On par with The Russell Group?

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University of Bath - Yes
Birkbeck, University of London - No
Durham University - Yes
University of East Anglia - Depends on the course, but mostly yes.
University of Essex - Only for computing/similar courses. + Social Sciences e.g. Politics, Economics
University of Exeter - Yes
Goldsmiths, University of London - hmmm... don't know. I don't think so.
Institute of Education, University of London - No
Royal Holloway, University of London - Yes
Lancaster University - No
University of Leicester - Yes
Loughborough University - No
Queen Mary, University of London - Yes
University of Reading - No
University of St Andrews - Yes
School of Oriental and African Studies - Yes
University of Surrey - No
University of Sussex - Yes
University of York - Yes

Personal opinion, of course. :smile:

Reply 21

storna

Original post by BlueJoker

University of Bath - Yes
Birkbeck, University of London - No
Durham University - Yes
University of East Anglia - Depends on the course, but mostly yes.
University of Essex - Only for computing/similar courses.
University of Exeter - Yes
Goldsmiths, University of London - hmmm... don't know. I don't think so.
Institute of Education, University of London - No
Royal Holloway, University of London - Yes
Lancaster University - No
University of Leicester - Yes
Loughborough University - No
Queen Mary, University of London - Yes
University of Reading - No
University of St Andrews - Yes
School of Oriental and African Studies - Yes
University of Surrey - No
University of Sussex - Yes
University of York - Yes

Personal opinion, of course. :smile:

SOAS, Sussex, Queen Mary, Royal Holloway, Leicester, UEA, partly Essex and no Lancaster? :lolwut:

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 22

Hippysnake

BREAKING NEWS!

Subjectivity is subjective.

Reply 23

cvqw1278

Original post by storna

Leicester, Loughborough, Exeter - and no Lancaster?

And UEA over Lancaster, in terms of your italics stipulation?

Care to explain?

That was very authoratitive ha :wink:

But I have never really had that much information about Lancaster. Noone in my sixth form is going or applied. I did see that it was 10th in some League Table, I think it was the Times, and thought it was bit odd.
Maybe you are right. Out of interest (not accusing you of loyalty or anything, as it was rated 10th) do you go to Lancaster, maybe you could tell me more about it.
Thanks. :smile:

Reply 24

Arielle

University of Bath - Yes
Birkbeck, University of London - No
Durham University - Yes
University of East Anglia - No
University of Essex - No
University of Exeter - Yes
Goldsmiths, University of London - No
Institute of Education, University of London - No
Royal Holloway, University of London - No
Lancaster University - Yes
University of Leicester - No
Loughborough University - No
Queen Mary, University of London - No
University of Reading - No
University of St Andrews - Yes
School of Oriental and African Studies - Yes
University of Surrey - No
University of Sussex - Yes
University of York - Yes

This is based on my personal opinion on which I feel have similar reputation or higher than the Russell Group unis. Of course, it's subjective.

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 25

Chucklefiend

Original post by Thomas...

Which of these Universities, from the 1994 Group, would you say could be considered equal in prestige to a Russell Group University.

Thes ones I think are on par are in bold, and maybes in italics.

University of Bath
Birkbeck, University of London
Durham University
University of East Anglia
University of Essex
University of Exeter
Goldsmiths, University of London
Institute of Education, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London
Lancaster University
University of Leicester
Loughborough University
Queen Mary, University of London
University of Reading
University of St Andrews
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of Surrey
University of Sussex
University of York

Still trying extend your academic penis I see :rolleyes:

Reply 26

username430180

Original post by ilickbatteries

Jesus H. Christ.

What is this TSR obsession with the Russell Group?!

It's a collection of research intensive universities, however, they are not all fantastic. They are not all brilliant universities. There are some (relatively) poor universities in there.

Royal Holloway, Exeter, York, Durham, Bath, St. Andrews and Leicester are better than some Russell Group universities, IMO. Particularly Cardiff, Belfast, Newcastle and Leeds.

To all the people who say that Russell Group universities are the best.

Where would you rather go?

