"Prestigous" Uni students looking down the the other Uni's students in the same city

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Yes this is true. Aston University and Birmingham university are both top 20 while Birmingham city uni is bottom 20 and everyone always looks down on people that go BCU.

Reply 21

Tortious

Original post by Sim188

My brother goes to Anglia Ruskin, and Cambridge students refer to it as the Early Learning Centre :lol:

First time I've heard that!

The thing that my friend found amusing was that when he went to the station to get a train home, the sign said:

Cambridge

Home of Anglia Ruskin University

Reply 22

River85

Original post by arcenceil

Yes this is true. Aston University and Birmingham university are both top 20 while Birmingham city uni is bottom 20 and everyone always looks down on people that go BCU.

which league tables are you looking at?

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 23

ByronicHero

I had a teacher who went to Brookes, she had nothing positive to say about Oxford students lol.

Reply 24

*Corinna*

Original post by Tortious

First time I've heard that!

The thing that my friend found amusing was that when he went to the station to get a train home, the sign said:

:p:

Ahahahaha really? Awesome

Reply 25

*Corinna*

Original post by paddy__power

I had a teacher who went to Brookes, she had nothing positive to say about Oxford students lol.

I think they can live with that :tongue:

Reply 26

ultimate mashup

Original post by T. Hereford

Yes, I've heard the rivalry between Notts and Trent is pretty bad especially the abuse Notts give Trent!! There was an article about the gulf in class and prestige of the two unis a few months ago:

http://www.impactnottingham.com/2011/01/10323/

The content of this article is to with how middle class Nottingham university is! It mentions nothing about Trent University apart from the chants used at the varsity matches. Your comment makes it seem like the article actually activly discusses the difference in prestige of the two two unis.

Reply 27

ByronicHero

Original post by Xristina

I think they can live with that :tongue:

Probably, but there was probably some truth in her statements.

Reply 28

nugiboy

Original post by TRX45

On nights out in Nottingham its commonplace to hear University of Nottingham singing "What's that coming over the hill? Unemployment! Unemployment!" every time a group of Nottingham Trent students are around. They all treat Trent as a bit of a joke tbh.

Adding to that:

Your dad works for my dad, your dad works for my dad, NA NAA NAA NAA (hey!) NA NAA NAA NAA! (hey!)

and

Give me a U (U!)
Give me a U (U!)
Give me a U (U!)
What do you get?
NOTTINGHAM TRENT!!!

But yeh its horrible.. :frown:

Reply 29

DLJ

Original post by Oh my Ms. Coffey

I found on nights out girls who went to the lower ranked university (DMU) at my city were much easier to get with then ones which went to the higher ranked university (Leicester).

I like them thick and easy :awesome:

"You have reached the limit of how many posts you can rate today!"- Quality mate! Made me laugh!

Reply 30

Shyney

I know UWE students like shouting "I'd rather be a Poly than a T***" at the Bristol students, so it works both ways.

Reply 31

Tefhel

Yeah most of the people I know at Sheffield make fun of Hallam. Although not to their faces of course (not usually anyway).

Reply 32

ultimate mashup

Original post by arcenceil

Yes this is true. Aston University and Birmingham university are both top 20 while Birmingham city uni is bottom 20 and everyone always looks down on people that go BCU.

Is it true that the BCU is refered to as 'the Big Crap Uni'?

Reply 33

elisabethbridge

Original post by OddThings

Is that really true? I was aiming to go to Heriot Watt and have friends in Edinburgh.

No. Or at least not among the people I hang out with. I don't know many people from other unis apart from Edinburgh, but that's not intentional or because I look down on them.

Reply 34

cros

It definitely works both ways in Oxford...we have separate club nights etc so there really is NO interaction...(Generalising here) Brookes think we're all posh toffs and Ox think Brookes are all thick (and the boys think the girls there are all 'easy')...The Brookes students I have met seem nice enough but I wouldn't make an effort to socialise with them, most people socialise within their own college and the societies they join...

Reply 35

T. Hereford

Original post by nugiboy

Give me a U (U!)
Give me a U (U!)
Give me a U (U!)
What do you get?
NOTTINGHAM TRENT!!!

But yeh its horrible.. :frown:

That's what Uni of Leeds students chant at Leeds Met students especially during matches when we play each other!!

Give me a U (U!)
Give me a U (U!)
Give me a U (U!)
What do you get?

LEEDS MET!!! :biggrin:

Reply 36

Fission_Mailed

"If you can't spell "uni" go to Trent" :awesome:

It's just banter. All of the Trent students I know are sound and they give it back just as much as they take it. A top 50 university is hardly a crap one, anyway.

Reply 37

ArtGoblin

Original post by T. Hereford

I think it's universal. Like "We go somewhere you don't go! Uni! Uni!".

Reply 38

Elrobi

My friend told me Oxford students started one at Oxford Brookes students that went, "Give me a D! Give me an E! What do you get? Into Brookes!" Pretty harsh, Brookes isn't even a bad university.

So yeah, it happens quite a lot. People who care about prestige or think they're better or worse than anyone else because of something as stupid as a university need to catch a grip of themselves.

Reply 39

loonyplatypus

The students at York and York St John don't really interact... but that's more because they're on the other side of the city to where our campus is. I don't think there's any abuse because we're higher in the league tables than they are, except for a bit of light-hearted banter every now and then :dontknow: