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Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by loma(m): 4:35am On Mar 11, 2011 |
Interesting. I will be starting at Oxford in October. Despite the fact that Cambridge currently ranks higer, Oxford still holds a special place in my mind. |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by Sagamite(m): 2:21pm On Mar 12, 2011 |
For the reputational tables by THE, only academics who had published more than 50 research papers and had worked in universities for more than 16 years were asked to take part in the survey. |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by Sagamite(m): 5:12pm On Mar 17, 2011 |
I mentioned here https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-141689.32.html#msg5011058 that I do not know how people from the 2 unis mentioned get to roles that normally only Oxbridge students normally get to. I just found out why. The following 3 are universities extremely posh kids that are not that academically inclined in their youth normally go (probably most were exploring creative flair then, as these are former polys): - University of the West England - University of Northumbria - Oxford Brookes University These 3 universities have historically had a significantly high number of very posh, privately-educated kids that attend them. |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by Sagamite(m): 7:47pm On Apr 02, 2011 |
Another Global League table (that I am seeing for the first time), University Rankings by Academic Performance (URAP), by a Turkish informatics institute. It is obviously not as popular as the other 3 and is very similar to the SJTU rankings, even their first 8 are the same universities. Both are science biased so somewhere like LSE will be prejudiced with the rankings, whilst scientifically strong schools like Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham, Birmingham and Glasgow get a boost. Here are the UK Top 10 for 2010 produced in the format: UK Rank) Name (World Rank) URAP World University Rankings (totally Scientific Research biased [85% weighting]) 1) Oxford (8.) 2) Cambridge (11) 3) Imperial (16) 4) UCL (20) 5) Manchester (39) 6) Edinburgh (48) 7) KCL (79) 8.) Bristol (80) 9) Glasgow (92) 10) Birmingham (101) LSE (48), Warwick (23), St Andrews (25) URAP World University Rankings (Nigeria) 1) UI (931) 2) OAU (1388) 3) Unilag (1515) 4) UNN (1525) 5) Uniben (1671) 6) ABU (1798) 7) Unilorin (1865) |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by Sagamite(m): 5:50pm On Jun 05, 2011 |
Is this really the new rival to Oxford and Cambridge? Some very impressive thought leaders there on the roster of teachers. http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/jun/05/new-university-college-humanities-degrees [size=18pt]New university gathers top academics to teach £18,000-a-year degrees[/size] |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by Sagamite(m): 5:12pm On Jul 17, 2011 |
A report that shows the top 6 unis that are targeted and give an applicant an advantage with applying to Investment Banks. http://news.students.efinancialcareers.co.uk/newsandviews_item/newsItemId-29203 [size=18pt]Which university is best for breaking into banking?[/size] This backs my earlier list. Only Durham appears not to be mentioned: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-141689.0.html#msg4633974 |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by InDreams: 3:57pm On Aug 15, 2011 |
Cardiff and Liverpool should be division 1 really. I personally think they're better than a lot of the division 1 unis and at least on par with 13-24. Exeter, Loughborough and Lancaster are definitely no more reputable. Both Cardiff and Liverpool receive research grants in the top 20 of all UK unis. Cardiff is constantly in the top 20 for research assessment and graduate prospects, and is in the top 20 universities targeted by the top employers http://www.highfliers.co.uk/download/GMReport11.pdf (see page 26), higher than Newcastle and Exeter. Also in 2008, when you compiled the list, 60% of Cardiff's research was assessed as being world-leading. I can understand reasons for the others being in divison 1 and 2, though. 1 Like |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by datnigga: 11:23pm On Sep 12, 2011 |
@ op what do think of cranfield university? i heard they av very good job prospects |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by Sagamite(m): 1:53pm On Sep 13, 2011 |
InDreams: I don't think the 2 come close to Nottingham in terms of prestige. As I clearly stated, it is a "League Table" and I put both at the top of Div 2, which implies they can easily compete with the lower Div 1 universities, but not necessarily better. In regards to prestige, I would put the likes of the 3 you mentioned (Exeter, Loughborough, Lancaster) above Liverpool and Cardiff. For example, the former 3 have a higher proportion of students with high grades than the latter 2. Exeter and Loughborough have both a higher percentage of students and higher absolute number of students with grades AAB+ than Cardiff and Liverpool. Lancaster has a higher percentage of students with such grades than the Cardiff and Liverpool. http://exquisitelife.researchresearch.com/exquisite_life/2011/07/the-aab-battlefield-definitive-list-of-how-many-aab-students-there-are-at-english-universities.html InDreams: Research grant is a function of university size and areas of interest. Cardiff and Liverpool receive higher research grant than LSE does not mean they are better than LSE. Research assessment plays only a limited role in perception of prestige sometimes, although it is a valid point. Posh kids going to Exeter, and after graduating, giving top jobs through their connections can provide equal or better prestige. The graduate prospect is a good point but not sufficient to really move me from other points. E.g. LSE has always had better career prospects than Oxford, but I still think the latter is more prestigious. The High fliers table is not really that strong an evidence of graduate prospects. It counts how many times top employers visits a university. Take this with a pinch of salt. Things to consider: - They show how employers split their