Original post by LutherVanI just got a look at Vault Guide to the Top 25 Consulting Firms, 2010 European Edition report which is produce by Vault, the most highly regarded website for professional services employment (IB, Consulting and Law). The report list firms by their prestige in the Consulting industry and profiles them. In the profile, there is a section that says "Getting Hired", which is basically what candidates have to do, and be, to get hired by the profiled prestigious firm. Some firms give an insight on the universities they see as elite and frequent for recruitment.
Here is a list of firms that stated their UK university preferance and focus for elite talent:
OC&C Strategy: Oxford and Cambridge
ZS Associates: Oxford and Cambridge
Candesic: Oxford and Cambridge
Roland Berger: Cambridge, Oxford and LSE
Monitor Group: Cambridge, Oxford and LSE
Capgemini: Oxford, Cambridge and LSE
NERA Economic Consulting: Oxford, Cambridge and LSE
Simon-Kucher & Partners: Oxford, Cambridge, LSE and Imperial
Oliver Wyman: Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, Imperial and Warwick
Bain & Company: Oxford, Cambridge, LSE and Warwick
Diamond Management & Technology Consultantss: Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, Imperial and Bristol
Detica: Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, Imperial and York
Watson Wyatt: Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews and the London colleges
All other firms on the list did not specify what universities they target.
The list just backs my argument that LSE is the only university with the prestige next to Oxbridge and is the third most respected university in the real world that matters, not TSR, and almost matches the prestige groupings I listed in post #79.
It is one of the following:
1) Oxbridge only
2) Oxbridge, LSE & Imperial only
3) Oxbridge and Top 4 in London only
4) Oxbridge, LSE, Imperial and a list of top UK universities like UCL, Warwick, KCL, St Andrews, Durham etc only
5) Oxbridge, LSE, Imperial & UCL (and this is only in the newspaper articles, not for employer or corporate event targeting, so it is just theoretical)