now now, he must just really like concrete. York is after all one big block of it, oh apart from that pointless lake in the middle. who wouldn't want that over a beautiful campus and city?
On its rep, it is well thought of though im not sure why! If you ask people they have a good impression of it and put it high up the list when its league table positions are low. But hey thats good for us! Sciences arent great but Social Sciences are well respected and high in the league tables.
I just got accepted to do a postgrad at the LSE, and i'm getting a 2:1 in history, so its rep must be pretty good