Well the old academic snobbery question again?! I think this question will continue to cause controversy into the 22nd century when 50 more new universities have appeared! Firstly, to look at this question we must first define what is a new uni. In some respects it is the ex- polys that have gained university status and in other ways it is the current universities that don't have the old boy networks that are stereotypical of traditional red brick uni's. Anyway in my opinion a new uni is any uni that has the quality of a degree questioned on the basis of its time as with university status. We can therefore ask the question of whether a ...  Read the complete review

I don’t think there’s any possible way of writing an utterly unbiased op on this topic unless you didn’t got to a university, old or new. Now ops are supposed to be balanced I know, but since all the ops I’ve read on this subject are from new uni students / graduates, I figure that if I write this I might even the score a bit (or probably just bias it in the other direction knowing me). So, some differences and similarities between them and us. ** Courses ** When I decided to apply to university, I chose to stick to the well worn educational path I was already on – a single sex private school and a traditional ...  Read the complete review

These courses are stoked dude.like major rollers man. There up to G of local villagers and their vicars on our awfully parochial local BBC Look East regional news show. So I thought I would have a dig at the so-called New Universities while I wait for sanity. So you have you’re a-Level General, Sports and Media Studies with 12 points in the bag and your career in Grandstand a reality. Lets see if we can find an appropriate New Uni for these distinguished passes. With three Ds (correct me if im wrong) you are in the elite %40 of the nation that hasn’t enough for a proper Uni.But its just enough to avoid a life of menial jobs and a job in the ...  Read the complete review

The Sunday Times published the clearing lists 'at a glance' this morning - and there are hundreds of places! For the first time ever, Universities such as Durham are offering places through clearing - and in subjects such as geography, which are ranked 'excellant' at this particular institution. The reason for this increase in clearing places, I feel, is due to the ever increasing number of 'New Universities'. These universities are generally polytechnic colleges upgraded to University status. Fair enough, good for them. I'm all for encouraging Higher Education but it seems there are too many places available. I once read in the ...  Read the complete review

This is one issue I feel quite confident on as 1 - I turned down several old universities to go to a new one, cause I heard good things and liked the course 2 - I ended up hating the new one and transferring to an old uni! I personally think their is a large difference between the older universities and the newer ones. This is understandable, in my view it is very difficult to produce a university in 10 years. Not only that but the newer universities are underfunded, only receiving half of what the older unis do per student. I think this is a scandal when you have to pay for your education. It is also not fair on the student. But ...  Read the complete review