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Are Russel Groups equals

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Im just wondering for engineering specifically or in general is fine as well, do employers treat all russel groups equally obviously excluding Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial and LSE, do they treat the other 20 equally. Will someone from Bath eng have an advantage to someone from Sheffield Eng or Newcastle eng (assume both have the same grades). Do league tables really matter if the universities are all russel groups. E.g on complete university guide, bath is 4th and Sheffield is 22nd (chemical engineering)
Original post by Singam21
Hi
Im just wondering for engineering specifically or in general is fine as well, do employers treat all russel groups equally obviously excluding Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial and LSE, do they treat the other 20 equally. Will someone from Bath eng have an advantage to someone from Sheffield Eng or Newcastle eng (assume both have the same grades). Do league tables really matter if the universities are all russel groups. E.g on complete university guide, bath is 4th and Sheffield is 22nd (chemical engineering)

Few employers will know which universities are actually members of the Russell Group, and even fewer will care. It's just not something that people talk about much outside of education. League tables don't matter either - they change yearly and vary from source to source. Again, not something discussed outside of education. Bath, Sheffield, Newcastle, and a host of other universities are all decent and will put you in good stead for getting a job after graduation if you get a "good" (typically a 2:1 or greater) degree and obtain some type of relevant experience.
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Original post by Smack
Few employers will know which universities are actually members of the Russell Group, and even fewer will care. It's just not something that people talk about much outside of education. League tables don't matter either - they change yearly and vary from source to source. Again, not something discussed outside of education. Bath, Sheffield, Newcastle, and a host of other universities are all decent and will put you in good stead for getting a job after graduation if you get a "good" (typically a 2:1 or greater) degree and obtain some type of relevant experience.

The main difference for me is that Bath obviously isn't a russell group uni, and it and Southampton offer great courses with a yr in industry, whereas sheffield had both a yr in industry and a yr abroad (integrated) I can do so it gains me more experience for the same 5 yr degree. Plus if all russells and bath are treated equally then surely the yr abroad would look better on a CV

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