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Manchester Uni / UMIST merger

Are there any negatives to the merger in any bodies opinion? What do people think will be the end result of the planned merger?

Personally I think the whole thing is terrific. They have already secured £400 million just for campus developments... and the end of the maths tower can only be a good thing.

Regards standards, would anyone disagree that the only way is up?

Ed

Reply 1

fishpaste

The end of the maths tower? You've got to be shitting me, I love that thing.

Reply 2

llama boy

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I can see the advantages but....isn't UMIST lower in the tables than Manchester? Meaning that it is gonna pull it down, at least temporarily?

Reply 3

Leekey

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Tednol

Are there any negatives to the merger in any bodies opinion? What do people think will be the end result of the planned merger?

Personally I think the whole thing is terrific. They have already secured £400 million just for campus developments... and the end of the maths tower can only be a good thing.

Regards standards, would anyone disagree that the only way is up?

Ed

Basic logic says that if you take one great university and merge that with a very good specialist institute then there can surely only be benefits. Sure there may be a small bedding in period while people adjust but this will be minimal because the uni's have been coexisting for ages anyway. Im confident that if I get into Manchester (*prays*) I will have a very strong name behind me (especailly because Im applying for a science degree)!!! Standards are surely going to rise in the long term because with Manchesters popularity already plus the emense resources that the merger will bring, they will be attracting a rediculous amount of applicants (more so than they already do) and therefore they will get more of the very best students (plus a few like me...hopefully :wink:

)!!!

Reply 4

Icarus

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Tednol

Personally I think the whole thing is terrific. They have already secured £400 million just for campus developments... and the end of the maths tower can only be a good thing.

Ed

No Maths tower? Damn, that means I'll have to take the long way down to Oxford road from the department...

Thank God it's next year and not now... otherwise I'd have to walk even further for my maths lectures - and then back again.

Reply 5

AT82

For me personaly the merger is very bad as I may loose my job over it, I create website for some of the deperatments at Manchester Universities Intranet. When the merger happens its likely some of these depertments won't want the services provided by my company any more.

On a much less selfish point of the few the merger is good and it will create a true world class university that Manchester and its students can be proud of.

I am glad the merger is happening even though it dosn't benefit me in anway at all. I guess its all to with my love of Manchester (the city).

Reply 6

Peapod

Tednol's rather good looking isn't he?

Reply 7

Icarus

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What year are you in now, amazingtrade?

Reply 8

Tednol

OP

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llama boy

I can see the advantages but....isn't UMIST lower in the tables than Manchester? Meaning that it is gonna pull it down, at least temporarily?

No. UMIST is high as you like.

Reply 9

Tednol

OP

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fishpaste

The end of the maths tower? You've got to be shitting me, I love that thing.

Not shitting you sorry mate.

http://www.student-direct.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=935

Reply 10

Tednol

OP

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Peapod

Tednol's rather good looking isn't he?

Thank you!

Reply 11

Peapod

Tednol

Thank you!

You're welcome :smile:

Reply 12

RetiredAccount89

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Peapod

You're welcome :smile:

Could be a stealth moose tho...
lol
J

Reply 13

fishpaste

Tednol

Not shitting you sorry mate.

http://www.student-direct.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=935

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I believe you though. It's a shame, I know it's quite ugly from the outside, but I quite like it being a tower, and the view up and down Oxford Road from the top floor is stunning.

Reply 14

AT82

I'll miss the Mathematics tower if they pull it down (its one them buildings I've grown up with seeing) . I have also read stories that they plan to pull down the tower block at Owens Park.

Reply 15

TheWolf

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Tednol

Are there any negatives to the merger in any bodies opinion? What do people think will be the end result of the planned merger?

Personally I think the whole thing is terrific. They have already secured £400 million just for campus developments... and the end of the maths tower can only be a good thing.

Regards standards, would anyone disagree that the only way is up?

Ed

obviously bad for manchester university, as umist is shiter than manchester university

Reply 16

Leekey

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TheWolf

obviously bad for manchester university, as umist is shiter than manchester university

Yeah, Manchester must be gutted with all those additional resources and funding that they will get....

Reply 17

TheWolf

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Leekey

Yeah, Manchester must be gutted with all those additional resources and funding that they will get....

in general its good, but do you really want a worse university to join with you?

Reply 18

Leekey

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TheWolf

in general its good, but do you really want a worse university to join with you?

If it means that The University Of Manchester will be better off in the long run then yes. In my mind its a case of extra resources + extra funding = improved performance, research and teaching which will improve the level of the university!!! UMIST is also a very good uni (rated stupidly good for employement and all engineering degrees) so it will bring something to the table as well as Manchester!!! :biggrin:

Reply 19

AT82

UMIST is not a bad university, f*ck the league tables. UMIST would not have the highest graduate employment rates in the country if it was shit.

When Salford merged with Salford University College that was bad because Salford just inhereted all the shit things of UCU. However the Manchestoh UMIST merger is different. Its much better thought through and it has real benifets.

Manchester Uni / UMIST merger

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