Hi Raleks,
Glad to hear you enjoyed our open day!
Regarding the league tables ranking, this is based on different factors devised by the publication that made them, so in this case, the Guardian. The Guardian rates us based on factors such as NSS score, teaching standards, career after six months or student to staff ratio amongst other things, all of which increase or decrease your score.
If you check each section we're scored on individually, you'll see that our career after six months score is actually higher than York's despite them sitting in third place on the league table, as 95.5% of our graduates were actually in employment or further study within six months of graduating and continued careers past that six month mark.
We have a higher student to staff ratio as the course is so popular, but no student is left unsupported as our teaching staff are always happy to help and reply to any emails very quickly. On top of this, we have a team of highly skilled, trained technicians who are on hand outside of teaching hours so students can ask any questions about equipment and receive any other support with the course. One of the School of Creative Arts' Technical Officers actually won a VC Award this year for Excellence in Student Support, and Film and TV's Programme Leader Lyndsay Duthie won an award for Excellence in Education, whilst Film Lecturer Howard Berry has previously won Tutor of the Year.
Due to the different factors each league table assigns, we're actually higher on other league tables than we are on the Guardian's as different factors are considered, and certain factors are weighted more heavily than others. Film and TV is also ranked as a group alongside other subjects in a similar area, so the rating takes into account other courses which may have lower scores too. However, you can rest assured our teaching staff are an award-winning team with years of industry experience and connections, and our students benefit from this expertise on top of state-of-the-art, industry standard facilities, work experience with big names in the field, and trips to places like Cannes Film Festival, all of which contribute to getting our graduates into movies like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Batman and James Bond, and companies like BBC, ITV, Endemol, NBC Universal and Sky, to name a few!
Hope this helps! Feel free to get in touch with any other questions.
Kind regards,
Rhianna