Warwick Vs. St.Adnrews. Vs. Bristol Vs. Bath Vs. Durham

He wasn't comparing Durham University to the other unis OP mentioned - he was comparing Queen's Campus, Stockton to the main campus within Durham. There is no bias being displayed here at all. Quite the contrary, given that he attended the main campus, NOT Queen's, but he's still saying positive things about the latter.

As for your dilemma OP, I'm sure you can appreciate why all your choices have been recommended in at least one response each in this thread - they are all highly-regarded institutions with great value for your money. Personally I would choose Bristol or Warwick; Bristol for its reputation + the all-round experience in a nice city (and the Economics content), and Warwick for its great reputation alone (the WBS is a fantastic department with great connections too). I don't think you can go wrong with any of your choices though, to be fair - you are very fortunate to have offers from all these unis.

EDIT: I have just checked out the list of partner universities for the year abroad in Warwick's course - wowzer!

Surely you can appreciate why it would be very difficult for an alumnus not to be a little biased towards their ex-university ?

I really don't like the feel of Stockton it looks so fake like a new town tacked on to the side of Durham.

I also don't like the fact that it is quite far from the main campus and it feels very disconnected.

Thus if I chose Durham I'd only consider the main campus.

Ultimately, you have no idea what experience a person had when at university and how they feel about the place. If you open your eyes you will see me being incredibly critical about Durham at times, especially in 2009, and still am to some extent now (particularly when discussing Durham's School of Government).

I also continually make posts such as this. Do you see Durham bias dripping from that post? It's incredibly fair to Liverpool (some might say too fair).

Their opinions are affected by the experience they had, but this can make their opinions particularly valuable to applicants as they can come from a more informed position with greater knowledge and they can still provide a balanced overview.

This site is here for current or previous students to provide advice and information. Where would be if we just dismissed everyone's advice because they are a current student or graduate of university x so therefore "biased"?

Now I'm not going to justify myself further, as I really don't need to, but just to let you know that I do pride myself on trying to provide as balanced an overview as possible and know most do recognise and appreciate this. So I do find it irritating when someone comes along and dismisses my post(s) simply because I'm a graduate of one of the universities so "biased".



Do you mean the town, or the campus? It's 20 miles from Durham. It's Teesside, so just outside Middlesbrough.



Right, which is better than just saying it's horrible.

I believe what was originally meant is that it can offer as many, if not more, amenities than Durham city can. This is undoubtedly true. You have more music venues, shopping is at least as good, so too clubs. It is also close to Middlesbrough which offers a better clubbing scene than Durham (not saying much, however). It was never meant that it has the same feel as Durham, or that it too is some pretty, historic city.



Well, it's not a campus, but I know what you mean. Yes, and so would I (although, having spent too many years at Durham, I wouldn't even consider Durham again). I probably wouldn't have chosen Durham if my course was at Queen's Campus.

But, as the OP's course is in Durham city, I would like further discussion to be about Durham and not Queen's Campus.

I have 5 unconditional offers and I need to pick one. Please help and tell me which one would you choose and why?


Bath University: Business Administration
Bristol University: Economics and Management
Durham University: Business Economics
St. Andrews University: Management
Warwick University: International Management

Bristol or Warwick. They're both quite well known for Business/Economics courses. Durham is good, but I'd say that it's business school isn't as great as it's other departments. Baths great, but I think Warwick an Bristol has a slight edge. I personally wouldn't attend st Andrew's; however this is only my opinion. St Andrew's courses are usually 4 years, which means extra tuition fees and also I feel that it's not as good as people say it is. I'd go bristol tbh, it's in a great city and it's good university in the same league as Warwick.

Wow you have some amazing offers. I don't want to say which one to go for as I've heard they are all extremely good. However if I had to pick one I would say Durham. It's business school is up and coming and it has a really good reputation for Economics as far as I'm aware. I have visited the Business campus and it really suits me. If you like small, friendly and compact places with everything max five mins walk from your college accommodation then I'd deffo go for Durham.

