Politics and international relation’s Birmingham V Nottingham

I have offers for both Birmingham university and Nottingham university. I was wondering if anyone could give me an idea of which uni is better for that courses. Also more information on career prospects, transferable skills I can gain from modules. Basically anything that makes the decision easier.

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Picnicl

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They're near identical in ranking for this course, right next to each other on www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings/politics Birmingham is slightly better there, including for entry standards, general graduate prospects, and quality of research. Same story for the universities as a whole, for average across all subjects. However, Nottingham has a higher percentage of staff (68%) across all subjects on average conducting high quality research compared to Birmingham (63%).

For student satisfaction they're completely tied on 74% for this subject and 76% for the universities as a whole.

As a university in general, Birmingham has a slightly higher world rating (84th in QS University rankings. Nottingham is 100th) but they're less specific for Politics itself, stating just that both are in the top 101-150.

Birmingham is very much a city centre Victorian style/turn of the century redbrick university. Birmingham also has a canal area.

Nottingham appears to have more of a diversity of buildings of different ages. Its main building is a striking white stone building in parkland.

I'd visit both (the university in general, the department, and the city) and see where you can imagine yourself spending 3 years. It looks to me that Nottingham easily has the best halls of residences though so that would likely sway me.

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username6069954

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Hey! Im doing politics and ir at nottingham (firmed a few weeks ago lol), I am biased bc I really love the idea of going to nottingham but I have met the proffessors and they seemed genuinely really good. The course is very good for IR especially with countries such as China, they have a lot of lecturers who specialise in that area so if thats smth you're interested in then Notts is the place to go. As the person said they pretty much tie overall so I would consider visiting both and seeing which city you're more likely to enjoy living in for 3 years :3

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Stargirl__05

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Original post by Picnicl

They're near identical in ranking for this course, right next to each other on www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings/politics Birmingham is slightly better there, including for entry standards, general graduate prospects, and quality of research. Same story for the universities as a whole, for average across all subjects. However, Nottingham has a higher percentage of staff (68%) across all subjects on average conducting high quality research compared to Birmingham (63%).
For student satisfaction they're completely tied on 74% for this subject and 76% for the universities as a whole.
As a university in general, Birmingham has a slightly higher world rating (84th in QS University rankings. Nottingham is 100th) but they're less specific for Politics itself, stating just that both are in the top 101-150.
Birmingham is very much a city centre Victorian style/turn of the century redbrick university. Birmingham also has a canal area.
Nottingham appears to have more of a diversity of buildings of different ages. Its main building is a striking white stone building in parkland.
I'd visit both (the university in general, the department, and the city) and see where you can imagine yourself spending 3 years. It looks to me that Nottingham easily has the best halls of residences though so that would likely sway me.

Oh my thank you so much, I think I’m leaning a little more towards Nottingham just based on the module choices. But this was so helpful thank you 🙂

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Stargirl__05

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Original post by rowan_willow

Hey! Im doing politics and ir at nottingham (firmed a few weeks ago lol), I am biased bc I really love the idea of going to nottingham but I have met the proffessors and they seemed genuinely really good. The course is very good for IR especially with countries such as China, they have a lot of lecturers who specialise in that area so if thats smth you're interested in then Notts is the place to go. As the person said they pretty much tie overall so I would consider visiting both and seeing which city you're more likely to enjoy living in for 3 years :3

Thank you very much

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Anonymous #1

Original post by username6069954

Hey! Im doing politics and ir at nottingham (firmed a few weeks ago lol), I am biased bc I really love the idea of going to nottingham but I have met the proffessors and they seemed genuinely really good. The course is very good for IR especially with countries such as China, they have a lot of lecturers who specialise in that area so if thats smth you're interested in then Notts is the place to go. As the person said they pretty much tie overall so I would consider visiting both and seeing which city you're more likely to enjoy living in for 3 years :3

Hi Just wondered how you were getting on with this course? Trying to chose between Nottingham and Sheffield at the moment. Also how have you found Nottingham as a place to live? Thanks

Reply 6

StuRepAbian

Official Rep

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Original post by Anonymous

Hi Just wondered how you were getting on with this course? Trying to chose between Nottingham and Sheffield at the moment. Also how have you found Nottingham as a place to live? Thanks

Hello!

I highly recommend you to look into the other variables that also relate to your studies in order to make an informed decision. For example, you could look into the current accommodation options at both universities, the cost of living or how/bad the public transport is in general.

In terms of your studies (at University of Nottingham), you may expect a blend of ways to assess you, which include exams, essays, verbal presentations and projects. Most of the teaching is delivered in the form of lectures, albeit you could have seminars as well depending on the modules that you study. Likewise, you can also check out some recorded lectures (On-demand Videos) to better understand what you may expect!

If you have any further questions, feel free to ask 🙂

All the best,
Abián

Reply 7

Academic007

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I'm a Notts grad but I've visited Birmingham uni a ton, it's pretty good too. It should depend on which city you prefer to live in. Nottingham is a lot smaller than Birmingham and more of a uni town, they both have great campuses.

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