UCL breaks into top 10 university rankings
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7083292.stm
Well done, UCL!
I have my doubts over university rankings sometimes so of course, everything's taken with a pinch of salt. But I'm still chuffed that UCL has been ranked in the top 10. I had many happy memories of studying there and always thought it needed just a little more international exposure. Ever so often (it still happens now), people think I studied economics at LSE and not UCL.
Anyhoo, the other bit of the article is that Cambridge maintains its second place position, yay.
I do wonder sometimes, how are these rankings done? And what does it say about the people who've studied there? What conclusions can university applicants draw from these tables?
When I was doing applications, I found the alternative prospectuses far more interesting. Tired of reading the usual prospectuses trumpeting the achievements of the university and their respective courses, the alternative prospectus usually was written by students, on topics ranging from general student life, the low-down on union bars and the truth about accommodation - very useful indeed.
In which case, are there alternative university rankings which score the institutions against a range of factors such as average number of hours in lessons per week vs. hours spent at the college bar, and maybe instead of the student to staff ratio, how about a student to bar ratio?
The possibilities are endless, I'm sure there's one somewhere on the Internet you can find anything online these days.
Well done, UCL!
I have my doubts over university rankings sometimes so of course, everything's taken with a pinch of salt. But I'm still chuffed that UCL has been ranked in the top 10. I had many happy memories of studying there and always thought it needed just a little more international exposure. Ever so often (it still happens now), people think I studied economics at LSE and not UCL.
Anyhoo, the other bit of the article is that Cambridge maintains its second place position, yay.
I do wonder sometimes, how are these rankings done? And what does it say about the people who've studied there? What conclusions can university applicants draw from these tables?
When I was doing applications, I found the alternative prospectuses far more interesting. Tired of reading the usual prospectuses trumpeting the achievements of the university and their respective courses, the alternative prospectus usually was written by students, on topics ranging from general student life, the low-down on union bars and the truth about accommodation - very useful indeed.
In which case, are there alternative university rankings which score the institutions against a range of factors such as average number of hours in lessons per week vs. hours spent at the college bar, and maybe instead of the student to staff ratio, how about a student to bar ratio?
The possibilities are endless, I'm sure there's one somewhere on the Internet you can find anything online these days.