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University guide 2012: University of Cambridge

Our at-a-glance guide to the University of CambridgeMonday 16 May 2011 12.20 BST(Article history)

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With a history stretching back 800 years (making it the second oldest university in Britain), a solid-gold academic reputation, a wealth of lore and tradition, and some truly glorious architecture, Cambridge has plenty of justification for its boast of being one of the best universities in the world. It's also slightly tainted by the accusation that only posh types need apply, but the university is vigorous in its attempts to encourage people from all backgrounds to have a go: if you fancy a Cambridge education, there's no reason to be dissuaded. It's made up of 29 undergraduate colleges and the college you belong to will be the focus of your university life. They all have their own character, so choose with care. Academic pressure is intense, though most students find time to throw themselves into extracurricular activities on the side. Cambridge itself is a dreamy place to be, with plenty going on if college life gets too insular.

Fees£3,375 for full-time undergraduates in 2011-12.

Bursaries
Means-tested and calculated on a sliding scale. Up to £3,400 for eligible students. Further awards and bursaries are also available.
Accommodation
Almost all students are housed by their college for the full length of their course. Standard rents are between £70 and £115 a week.
Facilities
Extensive resources are offered to students at Cambridge and include access to 114 libraries, eight specialist museums and collections, and the university botanic garden. Most student rooms are connected to the university network and wireless hotspots are available throughout the university. The colleges offer a variety of other resources and amenities, and each has its own common room and bar.
Transport
Cambridge is a small city and almost all the colleges and departments are fairly central - most students walk or cycle everywhere. The Uni4 bus service connects many departments and colleges, and a discounted fare is available to students. London is about an hour away by train. Stansted airport is nearby.
Contact
Tel: 01223 333308
Email: admissions@cam.ac.uk
Web: cam.ac.uk
Accommodation: See individual college websites for details

India offers English stepping stone to east Asian students

Conditions may be basic, but competitive prices and good standards of education are attracting many learners from east Asia who want to consolidate language before heading on

Maseeh Rahman

Guardian Weekly, Tuesday 6 December 2011 13.59 GMT(Article history)

