Does going to a lower ranked Uni effect future employment?

For example from loughborough to Greenwich, or is it the type of degree and the final mark that counts?

Specifically surveying.


Also has anyone found themselves discriminated againts becuase of this?

Don't listen to the idiot above. A first is a first, regardless where it's from. Yes, granted, you may have some difficulty when going against an Oxbridge graduate, but any other university, it's the same. However, if you wish to go into investment banking, for instance, the reputation of the university you attended is going to be as important, if not more, than your subject matter or grade (from what I have heard, anyway).

I just can't quite see how a first from Lincoln can be like for like comparable with a first from Imperial. It is certainly better than a 2;2 from Imperial (or other top uni) but let us be reasonable here.

Don't listen to the idiot above. A first is a first, regardless where it's from. Yes, granted, you may have some difficulty when going against an Oxbridge graduate, but any other university, it's the same. However, if you wish to go into investment banking, for instance, the reputation of the university you attended is going to be as important, if not more, than your subject matter or grade (from what I have heard, anyway).

OK

The problem is that Loughborough is actually relatively near Oxbridge - according to the Guardian it's the 9th best university in the UK:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/table/2010/jun/04/university-league-table
Whilst Greenwich is the 102nd best - there's quite a big difference in perceived quality there and an employer would, all other things being equal, be more likely to choose the Loughborough educated student than the Greenwich one, especially in this economic downturn.

Of course league tables are relative, but in many cases they're how the employers work out which universities are better, even subconsciously.

For example from loughborough to Greenwich, or is it the type of degree and the final mark that counts?

Specifically surveying.


Also has anyone found themselves discriminated againts becuase of this?

Yes, it does, especially when you go from top->average or average->poor.

A first at Loughborough is better than a first at Greenwich - but a first at Greenwich might be better than a 2:2 at Loughborough? I'm not sure there, someone else might have an answer.

Also, it wouldn't be discrimination because discrimination is when the distinction between two people is unfair, ie deciding between two candidates on the colour of their skin. It's totally fair to decide between two candidates based on how good their education was - the person who went to the better uni probably knows a lot more.

While I was happy with warwick being 3rd in that table, it is a bit of a joke. Manchester not even top 50.

Of course league tables are relative, but in many cases they're how the employers work out which universities are better, even subconsciously.

Well you always say things like 'a degree is a degree' or 'a first is a first'. Do you actually believe that?

Fine, look at the Times as well, Loughborough 15, Greenwich 91 (and Manchester 26).

Remember that these tables are all calculated algorithmically rather than by word of mouth, taking into account drop-out rates etc

Yes. My friend graduated from Westminster with a first in Biochemistry, did an MSc in Immunology at Imperial, and will be starting a PhD in Virology at Southampton in October. If Westminster University is so inadequate, and by your standards, useless, why was he accepted onto an MSc at Imperial?

There's more to life than which university you ******* attend.

why was he accepted onto an MSc at Imperial?

The money he paid them...?