Why is it that only awful universities get advertised on this website?

On the flip side, if a prospective student ends up only seeing a narrow selection of the available unis, they're going to get a skewed perspective on what choices they have. In particular, if advertising was slanted towards unis with high entry requirements, it's going to put off students who aren't getting those grades, demotivating them and causing them to give up on what they want to achieve.

You also have to realise, and I'm sure you do, that students who want to achieve high and go to one of the better, more renowed universities, do just that - they work hard and they achieve it. Without the help of TSR.

On the flip side, if a prospective student ends up only seeing a narrow selection of the available unis, they're going to get a skewed perspective on what choices they have. In particular, if advertising was slanted towards unis with high entry requirements, it's going to put off students who aren't getting those grades, demotivating them and causing them to give up on what they want to achieve.

All I see advertised on TSR are pretty weak standing institutions, such as Southampton Solent or the University of Bedfordshire.

My question is, why would the management of this portal allow such advertisements? Why not advertise the top 10/20 institutions in the country? Why not motivate the users on here to aspire to greater things? Because a better university is a greater thing.

This is why I have returned to using AdBlock. I don't want my eyes to bleed.

Unfortunately that comes down to the money.

Do you honestly think that the best unis need advertising?

In the end, it comes down to how well you do at school. TSR can't make a student do well, only he or she can do that.

I think the students on this website need them advertised. Especially the younger ones. The advertisements should be put forward voluntarily by the TSR management.


Thanks for that, Sherlock. You've yet to grasp my main suggestion and argument here - it's that advertising counts and matters, too.

I'm afraid your main point is pretty redundant, in my opinion. As it's been said before, the top universities don't need to be advertised. They're well known.

Good universities do not need to advertise. Point in case:

How many people have heard of Southampton University, and how many have heard of Southampton Solent?

My point is not redundant. Hopefully the TSR management is enlightened by my suggestion and we'll only be seeing Russell Group universities advertised on this portal.

First time hearing about Solent.

Exactly. The small universities need advertising.

The top universities are advertised by the press writing and reporting their achievements so for them it would be a waste of resources to advertise here and TSR aren't going to give away free redundant advertising just to make things equal for your communist society Mr. Putypoof

It won't happen for the reasons myself and others have pointed out to you.

It's a shame that everything in this society is about money.


I think your reasoning is flawed. Education is an important matter that shouldn't be taken this lightly.

Ok, enough trolling.

My point is not redundant. Hopefully the TSR management is enlightened by my suggestion and we'll only be seeing Russell Group universities advertised on this portal.

Surely your argument is mitigated by the fact that the more intelligent the person, the less they are taken in by adverts?