If it helps their are two videos below that might be of interest. But like I said they are all amazing offers im just telling you why Durham interests me. Good luck with everything

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qTpyPXM52-o

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zI1cw4QQlZM


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Warwick has crap city, either Bristol or Bath. If you like sports then Bath.

Actually sorry I might have got it wrong. I think your course will be based at Durham city not Queens campus. But still I think Durham still has a good reputation for economics. The league tables are as follows:

http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/durham/performance?s=Business+Studies

http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/durham/performance?s=Economics


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Thank you, your replies were very helpful. :-) Does anybody else have any help to offer?

Thank you for the links and kind words Add4!

Bath or Warwick without a shadow of a doubt. Bath is a much nicer city tho, and there's loads of sport. The BBA course in particular is hugely respected.

OP, just so you know, the poster above might be a little biased since they attend Bath university

Warwick isn't a city for a start..

Ultimately, you have no idea what experience a person had when at university and how they feel about the place. If you open your eyes you will see me being incredibly critical about Durham at times, especially in 2009, and still am to some extent now (particularly when discussing Durham's School of Government).

I also continually make posts such as this. Do you see Durham bias dripping from that post? It's incredibly fair to Liverpool (some might say too fair).

Their opinions are affected by the experience they had, but this can make their opinions particularly valuable to applicants as they can come from a more informed position with greater knowledge and they can still provide a balanced overview.

This site is here for current or previous students to provide advice and information. Where would be if we just dismissed everyone's advice because they are a current student or graduate of university x so therefore "biased"?

Now I'm not going to justify myself further, as I really don't need to, but just to let you know that I do pride myself on trying to provide as balanced an overview as possible and know most do recognise and appreciate this. So I do find it irritating when someone comes along and dismisses my post(s) simply because I'm a graduate of one of the universities so "biased".



Do you mean the town, or the campus? It's 20 miles from Durham. It's Teesside, so just outside Middlesbrough.



Right, which is better than just saying it's horrible.

I believe what was originally meant is that it can offer as many, if not more, amenities than Durham city can. This is undoubtedly true. You have more music venues, shopping is at least as good, so too clubs. It is also close to Middlesbrough which offers a better clubbing scene than Durham (not saying much, however). It was never meant that it has the same feel as Durham, or that it too is some pretty, historic city.



Well, it's not a campus, but I know what you mean. Yes, and so would I (although, having spent too many years at Durham, I wouldn't even consider Durham again). I probably wouldn't have chosen Durham if my course was at Queen's Campus.

But, as the OP's course is in Durham city, I would like further discussion to be about Durham and not Queen's Campus.

Thank you all very much for your replies. After much consideration, I have decided on Warwick University.

Thank you all very much for your replies. After much consideration, I have decided on Warwick University.

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I know people who have attended WBS, and believe me the school does not suffer for graduate connections. Bath may match WBS for opportunities, but I highly doubt it is outright better. Also, WHERE in these large companies have graduates been placed? It's not as impressive being a back-office Cash Settlements Analyst at Deutsche for instance, so you need to tread caution when reviewing these facts.

As far as the study abroad opportunities go, have you seen where you could go with Warwick's course? Cornell, McGill, Fudan etc. That's incredible.

Add to that the depth and quality of modules available at Warwick, and I would therefore argue Bath's BBA doesn't stick out too much. I'm not necessarily arguing that it's better though - they both seem to be great courses.

Hi guys!

I am confused between bath and warwick for BBA and international management resepectively. I have to make my firm choice in the next six days and i was inclined toward Warwickbecause of its world-wide reputation. Bath on the other hand attracted me because of its course structure but does not have a reputation equivalent to Warwick. I am an international student and am looking at working in India for a few years before post-grad because its almost impossible to get a job in UK.

Please advice me on the same ASAP

Hey now that you have already completed your program which one did you choose and would you recommend that to others? I need to choose between Bath, Bristol, Manchester, Kings, and Warwick for a business management undergraduate course.

Hey now that you have already completed your program which one did you choose and would you recommend that to others? I need to choose between Bath, Bristol, Manchester, Kings, and Warwick for a business management undergraduate course.