It's hard to say easily if a university is 'bad' or not. I think VU is not very well recognised or considered to be prestigious, but that does not necessarily make it a bad university. It kind of depends how much your future industry cares about prestige, and how it weighs that against other things you might have (e.g. job experience, extra curricular activities, volunteer work, awesome grades, other qualifications you might have). Unfortunately, depending on what you want to do with your degree, you may have to comply with whatever opinions other people have about prestige, particularly if you want a specific job in a competitive industry straight away. If, however, you're a bit more flexible, or if you want to work in an industry where people are a little more down to earth and/or where things are less competitive, it might not matter what university you went to. You need to weigh this up with your goals for the future.
Secondly, resources makes a huge difference to your life at university. I paid no attention to this when I was in high school and looking at potential universities, which was stupid. In order to study well, you need access to research materials (including a good library), and you want resources like wi-fi on-campus, places you can go for advice (academic or otherwise), and plenty of events and clubs where you can meet people (especially if you are a commuter). I don't know if VU has these resources or not, I assume they probably do. You need to have a look at what they have, compare this to other unis, and decide whether it will be enough for you. I think ideally, the resource-aspect of universities should be set up so as to give all students a sense of belonging on-campus and able to perform as best they can in their studies.
Lastly, the teaching experience is really important. If you can, try to get in touch with someone who is doing the course you are interested in and ask them about the relative strengths and weaknesses of the courses. And it is about more than whether or not the lectures are boring (you can have boring lectures at any uni in the country). You'll want to look at things like how many people there are in a lecture and a tute, whether lecturers are available for you to ask questions, and the quality of the online learning resources. You can also probably find survey results somewhere on the internets which would give some indicator of quality, but I would suggest that without comments they are really difficult to accurately interpret.