nottingham downwards trend on league table

I recently firmed nottingham for history although I am still not 100% sure. The new league tables recently came out and yet again nottingham dropped down a few places, it appears to be on a downwards trend especially considering it used to be a top 10 uni.

should this be a cause for concern?

The other unis I was stuck between were Birmingham and warwick

I recently firmed nottingham for history although I am still not 100% sure. The new league tables recently came out and yet again nottingham dropped down a few places, it appears to be on a downwards trend especially considering it used to be a top 10 uni.

should this be a cause for concern?

The other unis I was stuck between were Birmingham and warwick

Rankings really dont mean much. There is very little between the top 20 or so universities.

Warwick IMO is stronger for history but if you enjoy Nottingham, there should be no problem. Other factors are more important to consider

I agree but I don't want it to go even further down to the point where it might devalue my degree to some extent

it won't. They've had their reputation for decades, it's not going to disappear due to a couple less-amazing showings on some ranking

As others have said, I wouldn’t worry too much about rankings. I’ll give you one for example, University of Central Lancashire is currently ranked as 2nd for chemistry in the UK behind only Oxford. That’s higher than Imperial, UCL, York, Warwick etc... so they don’t always mean anything. Look at the metrics that mean something to you and decide from that. Nottingham is still a good uni and you will not be disadvantaged by going there. Hope this helps!

How come you think its stronger? Okay I'll try and look past the league table thing, thanks for your response

Yeah that's true, I don't know it's just disappointing

Warwick has one of the more experienced history departments on here. You're welcome. Good luck It's very popular and tends to be oversubscribed.

Actually, what tables were you looking at? There's no such trend on Complete University Guide

Nottingham has a world renowned medieval history research programme. Warwick is known for it's mathematics department and business school.

Pick your university based on what you are actually going to do there and evidence of that university's strength in that area, not in the hope that the lustre from its better departments may rub off on your course.

That's a good point to be honest, would you chose nottingham then?

Notts does have it's advantages for employability though... And that's also very important.
I went there (just graduating now) and i can report all of my friends either have jobs or good master's places, though I'm in the business school. But yeah the rankings are slightly disappointing. But i don't think degree value is an issue at all. I even found a full-time job paying £23K working for home after one application...I just planned to do it over the summer....but couldn't because i didn't have a NI number like a dope, and couldn't get one due to covid-19 (I'm German).


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This table isnt a true reflection. Universities like LSE, Bath and Imperial do not cover the range of subjects in the way the likes of Manchester. Imperial concentrates on science and Engineering and doesnt offer humanities. So employers looking for graduates in those subjects wouldnt target Imperial. Also LSE mainly concentrates on humanities so employers looking looking for scientists or Engineers wouldnt look there. Bath concentrates on sciences, Engineering and social sciences so employers looking for students with medical or law graduates wouldnt target there. All 3 are outstanding in their fields but offer far fewer courses than places like Nottingham or Leeds.