Yeah, thankfully they are not too bothered about grammar (a la thread title)
I've been recieved two unconditional offers for uni, is this good?
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Best thing to question is what is the politics department like and what sort of research do they do? (aka what level qualifications do the teaching staff have and how many published essays have they done)
I do it up here in Queens and some of the tutors/lecturers have quite a good record, but the ones that dont really show in the quality of their teaching. Would also give meeting with a member of staff just to get a feel for the department as taking up an unconditional offer like that could be risky if you dont like them at all
I do it up here in Queens and some of the tutors/lecturers have quite a good record, but the ones that dont really show in the quality of their teaching. Would also give meeting with a member of staff just to get a feel for the department as taking up an unconditional offer like that could be risky if you dont like them at all
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What do you mean is this good? What were you expecting seeing as you're not studying this year?!? Interviewing is a waste of time for most unis.
Research ratings are not a good indication of undergraduate teaching quality. Some departments with very high research scores in the RAE last year simultaneously score pretty badly on UG teaching.
Here are the universities' research ratings for politics:
http://www.rae.ac.uk/Results/qualityProfile.aspx?id=39&type=uoa
UWE is one of the worse! Only Sunderland, Huddersfield and Liverpool Hope look as bad...
The exam is to ensure that people have the relavant theory ability to make sufficient progress on the course. Many universities such as Wolves (which strive to widen HE participation) find themselves in a position where the candidates filling the places are brilliant practicioners, but don't have sufficient theory to back their playing up. On a course which is more than just performance based assessment, this leads to a high rate of attrition since the student isn't up to the general standard required.
Now, what's better - asking people to sit a basic exam to ensure that their musical skills are broad enough, or taking people onto a course knowing that they probably will drop out after 6 months? If you have a decent enough musical background you'll walk the entry exams. Oh, and for reasons of equality and balance *everyone* is asked to take the exam.
I am currently going through the UCAS application, it being 20 years since I did my GCSEs I have no idea where the certs are or what boards they were done with and I also have no recolection of what modules I did for my HNC or what grades I got for them. The moral of this story is "Don't loose all your certificates when moving house as you never know when you may need them again!"
When I applied to UCAS it was fairly unusual to be asked for an interview before being offered a place. I think I applied for 6 courses and got 5 unconditional offers without interviews. The 6th asked everyone to come along to an open day and an interview with a lecturer before their offers went out, but it was just to check that people were actually interested and let them see the department.
Get accommodation at Frenchay and rip the pants out of the internet connection (although you'll have fun trying to play any game other than WoW on it ).
As for the uni, it's plain to see that certain courses are just money making schemes. No one seems to care though. The drop out rate is insanely high, within 2 months half the people stopped turning up.
).As for the uni, it's plain to see that certain courses are just money making schemes. No one seems to care though. The drop out rate is insanely high, within 2 months half the people stopped turning up.
Wow, you're making me feel glad I've applied to other unis now. I'll wait until I've received (shocking, I know... 
) my other offers. I've applied for Cardiff University and Bristol University as well (now)... So fingers crossed.
I'll wait until I've received (shocking, I know... ) my other offers. I've applied for Cardiff University and Bristol University as well (now)... So fingers crossed. 
Really?
Which course?
BA Systems Analysis (BASA)
Back in the mists of the 1990s it was THE business related IT course to be on. There was a similar course at City University (London) but it didn't have quite the same business/industry ties.
Everyone on the course had at least one job offer prior to graduating, most of them from their sandwich year placement companies. I was offered by a large life assurance company in Bristol, but I wanted to move back to London, where I got a place on a graduate scheme at a consultancy within a few days...first job was tech. support at Euro '96.
