Yeah but of courst they're going to say that aren't they! Everyone's proud of their institutions. And society has created this image of Oxbridge being the best and everyone believes it, so the people who go there also believe it. It's something known as confirmation bias - I studied it in my A level psychology. You only look for evidence that already support your own beliefs!(Original post by Noble.)
Funny that you have this view, yet obviously have never been to Oxbridge. If you look at all the people who have posted on this thread who have attended Oxbridge and then attended another UK University, they've all been saying the opposite of what you've been saying - there is a big gap between Oxbridge and non-Oxbridge universities. Yet somehow... you know better?
I'm not saying that I'm definitely right, I'm saying that it's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. All I'm saying is just to be a bit more sceptical of people who say that Oxbridge is the best, and use something known as 'anecdotal evidence' to support their opinions!
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- 06-04-2013 22:41
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I think the gap is absolutely massive anywhere you go though that's the thing. Oxbridge just have this legendary status that I think people should be more sceptical of instead of just lapping up their supposed superiority over the rest of British universities
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- 06-04-2013 22:43
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Yeah but of courst they're going to say that aren't they! Everyone's proud of their institutions. And society has created this image of Oxbridge being the best and everyone believes it, so the people who go there also believe it. It's something known as confirmation bias - I studied it in my A level psychology. You only look for evidence that already support your own beliefs!
I'm not saying that I'm definitely right, I'm saying that it's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. All I'm saying is just to be a bit more sceptical of people who say that Oxbridge is the best, and use something known as 'anecdotal evidence' to support their opinions! -
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What about Harvard? Are students equally bright at Salem State?
Are the Nobel committee hoodwinked into mistaking Oxbridge science for brilliant science by a misplaced respect for the name?
So yes, their science and research is better. But I'm specifically talking about their courses. -
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- 06-04-2013 22:47
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Jeez man, all you have to do is compare one of Oxbridge's course to another University and you'll see how much more challenging and intense the course is. Why is it so complicated for you to work this out by yourself? A lot of people are skeptical that Oxbridge is more difficult, I even was myself back when I was applying - and then I spent a few hours comparing the courses of where I applied (including other top Universities) and realised it is much more intense and difficult at Oxford/Cambridge. As I said, it isn't difficult to come to this conclusion without assuming it's some big conspiracy while wearing a tin-hat. -
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Okay okay okay I get that there may be more contact hours i.e. more lectures at oxbridge than other universities which makes it harder and i wasn't denying that in the first place. But what I'm saying is that the qualification itself, i.e. the grade itself, is just the same wherever you go! Because it's standardised by external markers - if they go to Hallam and see somebody awarded a 2:1 that they don't think deserves a 2:1 they'll say so and that person is unlikely to get a 2:1. So the resulting qualification is exactly the same, whichever university you go to -
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(Original post by hallamrulez)
Yeah but of courst they're going to say that aren't they! Everyone's proud of their institutions. And society has created this image of Oxbridge being the best and everyone believes it, so the people who go there also believe it. It's something known as confirmation bias - I studied it in my A level psychology. You only look for evidence that already support your own beliefs!
I'm not saying that I'm definitely right, I'm saying that it's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. All I'm saying is just to be a bit more sceptical of people who say that Oxbridge is the best, and use something known as 'anecdotal evidence' to support their opinions!
I have just read through the 3-year course outline for History at Hallam. It's bloody ridiculous. I covered more in my first year. -
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- 06-04-2013 22:52
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I take it you purposely skipped over fluteflute's response to when you said "they're externally moderated" where even the moderators themselves admitted the exams were much more difficult at Oxford. -
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- 06-04-2013 22:54
(Original post by hallamrulez)
Okay okay okay I get that there may be more contact hours i.e. more lectures at oxbridge than other universities which makes it harder and i wasn't denying that in the first place. But what I'm saying is that the qualification itself, i.e. the grade itself, is just the same wherever you go! Because it's standardised by external markers - if they go to Hallam and see somebody awarded a 2:1 that they don't think deserves a 2:1 they'll say so and that person is unlikely to get a 2:1. So the resulting qualification is exactly the same, whichever university you go to
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No I genuinely missed that. But the opinion of just 1 external examiner hardly proves anything does it? And besides, if they already believed that Oxbridge is harder and better than everywhere else, then they're hardly objective either!
