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  • #16
    Big studie scene in the East Midlands - I'd take a look at Loughborough or Nottingham Trent to see how well the subjects are covered.

    I doubt they'll be better than Edinburgh - but CHECK.

    Wild horses wouldn't drag me to the Bristol scene. Too many people and not enough outlets for fun. Yeuk.
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    • #17
      Midlands accents are terrible.
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      • #18
        Originally posted by Boddington's
        Midlands accents are terrible.
        And almost unheard in Loughborough, where the student pop outnumbers the locals.

        A far more important reason for avoiding the East Midlands is the level of street violence.

        It's not for wimps.
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        • #19
          Don't think Starchild would fit in there then.
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          • #20
            Anyone know of any corporate sponsorship programmes for undergraduates in which a company pays full or part of university costs in exchange for you becoming their whore afterwards?

            My family has been mentioning this recently as their subtle way of saying "Do we look like we've got £3000 to spend on you sweety?"
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            • #21
              Starchild: Here are a couple of things that might help:

              This is the Times overall University RankingTimes University Ranking

              This is the published list of departments greaded "excellent" for teaching by the QAA Degree courses rated excellent.

              They don't have Biochem on there, because it's done by department, so just look at Biology and Chemistry, as I presume it is jointly taught.

              The HERO site might be of help too, other than that, look at prospectuses, either online or in paper, and then visit the ones you like. It's the usual way, but it works well IMHO.

              UEA gives nice easy offers (or at least it did for my friends that applied there) and Edinburgh comes up very highly on everything about sciences I've seen.
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              • #22
                Originally posted by Cruddy
                A far more important reason for avoiding the East Midlands is the level of street violence.
                That's only really Nottingham that's that bad. When it comes to violent crime, the big cities, London, Birmingham and Manchester are the bad ones. Northampton's fine for crime, but the Uni is absolute ****. I'd like to see someone find a worse one.
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                • #23
                  Oh yes, I've been doing my research. Edinburgh and UEA want the same grades for Biochemistry (A-Level: BBC with A-level chem and biology). Edinburgh is also rated 5* in Biochemistry.

                  It doesn't hurt that everyone I mention my uni choices to raves about Edinburgh and how good it is.
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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Starchild
                    Anyone know of any corporate sponsorship programmes for undergraduates in which a company pays full or part of university costs in exchange for you becoming their whore afterwards?
                    They're called co-op or internship programs, most unis in Canada offer them for the sciencey/engineering type fields.

                    I'm taking a variation of the co-op program, after my third year my school hooks me up with a company in my field and I work for them for a year, then come back and take my last year.

                    My brother is entering honours Mechanical Engineering at the Uni of Waterloo co-op, and how it works there is 4 months school/4 months work, etc for 5 years.
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                    • #25
                      Starchild: 5* is research rating, and doesn't really affect undergrads at all. Look at teaching quality ones. However, there is no substitute for going there and seeing for yourself if you like it, would fit in etc.
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                      • #26
                        So what you're saying is... it's wiser to evaluate your uni choices, and pick the one that best suits your interests, rather than simply go to the one that's nearest to you?

                        Damn! If only I would've known!
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                        • #27
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                          • #28
                            I had a great time at Birmingham and they have a very good Biochem dept (well they did when I was there, not sure what it's like now)

                            Out of your list Bristol is a really cool place. My brother failed a Biochem degree there. It's slightly full of sloany Oxbridge rejects though.
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                            • #29
                              You should be careful of the Times ratings. For example, I did my physics undergrad at Edinburgh and my postgrad at Durham (where I had to teach), so I am fairly well placed to compare the two. While Durham is definitely better for research, I thought the teaching at Edinburgh was first rate while that at Durham a little lacklustre (they let me teach for God's sake!). The Times review would have you believe it is the other way round, and I think this is mainly because of their rather bizarre criteria for 'good'.

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                              • #30
                                Some thoughts on ratings:

                                Teaching ratings are NOT about how good teaching is, but about how consistent it is ie atre all the forms filled in correctly

                                Reasearch ratings do not directly affect undergraduates, BUT good ratings show you that the department is full of good staff AND that they are well managed; this should mean that that they are also good at most other things that they do

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