First choice - Northumbria or De Montfort?

And you can't make contacts with regional, national or international employers in non-London unis? There aren't internships on offer? The Careers Service at these universities don't offer support to students and host presentations by companies, careers fairs, employment skills workshops? The student can't use his or her own initiative and find work experience him or her self?

I really don't understand this "London advantage" talk, as if one can just walk into a Magic Circle firm or Lloyrds and strike up a coversation with the head of recruitment over a cup of coffee. It doesn't happen.

As for those who do work in London; I know many who work, or worked, in London after graduating as anything from teachers, software developers, graphic designers, engineers, accountants and bankers. None of these went to London universities but the likes of Durham, Lancaster, Sheffield, Cambridge and....Northumbria!

The reason why that person remaisn unemployed is probably down to more than just where you went to unviersity. Their degree subject, for example (Creative advertising is not exactly the most in demand of subjects and there is a saturation of graduates with media and media related degrees). There's also work experience (does he/she have any? Did he/she make any attempt to get involved in constructive ECs? Volunteering for example?) not to mention the economic situation. Also, even if you do feel that the university you went to (and its location) has had a negative effect it doesn't mean all non-London universities, particularly Russell and 1994 Group universities, will.

The universities with the highest percentage of graduates are often outside London (Nottingham Trent, Robert Gordon, Bath, Newcastle, Strathclyde, Sheffield) as these often offfer vocational/techincal/professional courses (Medicine, Nursing, Dentisry, Engineering, Architecture) as well as the sciences, as well as storng careers service/links with regional and national employers.

Why are you so angry? i gave a peice of advise on the very unlikely chance that they may not have been informed of the difficulties of there chosen course of advertising based on information given to my contact by lectures prior to them starting there specific course...... no other courses so i see no need to bring them up - i know that with many courses it doesnt matter where you go to university, and more importantly to choose somewhere you really feel comfortable in, and feel that you will thrive. To say im not this biggest fan of London is an sever understatement, and take this as you will i as i not ber comenting further on the matter as im not a fan of petty online arguements, and i may well be wrong i do not percieve myself to be all knowing.

so to OP (which im assuming mean opening post) go where ever you want, your opionon, not mine, not moderators or anybody elses for that matter, matters! just go where feels right!

and for anybody else that wants to have a go (im predicting many negs, dont let me down) heres a summary of my points :-

a, i ment no harm,
b, i was subject specific,
c, im not commenting further on my contacts course because i didnt do it!