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- 06-04-2013 23:00
(Original post by Noble.)
Who says it was one examiner? It was comments made in official documentation from what I gather.
More to the point though, if you think the opinion of the external examiner proves nothing, what exactly does your uninformed opinion stand for?it's inequality and isn't fair.
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- 06-04-2013 23:01
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I just think we need to be careful about unquestioningly giving Oxbridge all the money that's all, and letting universities like mine (Hallam) lose out on funding. If their courses aren't as rigorous as elsewhere, then that's only because we receive far less funding and can't afford to have loads and loads and loads of lecturesit's inequality and isn't fair.
Surely the fairest option would be to pay all universities equally?
Again, you seem to have so many misconceptions about Oxbridge... -
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- 06-04-2013 23:03
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You realise there aren't 'loads and loads' of lectures at Oxbridge? I only have 10 lectures a week, whereas most maths courses have twice as many.
Again, you seem to have so many misconceptions about Oxbridge...
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- 06-04-2013 23:04
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You realise there aren't 'loads and loads' of lectures at Oxbridge? I only have 10 lectures a week, whereas most maths courses have twice as many.
Again, you seem to have so many misconceptions about Oxbridge...
Also, don't you think that it's unfair that Oxbridge receives more money just because it's older and more established than other universities? Age seems to imply prestige, not just here in the UK but elsewhere. That's not right is it! I guess that there are exceptions but it's a general rule of thumb. It's hardly right that just because a university is older it gets more money to do these kind of things -
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Okay okay okay I get that there may be more contact hours i.e. more lectures at oxbridge than other universities which makes it harder and i wasn't denying that in the first place. But what I'm saying is that the qualification itself, i.e. the grade itself, is just the same wherever you go! Because it's standardised by external markers - if they go to Hallam and see somebody awarded a 2:1 that they don't think deserves a 2:1 they'll say so and that person is unlikely to get a 2:1. So the resulting qualification is exactly the same, whichever university you go to
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Be serious, Aston is a crappy university for idiots to attend. Don't even dare compare it to Cambridge or Oxford.
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But you were just arguing that maths courses at Hallam are crap and that you cover way more than maths students here do? How can that be true when you have less lectures than them?
Also, don't you think that it's unfair that Oxbridge receives more money just because it's older and more established than other universities? Age seems to imply prestige, not just here in the UK but elsewhere. That's not right is it! I guess that there are exceptions but it's a general rule of thumb. It's hardly right that just because a university is older it gets more money to do these kind of things -
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But you were just arguing that maths courses at Hallam are crap and that you cover way more than maths students here do? How can that be true when you have less lectures than them?
Also, don't you think that it's unfair that Oxbridge receives more money just because it's older and more established than other universities? Age seems to imply prestige, not just here in the UK but elsewhere. That's not right is it! I guess that there are exceptions but it's a general rule of thumb. It's hardly right that just because a university is older it gets more money to do these kind of things
You are assuming that Oxbridge operates exactly like Hallam but with disproportionate reputation and funding. It's very very different. -
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- 06-04-2013 23:13
Meh you're probably all just saying that. I don't agree but hey. I'm going to bed because it's late and I've got an assignment to do tomorrow! Because Hallam students actually work as well you know. I know that you believe that you're better than all of us, and that we don't actually do any work, but I have a piece of coursework to do - a 1500 word essay that I've had to work on over all of Easter that's due in a week on Wednesday. So you can't complain that we don't actually do anything. It's about taxes and the amount each sector of the public contributes in society!
It's quite interesting really.
You people at the so-called 'elite' universities should really consider wealth inequality and realise that you get far far more funding than other places do, and undeservedly so. Take a moment to think about that, because it's quite unfair how you get all the extra money and take all the money away from so-called 'polytechnic' universities, and then laugh at how much poorer and worse the courses are at those universities than at your own. Take your insults and privilege and elitism with you
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- 06-04-2013 23:13
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People with lower A level grades may go to lower universities and may be predicted lower grades. But A level performance doesn't necessarily correlate with degree performance as everyone knows!
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