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Is Leicester a prestigious university?

Tomber

Whaa! The accommodation (despite the best efforts of the current director) is still really fantastic, it's just not as good as it could be if it wasn't managed by buffoons :frown:

Isn't one of the options a block of (ugly) flats? Also, not much choice in ensuite, if I remember correctly.

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Tomber

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kat2pult

Isn't one of the options a block of (ugly) flats? Also, not much choice in ensuite, if I remember correctly.

Well I suppose yeah, I do have a tendancy to forget places like Nixon Court and Freemans, which I couldn't stand to live in, but the Oadby accommodation is just beautiful, I posted pictures of some of it (yes, students live in those nice houses) in this thread:

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=757835&page=6

Reply 22

kat2pult

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Tomber

Well I suppose yeah, I do have a tendancy to forget places like Nixon Court and Freemans, which I couldn't stand to live in, but the Oadby accommodation is just beautiful, I posted pictures of some of it (yes, students live in those nice houses) in this thread:

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=757835&page=6

Hmm... they're OK. Nowhere enar as impressive as my uni accomodation:

Reply 23

Tomber

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kat2pult

Hmm... they're OK. Nowhere enar as impressive as my uni accomodation:

Heh, I knew that was coming - show off :p:

RHUL's got other problems, from what I've heard. Though Founders is truly spectacular.

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kat2pult

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Tomber

Heh, I knew that was coming - show off :p:

RHUL's got other problems, from what I've heard. Though Founders is truly spectacular.

Yeah, tis true. Most of the other accomodation is good. There are a couple of halls which are truly rubbish though.

Reply 25

Revolution is my Name

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Leicester's pretty good. never heard of Licester though

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River85

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Tomber

It isn't really prestigious, you won't get people saying 'wow' that you go there often (though it's happened a couple of times and took me by surprise)

Yeah, it doesn't have that wow factor or the traditional, superficial prestige. But what does that matter? In fact, I think it can be an advantage. It's a university that isn't well known amongst the general public. So they don't have any stereotypes or pre-conceptions of the place, unlike some of those universities that may have a wow factor (Oxbridge - "you must be super-brainy to go there" the treat you as if you are superhuman, or Durham - a posh liberal arts Oxbridge reject). But it's reputation is growing and as a university in its own right. Amongst those in the know it's respected enough.

Even when it does come to the "wow factor" I don't think it has any less of a one that redbricks/other strong city unis eg. Liverpool, Newcastle, Southampton etc.

Tomber

Museum Studies (post grad).

Darn right. If I go down that route it's a toss up between Durham and Leicester. Leicester is winning at the moment :yep:

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Tomber

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River85

Darn right. If I go down that route it's a toss up between Durham and Leicester. Leicester is winning at the moment :yep:

Yeah, nowhere really touches Leicester at Museum studies - I know it's flawed, but in the latest RAE it got the highest result of any department in any subject in the country.

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wanderlust.xx

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Uhm, #5 for Maths, 0.1 of a point behind Imperial on the Times league table? For those who think it's :santa2:

for anything but x subject... it's not.

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.ACS.

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wanderlust.xx

Uhm, #5 for Maths, 0.1 of a point behind Imperial on the Times league table? For those who think it's :santa2:

for anything but x subject... it's not.

Leicester is good... no doubt about that... but according to this same league table, it is apparently higher ranked than Warwick, Durham, York, Southampton, Bristol, Nottingham, and Bath. You could argue that Leicester is on a par with some of those, though for a number, Leicester simply isn't above them.

Reply 30

timestar

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To an extent this is a little like asking is an orange better than an apple! Several posters have referred to points/ranking in the various league tables. While such tables are "useful" in giving some information about a particular university, they all need to be seen in context. Just look at how all the universities are spinning the results of the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) so everyone seems to be saying the did well. So, is Leicester any "better or worse" than any other university? Well, depends on how you are measuring that. For example, Bournemouth Uni' is way down all the various tables when looked at its overall "quality" yet has the best department/course for computer animation in the country (I'm not at Bournemouth! lol). It also depends on whose opinion you are interested in. Employers may have very different views on how "good" a particular uni' is compared to the views of say academics. Does an employer want someone who is so clever they struggle to hold normal conversations with people or someone who can actually do a job but has a lower intellectual capacity? In addition, is there any point going to a high ranked uni' because it is high ranked, if you hate it there?

Reply 31

lottie12

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Hmmm, it all depends really.

For Law, I believe that Leicester is seen as a good university, but it isn't prestigious. However, I really like the law department at Leicester, so I don't ever regret coming here. All my tutors are really helpful and I like that we have smaller groups in comparison to some other universities where there can be 20+ in a tutorial! Eeek! 5-8 is good enough for me!

Reply 32

LawYah

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Accomodation isnt even that important in your first year, I haven't spent any time in my room apart from a few hours of sleep I manage to get :teeth:

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QwentyJ

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It was Uni of the year back in the Times good uni guide for last year iirc. I study Archaeology & Ancient History there and that department is one of the best in the land. They ranks second, just behind Cambridge for Archaeology.

It's a red brick uni, considered very good but it's not like it's got an epic history. In many respects, it's like most other big city universities that have burgeoning reputations.

Reply 34

Pillar of Autumn

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NDGAARONDI

The answer of this question in predetermined. Many users will say no.

Hmmm i'd agree. It may remain as a decent yet largely unknown university, or it may eventually become regarded as prestigious. From its rapid improvement in the past decade, i'd say the later is more likely. Only time will tell.

Reply 35

sweetfloss

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.ACS.

Leicester is good... no doubt about that... but according to this same league table, it is apparently higher ranked than Warwick, Durham, York, Southampton, Bristol, Nottingham, and Bath. You could argue that Leicester is on a par with some of those, though for a number, Leicester simply isn't above them.

Possibly, although I do think that opinion is pretty well taken as given without considering it could be wrong by the vast majority of people.

The standard of teaching here really is good, and the department is massively growing (60 in 3rd year, 90 in 2nd year, 140!! in 1st year). The entry requirements will be gradually going up over the next few years as popularity of the course continues and then it will be much harder to argue that standards at the other universities are higher.

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Hiphopopotamus

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River85

Oxbridge - "you must be super-brainy to go there" the treat you as if you are superhuman

How is that a bad thing? :P

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River85

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Hiphopopotamus

How is that a bad thing? :P

Because they treat you like something you're not?

It's just stuff I've heard, really. A few of my friends who went to Cambridge have found this rather odd. You get this look of suprise and it's as though they don't know how to react really. These are probably employers who don't have a great experience with graduates, I suppose.

No

Anyone know how their engineering department is? D; going for openday next wednesday anyway

Is Leicester a prestigious university?

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