Is university of westminster good?

i don't want to sound harsh, but it's a ********.

A Ten star uni?

A Ten star uni?

precisely

You count in base-8? Cool!

Hi OP - like the sensible post just below your original posting suggests, make sure you visit each uni you are interested in.

Again - most of the posts have been ill informed or stupid, "degrees not worth the paper they are written on" - "its position on league tables" etc. etc. Bit boring I know. We all know how the league tables work, most people who have said these things are going by Westminster's current position in these private league tables - they do have a plan to move themselves up, but at the same time they don't want to do this at the cost of becoming elitist and excluding a certain group of people from having a chance of higher education - who would otherwise do well.

A combination of ill informed people who are still at school and haven't a clue about particular institutions and the research they are putting out across the board - leads to bad advice.

Do your own research, visit, ask questions - what can they offer you in terms of development across the board - not just academically - but if you are in to other things such as societies and sports - ask. Westminster has an extensive sport ground based at Chiswick - many central London universities don't have these types of facilities available to them.

http://www.wmin.ac.uk/page-13348
http://www.uwsu.com/
I think someone even mentioned that they stayed in one of the halls of residence - it was a bit "scummy" and so made the comment that the place must also be like one of its halls of residence. I've stayed at many Russell group and ancient universities halls of residence - and let me tell you, not all of them were up to scratch.

Honestly this is why you need to go and visit and make your own mind up - plus if you are doing business you will most likely be based at the Marylebone campus - with its own halls of residence right in the middle - it has just recently had an 11.2 million pound refurbishment - you can take a look at the pictures below - it is impressive, if you are at Harrow - you are more likely going to get more of the student experience as it is truly a campus university with everything in one place:

http://www.wmin.ac.uk/page-16979

http://www.wmin.ac.uk/page-6776

Westminster is a quality institution and if you decided to go there and you worked hard and obtained a 2:1 or above and took advantage of the things on offer - such as its career service and Royal literary fund fellows - you will do well.

http://www.wmin.ac.uk/sshl/page-1675

http://www.wmin.ac.uk/page-595

As for business - it has now incorporated the Policy Studies Institute - it is now stepping up its research and by incorporating this institute (which laid the blue prints for what is now the NHS in 1930's and the race relations act) it adds further research power and credibility to the whole institution.

http://www.psi.org.uk/

About the Policy Studies Institute

Policy Studies Institute (PSI) is one of Britain's leading research institutes, conducting research to promote economic well-being and improve quality of life. PSI enjoys a reputation for the rigorous and impartial evaluation of policy in the UK and Europe, and the publication and dissemination of research findings is central to our ethos.

PSI undertakes and publishes research studies relevant to social, economic, industrial and environmental policy. In 2009 it merged with the University of Westminster.

In 2006, PSI celebrated its 75th anniversary. To commemorate the occasion, a special brochure was produced. You can read the brochure, which includes information on PSI's history and future plans, here [pdf].

PSI takes a politically neutral stance on issues of public policy and has no connections with any political party, commercial interest or pressure group.

http://www.wmin.ac.uk/wbs/page-3

All I can say is good look - take a look at the links provided and do the same type of weighing up for any other universities you are thinking about - you can use the private league tables as a guide - they can be useful - but you also need to have a read about where they are getting their data from - some of it just seems a bit silly.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/27/highereducation.usa?gusrc=rss&feed=education

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/faculty/oswald/leaguetablespmm.pdf

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/apr/08/highereducation.uk5

From the above link:
Media rankings influence universities

• League method not 'true' measure of performance
• Small colleges say tables make them invisible


One league table that I like the most is webometrics (World Universities ranking on the Web) - Westminster fares pretty well on this one - coming just under Royal Holloway and Brunel - this gives a more realistic view of research and scholarly activity coming out of any particular institution.

http://www.webometrics.info/rank_by_country.asp?country=uk

Hope this helps.

I studied there and I didn't like it. Is very money orientated and comercial. Most of the students are foreigners because they didn't know its bad reputation before come to this country.