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Gwanin
it still is a part of itrubbershoes said:
How important is the name of the University you go to?
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Fuzzy
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people who will be employing you because of the MA that you are studying will know the relative merits of the course that you study. just because one MA is taught at Kings may not make it any better than the City MA due to the course content that will be taught at City or for example hands on expereince that you acquire or a certain skill set that you have to obtain through doing the masters.
after a year or so after leaving university it makes fuck all difference then anyway, it's far too short sighted to focus on the name of the university, i never went to university and every job i've ever applied for in the last 10 years has been in competition with "top name" university types, and i've never had a problem getting a job, after a year or two experience counts for everything
I think the key is (at least in what I'm studying!) not just to go to lectures, hand in the assignments and do bugger-all else. You have to have experience while you're studying, even if that means going to Wolverhampton to work in the local radio newsroom for nowt. I think with enough of that on your CV, you've got more chance than someone who went to one of those London acronyms and did nothing else.
(Obviously, private school followed by Oxbridge and a daddy who works as a QC is going to catapult you straight to the Today programme, but the above goes for the rest of us!)
(Obviously, private school followed by Oxbridge and a daddy who works as a QC is going to catapult you straight to the Today programme, but the above goes for the rest of us!)
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niksativa said:
Strangely enough I almost did that course but decided at the last minute to go elsewhere. It looked very interesting though.
This whole thing about ranking universities seems very strange from an Irish perspective. People here tend to go to the nearest university or failing that the one that offers whatever course it is they are interested in.
A lot of ex-polys have great research reputations/centres of excellence.
I wouldn't go to one as a first choice for the undergraduate part tho'
They should've kept them as places which leant towards vocational courses.
There was a comedy guy at Edinburgh on R4 the other day talking about this...
He did a gig at the University of Central England or UCE. Apparently they were the grades needed to secure a place...
sorry 
I wouldn't go to one as a first choice for the undergraduate part tho'
They should've kept them as places which leant towards vocational courses.
There was a comedy guy at Edinburgh on R4 the other day talking about this...
He did a gig at the University of Central England or UCE. Apparently they were the grades needed to secure a place...
sorry I went to Edinburgh for a few years and it was great, but the course was pretty hard compared to other unis. I think that if you are more likely to get a first at City than at King's then go to City. Although King's is more prestigious, you have to enjoy yourself in the long run, so if the course is better at City then do it. (also my boyfriend is starting there in a few weeks!! 
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)Welcome to the boards Kins, ignore these people going on about how rubbish the ex-polys are, I'm not sure what century they're in?!
I said it before and I'll say it again - if the undergrad courses at the ex-polys were so bad, if the graduate employment prospects were so barren, they'd have been sussed by now and be out of business!
I said it before and I'll say it again - if the undergrad courses at the ex-polys were so bad, if the graduate employment prospects were so barren, they'd have been sussed by now and be out of business!
Fuzzy said:
I agree with this - for you first degree I think the 'name' of the Uni makes more difference.
In general, having one of the top 10-or-so Uni's on your CV probably still lifts it up above the competition. Obviously this varies depending on the course as some Uni's have very strong reputations in certain subjects.
All other factors being equal, I would go for the Uni with the best rep in the relevant field. However, it sounds in this case like all other factors are NOT equal - definitely go for your preferred course rather than worry about the 'name' or the Uni.
beeboo said:
With some places, if you are not from the right uni, they aren't interested. Mind, these are the sort of places which are paying 40k+ on your first year out of uni (and there aren't many of them outside of Law - for which you will be getting qualifications beyond your first degree) or Investment Banking. Limited exceptions might be some of the tech work, some pharma work and some consultancy work.
Oh - and if anyone wants to doubt the claim of a 20 year old (cough madzone cough)- I'm a scumbag who is checking on the salaries of people as a part of pre-employment screening (among other things).
