Good Uni's?
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And where can I find these mate?
http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/gug/gooduniversityguide.php?subject=COMPUTER
Top 10 for computing
1 Cambridge 5*B 571 94% 100
2 Oxford 5A 575 80% 96.2
3 Bristol 5A 457 87% 93.4
4 Imperial College 5*B 443 88% 92.9
5 Southampton 5*B 447 83% 91.5
6 Edinburgh 5*A 457 72% 90.8
7 York 5*B 467 75% 89.9
8 Surrey 5*A 348 82% 89.4
9 Bath 4A 414 84% 88.8
10 Warwick 5B 467 76% 88.5
Top 10 for computing
1 Cambridge 5*B 571 94% 100
2 Oxford 5A 575 80% 96.2
3 Bristol 5A 457 87% 93.4
4 Imperial College 5*B 443 88% 92.9
5 Southampton 5*B 447 83% 91.5
6 Edinburgh 5*A 457 72% 90.8
7 York 5*B 467 75% 89.9
8 Surrey 5*A 348 82% 89.4
9 Bath 4A 414 84% 88.8
10 Warwick 5B 467 76% 88.5
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League tables mean little - and can vary quite a bit.
E.G. The times league tables includes in its score a value for how much each lecturer publishes. Whilst in theory a lecturer publishing a lot is good because it means they are at the forefront of their field, when I was doing my degree, the more a lecturer published the less time they had to put on extra tutorials etc so the best lecturer turned out to be the one that published nothing.
I would expect Oxford/Cambridge to top any table for any course.
Unless it was like, a doss course
You want university league tables, availabe in The Times newspaper, and usually kept at most good libraries and careers services. Look at which are good, order some prospectuses (free, and usually just a case of entering your address in the uni site online), then make sure you get to the open days of the ones you're interested in before you put down your application.
It sounds like a lot of work, and the actual open days are (the rest isn't), but if you think about it, it's where you're going to be spending at least 3-4years of your life, with THE main qualification for shaping your career, so invest the time, it's worth it.
It sounds like a lot of work, and the actual open days are (the rest isn't), but if you think about it, it's where you're going to be spending at least 3-4years of your life, with THE main qualification for shaping your career, so invest the time, it's worth it.
I would expect Oxford/Cambridge to top any table for any course.
Unless it was like, a doss course
Not the case, they mainly only rated top for old degrees, your sciences and maths. Not any new degrees like accounting, medical etc.
Agricultural studies etc etc
I would have thought of a networking and/or computing was a fairly new degree area
Agricultural studies etc etc
I would have thought of a networking and/or computing was a fairly new degree area
It's computer science though, so heavily founded on maths. It's by no means a hard and fast rule.
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Southampton is excellent.
This is my shortlist as per UCAS form which I am about to submit..
Leeds Metropolitan University (L27)
Computing - Systems and Networks (G420)
The University of Liverpool (L41)
Computing with a Year in Industry (G402)
University of Southampton (S27)
Information Technology in Organisations (G560)
University of Teesside (T20)
Computing (Information Technology) (065G)
The University of Warwick (W20)
Computing Systems (G410)
Leeds Metropolitan University (L27)
Computing - Systems and Networks (G420)
The University of Liverpool (L41)
Computing with a Year in Industry (G402)
University of Southampton (S27)
Information Technology in Organisations (G560)
University of Teesside (T20)
Computing (Information Technology) (065G)
The University of Warwick (W20)
Computing Systems (G410)
I've known for a long time what course I wanted to do (IT/Computing)
These courses look good to me and I've heard nothing but good things about the Uni's selected. Definetly interested in the sandwhich course @ Liverpool with one year in the industry