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But the unis that get investment do so as they have earned a great rep.
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yep i agree...but it's a catch22 situation....how can uni's advance up these tables if no one is prepared to invest in them....
It's like goin for jobs....everyone asks for a reference....but if one cannot be employed in the first place...where are they gonna produce a reference from, to show when applying for another job....???
Quite bizzare really....but I hope you get my point about the fact that these tables mean very little when someone is interested in a particular subject...It's best to look at tables of individual subjects than to look at the overall league standing!
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Seen.
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Agreed - in the UK, if you're planning on working in a particular field, the university's standing in that field matters more than it's overall ranking.
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Not sure about courses and current rankings etc, however a few years back (16 yrs!) when I was applying, the list was like this (in terms of reputation / prestige / standing / history alone)
- Cambridge
- Oxford
- Imperial College (Science/ engineering only)
- LSE
- Bristol (place for upper class oxbridge rejects)
- Durham (again, same as above)
- Manchester
- Warwick
- St Andrews (strong with traditions, not so strong for academic achievement!)
- Bath
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Khattana,
No UCL or King's? Thats crazy. They are 2 of the 9 or so UK unis ranked in the world top 100.
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What do you guys make of St Andrews?
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Its all about prestige with St Andrews- Scotlands oldest uni. Nothing spectaular really. Some mediocre courses, with a few good ones, and one or two excellent ones. Mainly for posh scots who can't be bothered moving down to london/oxbridge.
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Where does it rank?
Say compared to Liverpool?
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For ur information Durham has been voted University of the Year by the Times.
[Quote: Consistent excellence that makes its academics respected the world over and its students sought after in an increasingly crowded graduate jobs market help make Durham University the 2005 Sunday Times University of the Year. ]
From personal experience I couldn’t have asked for a better place to study. Students are from all around the world and from all walks of life. The academic support and feedback is great. Encouraging indepence, they set us for life outside studying. Durhams excellence is rated and supported by top firms graduating from here.
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Durham is a quality uni. No question.
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Thanku LBG :)
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I was talking about universities about 15 yrs ago. Back in the early nineties, king’s and UCL had very average entry requirements (BCC?) and were nothing special.
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Thats crazy!
They are the 2 founder colleges of the Uni of London, 2 of the giants in the UK HE system. Are you truly saying they went from trashy to classy in 15 years? :o
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Is sussex any good?
Nice campus, I went there once with a mate, but is the uni decent?
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The Question was about Ivy League so you base that on reputation not quality of course and stuff like that...
Oxford , Cambridge, LSE, Imperial and UCL are the Ivy League...anything outside that is decent but come out with a degree from any of these places then you are sorted...
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Seen.
Is that the so called "Golden Triangle"?
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It is defined as:
"1] The future of the University of London: a discussion from the Provost of UCL (page 6) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/images/Uni-Lon.pdf ]
“Imperial College, King’s College, the LSE and UCL are all in the small group of leading universities in the UK and with Cambridge and Oxford are sometimes referred to as “the Golden Triangle”.” The future of the University of London: a discussion paper from the Provost of UCL, Malcolm Grant, President and Provost, UCL. (p.6)"
Yeah?