University of Nottingham 2015 Entry?

That depends on how far they go with their expansion plans. At present they have been in full throttle with developments and new ideas for the UK campuses. Never thought leading companies would set their HQ on campus for one, and GSK funding building projects for two, and the GSK CEO running the university for three. Who knows, they may get Microsoft on board next!

As for new campuses abroad, they were looking at Shanghai a few years back, not sure if that will go ahead. I'd be surprised if they didn't go for more developments, they are really leading the way as a global university.

There are some impressive developments, I'm not denying that. It's why I firmed them. But you can't ignore the building boom happening at many universities at the moment. Sheffield for example with their Diamond and future engineering centre for 2050. And Manchester's graphene institute and redevelopment of the majority of its buildings by 2020.

I think Nottingham needs to do more to stay ahead in a very competitive world of higher education, though I think it's heading in the right direction. I hope it starts to gain a domestic perception of being closer to Bristol and Durham in terms of reputation and difficulty to get into, like it used to. Right now I think it's marginally above Manchester and Birmingham.

For their strongest departments, such as Economics, Law, Medicine etc they ask for A*AA, so they are competitive. It is for their newer and lesser courses that they struggle to get people in with anything better than BBB/BBC.

Yeah, I think it's the sort of place that has the brightest students and more average students roaming its beautiful campus. I wish they'd close that gap a bit, instead of having so many thousands of students, considering most jobs don't require a specific degree and employers might notice a diverging ability in terms of its two Nottingham graduate interviewees.

In today's graduate job market you need a 2.1, ideally in a subject which employers value, plus AAB at A level. So regardless, most graduates are going to be disappointed later on in life, going into jobs that didn't require a degree.

And that's exactly why Nottingham needs to close the gap between the calibre of students it takes, because eventually employment rates will start to drop.

They will do this by making it the most desirable university to come to, one with the best facilities, and one which the most employers target. Just bumping up the entry requirements for good measure will lead to a drop in applications, as what happened with Lancaster recently. Employers will only take the cream of Nottingham graduates.

The number of applicants doesn't determine how good the university is - Manchester Met and Nottingham Trent are in the top 5 most applied to too, and that's because they cater for a wide variety of students. Being the cream of 33,000 students is harder at Nottingham than if it had less people studying there.

Surrey saw an increase this year in applications by 35% because the Guardian put them in some grossly hyperbolic rank up the league table, because most people, at my school anyway, see domestic league tables as an accurate representation of a university's quality, which is stupid. But these are the sort of people who'll be CEOs of top companies in another 20 years. Nottingham places in the top 3 by the High Fliers largely because many employing from these universities will have been from the 90s or so, when Nottingham was seen as a prime Oxbridge alternative. I want it to get back to that level and I just hope the university is doing enough to ensure that happens.

Yeah, I think it's the sort of place that has the brightest students and more average students roaming its beautiful campus. I wish they'd close that gap a bit, instead of having so many thousands of students, considering most jobs don't require a specific degree and employers might notice a diverging ability in terms of its two Nottingham graduate interviewees.

Hello everyone, I was wondering, do Nottingham Uni send you an email when you get an offer? I have a conditional offer on Track, but I haven't received an email yet and it's been like 6 days.

Hello everyone, I was wondering, do Nottingham Uni send you an email when you get an offer? I have a conditional offer on Track, but I haven't received an email yet and it's been like 6 days.

Got an update on Track, a package in the post and now they're corresponding with me regarding open days, Twitter Q&As etc

It may have been given a Royal Charter post WW2 but it's been awarding degrees since the 19th century.

Also Ningbo is a city which is only slightly smaller than London which exceptional trade links. It also is home to one of the world's busiest ports.
Furthermore I'll forget how outdated your country categorisation is, however Malaysia has the world's 29th largest economy with a GDP growing at a rate of 6.5% a year until 2005.

If you're going to insult the university at least use facts.

A New World Order of universities, integrating the World's best businesses on campus, and building developments overseas to spread their power across the World. This is just the start, Nottingham will have a footprint in every continent in the future, they have recently entered the USA with a partnership with Birmingham. They are running the university like an entrepreneurial institutional empire, doing things that others can only dream of, and building more income streams in order to be self sufficient and challenge the cash-rich Ivy league universities in coming years.

Without more funding, minnows Durham and St Andrews are in trouble in future years.

LOL. what a joker, what's the point of having a foothold in 3rd world holes ?

Anytime better to be a smaller uni with prestigious rep and alumni.

I am so frustrated.. I applied last year, it's been more than 2 months since I applied. They told me before the Christmas break, that I would get a response. I didn't. Then they said I would get it by jan 15th, I didn't. Then they said I would get it now by jan 22nd. But nothing yet. What's happening?! Is anyone else in the same boat as me??

I have applied for marketing by the way