[Mr_Nerd]

With the recession deepening companies are starting to be far more selective, choosing to recruit from the followingg:
Oxford
Cambridge
LSE
Imperial
UCL


'Malcolm Grant, provost of University College London and current chair of the Russell Group of 20 leading universities, said: "Firms are already narrowing their search to a small number of universities: Oxford, Cambridge, the LSE, UCL and Imperial, and I think that's a shame.' - http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/...rescue-package

[The Fray]

Oh really? I would have thought that as long as you went to a university in the russell group you would be fine...

[Acaila]

May I be the first to say "********!"?

Of course he's going to say it, he wants more people to apply to UCL. That is hardly evidence or anything that makes it "official"

[PeanutButterJellyTime]

Good Thing I got an Offer from Imperial

[moreiniho]

I knew you were a nerd.

[Akkuz]

Sounds like a clever move from companies, but it's a shame for other people studying respectable degrees at different uni's. Hopefully by the time I'm done with uni, the recession will have ended.

[tazarooni89]

Does this mean that opportunities have increased for people from the G5, or simply that they have decreased for everyone else?

[Witches_Rave]

Tough **** for the rest of us who are not going there then. Oh the pain of a jobless future!

[Mr_Nerd]

you would think the recession hits everyone equally but from what i hear from a friend and reading these articles, everyone outside of the elite universities suffer most.

[NDGAARONDI]

And as usual there is no list, not even a short list, of which companies these are. Given that I am looking into the civil service or Government I guess this article is as good as bog roll.

[D R E A M Z]

Who ever doubted this?

[River85]

Originally Posted by Acaila

Of course he's going to say it, he wants more people to apply to UCL. That is hardly evidence or anything that makes it "official"

But this certainly isn't the case in the career area I'll probably end up in. Mr Grant is telling porky pies.

[Joy:):)]

Why are they all in London except Oxford and Cambridge.

[chairboy1]

bull.. ucl and lse aren't even that great in all departments

[chairboy1]

Originally Posted by Joy:):)

Why are they all in London except Oxford and Cambridge.

economic capital of GB/ Europe maybe??

[Ed.]

I should be able to nab that job on the Tesco checkout easy peasy now... G5 FTW

[Krush]

Originally Posted by Acaila

May I be the first to say "********!"?

Of course he's going to say it, he wants more people to apply to UCL. That is hardly evidence or anything that makes it "official"

Spot on.

[River85]

Originally Posted by Ed.

I should be able to nab that job on the Tesco checkout easy peasy now... G5 FTW

I suppose I'll have to join you there but only as a shelf stacker. If only I had your foresight, Ed.

[jaekf]

That is B*******!

I like how they put it. Not people who get firsts, get jobs - no, no. People who just so happened to get into those universities, get the career prospects, regardless. The glass ceiling, anyone?

Hard-work appears to be less credited.

[ashy]

Woo

time


I feel sorry for everyone else...really, I do.