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The insider's guide to choosing a university: by students, for students
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The Virgin 2012 Guide to British Universities is the only university guide to offer a uniquely students' eye view of what it's like to study at a particular university.
As well as hard facts and practical information on every UK university - such as official ratings for teaching, statistics on where graduates end up and employment prospects by subject - the guide is also packed with useful information such as what the social scene is like, how much living costs are likely to be and what the student profile at a particular university is really like.
With a comprehensive entry on every UK university, the Virgin guide contains all the information and advice potential undergraduates will need to choose the best university for them.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is easily the best of the university guides because it doesn't get bogged down with league tables. Instead, it tells you what the place is like and what it's good for. It covers all the universities in Britain, running to 512 pages of reviews and advice about how to make your choice and write the personal statement. Each entry considers campus location, the type of student that the university attracts, what the teaching's like and where graduates actually end up in the end, and it is far better than anything else available about the social scene, societies, clubs, night life and what the town or city is all about. There are also special features about all the main university cities. We have used it for our three children and it's the only guide they have actually taken away to read. This year a new element concerns what the universities actually want from you, other than the grades they set for your subject. No-one has actually thought to ask this rather important question before, and with competition increasing for places, this has got to put you in a good position.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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The guide is useful in giving a feel for what a university is like, what the mix of students, housing and social side is like. So from that point of view it gives a little more than the tables you can get online from the Guardian or the Complete University Guide websites. However, for the universities I am looking at much is a word for word copy of student comments or admission tutors from the 2010 edition - so presumably quotes gathered in 2009 or perhaps earlier. This is a huge disappointment, and frankly given the amount of change going on with higher education, the amount of building work across campuses etc, politics of applications between Scotland, England and Wales, I'd expect something better from Virgin. I suggest you just see if you can get an older edition from the library first.
Neil
Neil
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you want to have a guide to the best universities based on student opinion where they talk about the aspects of uni life that aren't just about results and academia, then it's perfect. It gives quite a thorough overview of the uni and talks about social scenes, costs of living, costs of rent etc etc etc and in the front of the book there are tables based on the subject area where the universities that are best suited to that subject area are listed. Only downfall to this - for me personally - is that I want to study media which is put under the category of 'Creative Arts, Arts & Design' which doesn't narrow it down enough, so for me more research was definitely needed. But say you wanted to study 'Veterinary Sciences' or 'Medicine' for example then obviously the tables are perfect.
Despite that though, still what I wanted and having a book to look through is so much easier than bookmarking pages online. So for the price it's great.
Despite that though, still what I wanted and having a book to look through is so much easier than bookmarking pages online. So for the price it's great.
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The amount of research that has gone into the Guide is extraordinary, but what sets it apart for me is that underlying all the facts, information and advice, there is a sense of... Read more
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I ordered this guide for our son who is looking to do a degree in Agriculture next year. Must say that it was delivered in amazing speed - excellent service Amazon! Read more
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