Cardiff or Durham?
Newcastle or Bath?
Belfast or Exeter?
St. Andrews or Leeds?

:rolleyes:

Equal in prestige? Durham and St. Andrews blow Cardiff and Belfast out of the water.

What's with the Leeds hate? :frown:

It seems really good for most courses.

Reply 27

street.lovin'

Original post by Chucklefiend

Still trying extend your academic penis I see :rolleyes:

hehe. I remember the OP from the other thread about Exeter. :smile:

Reply 28

BlueJoker

Original post by storna

SOAS, Sussex, Queen Mary, Royal Holloway, Leicester, UEA, partly Essex and no Lancaster? :lolwut:

Personal opinion, like I said... :dontknow:

Reply 29

cvqw1278

Original post by Chucklefiend

Still trying extend your academic penis I see :rolleyes:

Excuse me?

Reply 30

cvqw1278

Original post by (:Becca(:

What's with the Leeds hate? :frown:

It seems really good for most courses.

Yeah, I know. I think Leeds and Newcastle both fully deserve their places in The Russel Group.

Reply 31

cvqw1278

Original post by Chucklefiend

Still trying extend your academic penis I see :rolleyes:

Original post by street.lovin'

hehe. I remember the OP from the other thread about Exeter. :smile:

Yes, my other thread was about the social/student life in Exeter.
Chucklefiend has something against me because I said that Exeter was quite a bit more reputable than either Aston or RHUL. I'm not sure why, I don't think he is going to either. Please kindly explain.

Reply 32

ilickbatteries

Original post by (:Becca(:

What's with the Leeds hate? :frown:

It seems really good for most courses.

I don't hate Leeds, I just think it's one of the weaker Russell Group universities, it's still really good :P

Reply 33

street.lovin'

Original post by Thomas...

I do not have anything against you! :smile:

I was the one argueing with you too about how I think when it comes to business (which was the relevant course in the thread) I would put Aston higher than Exeter. But hey, let's not hijack your own thread. Le'ts focus on the topic.

Reply 34

Organ

Original post by ilickbatteries

Equal in prestige? Durham and St. Andrews blow Cardiff and Belfast out of the water.

for what course? take medicine for example...

medicine - cardiff
medicine - newcastle (no course at bath)
medicine - edit : peninsula is at exteter; in that case exeter!
medicine - leeds

see how pointless this is?

Original post by ilickbatteries

I don't hate Leeds, I just think it's one of the weaker Russell Group universities, it's still really good :P

what the heck is this even based on? just your gut feeling or something?

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 35

cvqw1278

Original post by street.lovin'

I do not have anything against you! :smile:

Ha ok, no, I wasn't acusing you! I was accusing Chuckle. Thanks very much, and I think Aston would be beter for business too, Exeters is relativlet new (i think) :smile:

Reply 36

street.lovin'

Original post by Thomas...

Ha ok, no, I wasn't acusing you! I was accusing Chuckle. Thanks very much, and I think Aston would be beter for business too, Exeters is relativlet new (i think) :smile:

hehe... ok.. :smile:

Reply 37

HighestKungFu

Both groups have many great universities. I don't think the Russell Group exceeds the 1994 group much, if at all.

Reply 38

ilickbatteries

Original post by Organ

for what course? take medicine for example...

medicine - cardiff
medicine - newcastle (no course at bath)
medicine - belfast (no course at Exeter)
medicine - leeds

see how pointless this is?

what the heck is this even based on? just your gut feeling or something?

I was speaking generally. If you want to break it down into courses, go ahead, but we'll be here a long time.

Cardiff and Belfast are only in the RG to keep the Irish and the Welsh happy...

I'm merely taking exception to the ridiculous amount of prestige afforded to the RG on TSR.

It usually comes from people who know absolutely bot all and think oh wow, a university is in this group with Oxford and Cambridge, it must be a group of the best universities.

Despite the fact that Durham, York, Exeter, Bath and St. Andrews are far better than some RG universities.

Reply 39

Kerny

Honestly, this whole "Russell Group = UBER 1337" mentality is annoying. There are plenty of British universities outside the russel group that are probably better than the majority of RG institutions.