university milkround budgets. They are going to try to spread their visit nationwide with that budget so they don't cause a PR nightmare by showing regional favouritism. They try to visit a university in each geographic region and regional capital (plus Oxbridge of course). This would mean regional leading universities would get to the top of any table showing "most visited universities". Hence the likes of Manchester, Cardiff, Liverpool, Belfast, Nottingham, Leeds, Sheffield and Warwick (regionally better than Birmingham) will do well in such as they lead in their region. - Many are companies based in London, they may have their recruitment presentation events in their offices in London and invite the London students through application instead of visiting London university campuses. They also sometimes have a non-campus-based recruitment session in big halls for London-based students, rather than visit universities individually, as this is cheaper for the companies and can spread wider. They would avoid having to visit about 4 or more top universities in London. High Fliers table does not show these or take them into consideration. That is why some Big City universities ride high on those tables than London and small city/town universities (like Durham and Exeter). Companies based outside London can't do this because maybe only one top university is in their city-base (e.g. University of Manchester in Manchester), so they just do the event on the university's campus and have to visit other universities individually. It is better you look at employment rate and average starting salaries instead to understand employment propects, not High Fliers. Those will show you who is actually being employed and who is being employed into top jobs. datnigga: For what course? |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by datnigga: 2:50pm On Sep 22, 2011 |
^^^for their engineering courses |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by Sagamite(m): 4:04pm On Sep 22, 2011 |
datnigga: I think the job prospects should be decent. Apart from Cambridge and Imperial, I can't think of much prevalent elitism in Engineering. After those two universities, I would think there comes the other big universities like Manchester, UCL, Leeds, Southampton, Warwick etc of which I think Cranfield should be peers with in Engineering. And then a third group of lower universities that offer Engineering courses. So I would think Cranfield is one of the best options except you can get an offer from Cambridge or Imperial. |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by datnigga: 7:24pm On Sep 22, 2011 |
^^^nah i got an offer from loughborough, and after doin some research, I found that they are quite good according to their rankings. b4 d end of the wkend, i shud make up my mind on which one i wana go tho |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by jaybee3(m): 6:59am On Sep 23, 2011 |
^^^^^ Manufacturing engineering by any chance? You are better off with cranfield if you're doing a MSc as it's a dedicated postgraduate uni with nuff links to the industry Loughborough if it's a BEng |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by datnigga: 9:54am On Sep 23, 2011 |
^^^ yes boss its manufacturing, aw did u know? lol did u know any1 dt went dere? |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by jaybee3(m): 10:39am On Sep 23, 2011 |
Manufacturing => Cranfield/Lougborough Petroleum => Imperial/Herriot watts Oil & Gas => Cranfield/RG Electrical => Manchester/Southampton I do know someone in his final year (BEng) on the same course. What u going for? undergrad or postgrad? |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by datnigga: 11:11am On Sep 23, 2011 |
^^^^ postgraduate, engineering of manufacturing systems. got offers from cranfield and lboro. bt i heard cranfield is a village with little/no social life and d auses dere are more expensive dan wt i can afford. dts y i cnt decide. if i av to go cranfield, i'm gona av to borrow some money bt if its gona be worth it den i don't mind taking d sacrifice. |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by jaybee3(m): 11:16am On Sep 23, 2011 |
^^^ Cranfield is a lil village in close proximity with Milton Keynes which is a thriving city. Loughborough might be a better choice though if you're more concerned about night life et al. |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by datnigga: 11:55am On Sep 23, 2011 |
not really concernd wit nightlife, jst dnt wana be loney and bored to death. all work and no loneliness makes jack a nerd . dey gave me timetable at cranfield already and its 9-5 monday to friday. that's a lot of hard work and not for the faint hearted. lol |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by jaybee3(m): 12:08pm On Sep 23, 2011 |
^^^ I think u should have been used to that by now. Engineering ain't for the faint hearted. I did that for about 4 years ya know. I have actually been to cranfield before as a prospective student. Got a scholarship back then to study MSc subsea engineering but went for MSc Info Eng at City uni instead as i wanted to stay back in london cos of work bla bla bla Nuff night life in bedford & luton though (less than 30 minutes either way from MK). London is also about an hr away so win win situation |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by datnigga: 12:16pm On Sep 23, 2011 |
^^^ wt was ur impression of cranfield when u went? i'm guessin u dint get the chance to take proper look into d villlage, dye said about 90% of dere students get job within 6 mnths. i dnt knw if dey jst sayin that to lure ppl dere. i dnt tink dere r nigerians there, i dnt wana be d only naija boy dere b4 they shoot me in the head in that village lol. i am very paranoid wit things like this tanx for ur responses tho, its appreciated. |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by jaybee3(m): 12:29pm On Sep 23, 2011 |
