Most conservative universities.

Which universities have a more conservative and less politically correct community of students? I'd imagine places like LSE and Oxbridge because they have more public school students. Opinions?

Reply 1

Joinedup

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present day uni students are by and large pretty uninterested in politics tbh.

once upon a time Cambridge turned out communist traitors (who'd been to public schools btw) http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/spies_cambridge.shtml

and the LSE was a famous hotbed of left wing radicals http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/13/newsid_2542000/2542639.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/27/newsid_2506000/2506255.stm

If you don't want to get involved in politics it'll be easy to avoid...

Reply 2

Okorange

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You'll find your group no matter which uni you go to be definitely schools with higher public school intake tend to be less conservative, they also are less likely to join NUS.

Reply 3

nulli tertius

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What about Ashridge Business School?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashridge_Business_School

Reply 4

username1738583

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Original post by Joinedup

present day uni students are by and large pretty uninterested in politics tbh.

once upon a time Cambridge turned out communist traitors (who'd been to public schools btw) http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/spies_cambridge.shtml

and the LSE was a famous hotbed of left wing radicals http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/13/newsid_2542000/2542639.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/27/newsid_2506000/2506255.stm

If you don't want to get involved in politics it'll be easy to avoid...

Made a very interesting move about the Cambridge Spies actually!

Reply 5

Saturnine.

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The most 'conservative' university in the UK is probably the Royal Agricultural University, which caters to the children of aristocrats and other landowners

Take a look at some of its alumni: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Agricultural_University#Alumni

Torquhil Campbell and Fitzroy Somerset are not names which are likely to be found in the minutes of the local Labour club