dunno sometimes the uni may matter,
I study History at Wolverhampton, I'm on track for a first, I have completed 2 overseas study periods, Radboud Uni Netherlands and Aarhus Uni Denmark, I am member of a university society, member of a university sports club, work with the SU, got 11 years of pretty much unbroken employment, employed whilst at university. Completed level N5 in Japanese and A2 in German, moving on to B. Was a cultural specialist and Pashto interpreter in Afghanistan... etc etc
Now imagine I'm going for a job, maybe in a management consultancy or as an archivist, maybe some sort of administrative role in a company.
And I'm up against someone with none of these 'extra curriculars' or experience, but the have the same subject and grade from ...St Andrews, Durham or Bath.
How many employers will look past the institution?
I'm aware I'm studying a humanity, but I think this sort of prejudice by employers is possibly more prevalent in the sciences.