When I went to see the University of Bristol I thought the city was ugly and lifeless, the buildings were unbearably ugly, the accomodation was truly shocking for the extortionate prices.. Not to mention the fact that the city of Bristol is in such a boring, pointless region of England.
EDIT: But obviously good education at Bristol, just unfortunate location etc..
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Leicester University/De Montfort, since they're both situated in Leicester which is rubbish in terms of its party scene... and doesn't have anything which is comparable to Nottingham, even though Nottingham is smaller than Leicester in terms of population size.
When I went to see the University of Bristol I thought the city was ugly and lifeless, the buildings were unbearably ugly, the accomodation was truly shocking for the extortionate prices.. Not to mention the fact that the city of Bristol is in such a boring, pointless region of England.
EDIT: But obviously good education at Bristol, just unfortunate location etc..
Really? I agree that the city centre is hardly what you'd call pretty, but the university itself is really in Clifton, where you've got a million little quaint pubs and delis and family run places, and little shops you'd never expect to find in a big city, and there's so much green space! The Downs and Victoria Park and St Paul's and all that... There's so much going on as well!!
Has anyone been in (or seen the outside of) the humanities building at Durham? Now that's aesthetically displeasing.
What's the humanities building?
I'd say the worst thing about the library is that, although it has better faciliites than many other univeresities (particularly facilities for students with disabilities) it's still nothing particularly special. But it isn't well stocked in terms of books and is under-funded.
Very good university but mediocore and often frustrating library. As a politics and philosophy student Chads' library seems better stocked than the university library at times. Anyway, as important as aesthetics are to some people (and it is plain and 1970s - as most of the science campus is) but all universities have their share of ugly buildings. On the other hand there's a World Heritage Site, Bailey colleges, St Mary's. Hilde Bede's grounds, Palace Green, various departments and, if it's not cheating to include it (as it no longer belongs to the university), Old Shire Hall.
University of Hertfordshire.
The campus is really nice and modern and the new sports centre is lush.
I just really don't like the surrounding area (Hatfield)
Leicester University/De Montfort, since they're both situated in Leicester which is rubbish in terms of its party scene... and doesn't have anything which is comparable to Nottingham, even though Nottingham is smaller than Leicester in terms of population size.
Yeah, but population size isn't really all that good a measure of how good a city's social scene is/should be. Newcastle is generally regarded as the party capital of the country and it has a fairly most population (under 300,000) although it is part of the wider Tyneside conurbation, one of the largest in the country, and regarded as a regional capital and English core city so that's perhaps not the best example. Cardiff's population is modest considering it's a capital (albeit a very new capital) and can rival the best. Aberdeen's not too bad.
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thames valley, the open university, kingston uni, roehampton uni, university of bolton, london metropolitan uni, manchester metropolitan uni, oxford brookes uni etc etc ....the list goes on
Oh come off it. Unless you've actually studied at these universities you cannot say they are ones to avoid. You're probably just suggesting they're "not respected" but unless you have experience in graduate employment you cannot say this either, especially as it can vary by career area. Just picking up on two of those, the Open University has a purpose and does it well. In my experience employers show no prejudice when it comes to an OU degree, often those with OU degreees will have more life experience or juggled other commitments with their degree and this can be an attractive thing. Oxford Brookes is one of the best post-92s and a good university with some excellent departments (history, law, built environment/architecture) and I've heard good things about its student support and disability services (something a number of other universities ignore - Durham's disability service do a good job given their resources but they are underfunded).
from judging on open days the worst uni i've ever seen was manchester!
manchester met may have been worse but i didn't go to see there.
The whole area was dreary, polluted and although it's a big city, isolated. You seemed to have to walk a fair distance to get anywhere. The actual university building was pleasing enough, however, this didn't compensate for the lack of personality the place seemed to have. Both students and lecturers lacked enthusiasm that you tend to see when prospective applicants aren't all herded into a big room to pick up leaflets, then left to thier own devices.
Not to mention, manchester is particular with GCSEs, e.g asking for languages when you want to study psychology. Ok, if it was an amazing uni but it's hardly oxbridge- it's not even in the top 20!
Purely from my experience, I was really disappointed with the accommodation at Nottingham. I looked round quite a bit on the open days and I've stayed with a friend there, and I really think it needs some improvement. The rest of the campus was lovely though
If the 17 year olds who have OD'd on the Times League Tables (but never actually been to uni ) gtfo, this thread will be very useful
I'm shocked to hear that about Bristol, I haven't had the opportunity to visit yet but I'd heard very good things about it. Also, in Lincoln's defence, I know plenty of people that go there and love it!
When I went to see the University of Bristol I thought the city was ugly and lifeless, the buildings were unbearably ugly, the accomodation was truly shocking for the extortionate prices.. Not to mention the fact that the city of Bristol is in such a boring, pointless region of England.
EDIT: But obviously good education at Bristol, just unfortunate location etc..
... I don't actually know where to start with this! If you're not trolling then you're a complete idiot.
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