[img]http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=cranfield&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cranfield,+Bedford,+Central+Bedfordshire,+United+Kingdom&ll=52.068517,-0.608761&spn=0.201685,0.434647&t=m&z=11&vpsrc=6&output=embed"></iframe> <small><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=cranfield&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cranfield,+Bedford,+Central+Bedfordshire,+United+Kingdom&ll=52.068517,-0.608761&spn=0.201685,0.434647&t=m&z=11&vpsrc=6&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small>[/img] You will be shocked to find nuff nigerians there. I last visited the place back in '03 and they had nuff Nigerians at the time They are bang on point about their relative success in graduates employability chances. They have nuff network with 'em big companies so wouldn't worry about that. |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by datnigga: 12:34pm On Sep 23, 2011 |
ok tanx for d info, i appreciate |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by Sagamite(m): 11:00pm On Sep 23, 2011 |
datnigga: Stop posting extensively in textspeak. It does not speak well of someone that wants to be a postgraduate student. Stop it! No excuses. No justifications. Just stop it. Serious people hardly ever do such (extensive textspeak). I am yet to see one serious person that does. Look at jay bee's post, at best it is just the slightest use of any shortening form, that is acceptable. Not like the extensive use as you are using it. |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by proudly9ja(m): 12:39pm On Sep 27, 2011 |
I've never been to Cranfield but I have a friend who studied at Cranfield. I also presently live in Loughborough and Il tell you straight away that Loughborough itself is a small town. The good thing though is that you have access to the 'big' cities like Nottingham and Leicester and so wouldn't miss out on much. If you still need any more info on Loughborough, please let me know. However, I see jaybee (the man about town) has given enough info already |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by datnigga: 8:17pm On Sep 27, 2011 |
^^^ r u a student in d uni or u work dere or jst live dere wit ur parents? went to cranfield 2day to check out d place myself and stuff. d uni is quite nice but aside that, i cudnt find a ause to live in. d closest ause i could find is like 35mins walk away and its in a farm. no neighbours . jst d ause and some farm wit cows which put me off. lectures finish at 5 so imagining myslef jst walkin alone thru d thick bushes back exam is nt sumtin i see myself doin. goin to lboro tomorrw to check d place out and look for a ause/flat to stay. hopefully, i'l see sumting nice. |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by DisGuy: 3:39pm On Sep 28, 2011 |
what niiiiiiii you are not attending a top engineering school just because it's a bit secluded Why do you think they are well rated for their engineering courses? that's the kind of environment you need, so you can enjoy your weekend more, at full blast knowing you will be tuned in all weekdays for your course- less distraction You will deifinitely find nigerians there, probably proffessors and managers from top companies |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by datnigga: 9:58pm On Sep 28, 2011 |
^^^ no dts nt d reason. i cudnt find a ause, all d school acc in taken and d off campus acc, i cnt afford |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by datnigga: 10:12pm On Sep 28, 2011 |
lboro is also a good uni, dey av gud ratings. its nt like am goin sumwhere like bolton or salford |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by proudly9ja(m): 11:01pm On Sep 28, 2011 |
datnigga:I actually work there now. Been here 3 years though I may be moving away soon as I'm over 90% done with my research. If you were there today, I'm sure we 'jammed' on the Sprint bus this afternoon , kidding. Cranfield is a good uni from what I've hard. Loughborough is equally good and may not be as high on the ratings table as Cranfield, in terms of student experience, we remain no 1 in the UK |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by Nobody: 10:36pm On Nov 05, 2011 |
Now . . . you guyz hav been saying almost anything is possible. all i hav is an HND (upper credit) and about 2yrs post NYSC work experience; what's my chance of doing my Masters in the UK, without havin to 1st do a PGD? if it's gonna be possible and i'm to do a course in a specialist area like oil and gas, what's my chance of getting a well paying job quickly in the UK with it? My course at HND level was a vast one in sciences, and way back i dreamt of a Masters degree in Food Technology or in something related to Analytical Chemistry. But now i consider huge earnings ahead of flair; so is this idea of narrowing down to oil and gas really good? quick response pls, cos i'm about to make my final decision. Thanks a bunch. |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by babski56: 2:36am On Nov 27, 2011 |
Alright gentlemen, what are your views on Exeter Uni? I often get mixed reviews about this one. Exeter, not particularly a brain-box university but it has a large amount of posh kids for some reason hence some of their students are well connected so they can get some top jobs, that is why I put it above Glasgow which is an academically more rigourous uni. I think it is the school posh kids that cannot get into Oxbridge, LSE, Bristol, KCL, St Andrews and Durham go and congregate. And it normally does well in the national ratings by hitting the top 20 sometimes. So I will say it is a BBB uni and a "Quite Good" uni. Sagamite, you are a great man but I don't agree with your comments about exeter. I am a first year student and It is by no means a bbb uni. I barely got in with aab, also it has consistently been in or around the top 10 for the last few years? Please explain how you arrived at your opinions? I rejected Manchester and nottingham to go here, however I would agree that it is not as good as four of the unis you stated above, but kcl and especially bristol are debateable. |
Re: Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK by coogar: 2:41am On Nov 27, 2011 |
babski56: you rejected manchester to go to exeter? i rejected beyonce to go for mercy johnson. i hope you don't regret your actions when you start looking for jobs. manchester? rejected? it's either you are lying or you are just dumb! |
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