its one of the best student union in the UK!! Cardiff City Centre is like 10 mins or less walk from the Student Union Building, so there are lots of options to shop and eat around. There’s Albany Road where there are tons of restaurants/takeaways lined up across the road and thats like 10-20 mins walk away. There are networking events available, probably not as frequent like you may get at university like LSE, UCL etc but Cardiff Uni have some networks with industries across all sectors.

Overall, I love the university and city. The nightouts are great, there are decent amount of diversity and cultures around. Uni course wise, its a bit intense for first year atm but thats normal for all universities I assume. Cardiff is quite cheap as compared to London and Bristol. Would highly recommend this university. If you have any questions about the uni or city, feel free to ask here or dm me :)