Jinju, often described as South Korea's most beautiful city, is an education hub, with many high schools, community colleges and universities. It seems strange, therefore, for a teenager from the city to leave his parents and study in a boarding school in an alien land thousands of kilometres away from home.
Yet this is just what Sang Hyeon Cho, an 18-year-old 11th-grade student at the Woodstock School in Mussoorie, northern India, is doing.
He is not alone. There are hundreds of east Asian, especially South Korean, children enrolled in schools across India, pining for home food while persevering with their studies.
And the reason for their extraordinary conduct can be summed up in what to them is almost a magical word: English.
"A large part of Asia now sees English as an important vehicle for economic advancement," said Abhrajit Bhattacharjee, development director at Woodstock. "Our ESL [English as Second Language] programme is a very big factor in wooing students to the school."
Woodstock, nestling in the Himalayan foothills, has 63 students from Korea. It also has 14 Thai, nine Vietnamese, seven Japanese and two Taiwanese boarders, all enticed by the same dream: learning English.
South Korea's embassy in Delhi records 1,100 boys and girls studying in 43 schools across India. The number was even higher three years ago.
"Korean parents top the world in their desire to give their children a good education," said Taeyeong Jun, a Korean dorm master who joined Woodstock three years ago with his piano-teacher wife Mijung Park after getting a degree in divinity from Belfast.
"It's very common in Korea – you may be heavily indebted, yet you're willing to pay high educational fees for your children."
Whenever necessary Jun and Park, whose two children also study at Woodstock, provide a sense of home in a foreign land to boarders like Cho. "For young people, the most difficult thing is the food," said Park.
In some cases, entire families have relocated to India so that the children don't miss the home environment while they get educated in English.
"We shifted to India because we like the country and thought we will get quality education at reasonable price," Seung Chang Ha, 39, a Korean who earlier worked for a German trading firm, told the PTI news agency in Chandigarh city. Ha's two children are enrolled in the local British School, in nursery and grade one, while his wife Kun Young Seo is also learning English.
"The British School here already has 34 foreign students including 20 from Korea, 10 from Thailand and four from Iran," he said.
Prime Speech Power (PSP) is a Korean-owned English language institute in Gurgaon, near Delhi, that conducts three-month intensive courses for older students in their early 20s. It enrols up to 100 students from Korea at any time.
South Korea today has many such institutes and, unlike in India, these have native English speakers as teachers. But they are twice as expensive as in India, have a very high student-teacher ratio and there's no opportunity to use the language outside the classroom. "Sometimes, even private tuition at home can be a waste of money," said Jun.
So they happily come to India even though, as PSP manager Lee Nae-Sook put it, it can be "hot, dusty, dirty, like Korea in the 1970s, with terrible roads and auto-rickshaw drivers who try to fleece you". A 12-week course at PSP with five hours of daily tuition, including one-on-one, costs just $4,500. This also pays for shared accommodation, all meals and a yoga class.
"India has very kind teachers, like mothers, which is important in a foreign place," said Nae-Sook. The pronounced Indian accent of some can be a problem, though, so PSP likes to employ women teachers educated at American mission schools in north-eastern India.
But why do Korean and other east Asian parents send their children to India and not to countries where English is the majority language such as the UK, the US, Canada or Australia?
Teachers, students and administrators list three main reasons: Indian schools are cheaper than, say, in UK or Australia; many schools in English-speaking countries don't offer ESL; and even though India can be a difficult place to live in, it is seen as an emerging economic powerhouse. Yet almost all students also see India as just a stepping stone for higher education and jobs in English-speaking countries, especially in the US.
Cho's odyssey is instructive. Twice rejected by Woodstock, he was sent to a school on Australia's Gold Coast. English language teaching there wasn't intensive enough, he felt, and he was also unhappy with his accommodation with a local family. He finally got into Woodstock a year ago, and feels more positive about the future now – after military service, he wants to study business management in Europe and work abroad for a time before returning to Korea. "The important thing is to know English," he said. "The accent doesn't matter."
His Vietnamese classmates, Minh Le and Hung Nguyen, both 17, nod in agreement. Though Minh Le studied French for seven years in Hanoi, he opted for English and Woodstock as "my older sister, who studied in Indiana, advised me that English is a more universal language". He plans to study business management in the US or Canada.

Relaxed about accents ...
East Asian students at Woodstock school in the Himalayan foothills.

But the number of students coming from South Korea has been on the decline during the last three years as word has got around that not all Indian schools provide quality education.
"Many new international schools have magnificent infrastructure, but the quality of teaching is poor," said embassy consular assistant HH Kim. "If schools don't employ better-trained teachers then Koreans may no longer be interested in sending their children to India. Only a few good schools like Woodstock will continue to attract students."

University guide 2012: University of Oxford

Our at-a-glance guide to the University of Oxford

Monday 16 May 2011 13.40 BST(Article History)

Oxford University a shady corner

There's no doubt that Oxford's history - all 900 years of it - is very present. You'll probably live in at least one beautiful, centuries-old building, sit at the same desk as your favourite prime minister or Nobel prize-winner, or take part in one of the ridiculous traditions that have been ridiculous since the 17th century. But Oxford is also a modern university: at, or near, the top of national and global rankings, year after year, at the forefront of research and teaching, and with tip-top facilities.
As a collegiate university, whichever of the 38 colleges or six permanent private halls you call home will be the focus of your university life: where you'll live, eat, party and usually receive the one-to-one tutorials that are the keystone of Oxford teaching. Some people virtually never leave their college; others can hardly wait to get involved in university-wide drama, sport, politics, journalism or whatever else takes your fancy.
Fees
£3,375 for full-time undergraduates in 2011-12.

Bursaries
Oxford has one of the most generous bursary schemes in the UK. If your household income is less than £25,000, you will receive £3,225 a year, and, if less than £18,000, you qualify for an extra £875 in year 1. If you have a household income of between £25,001 and £50,020, you will be entitled to a partial award, based on a sliding scale. Other scholarships and bursaries are also available.
Accommodation
Most students live in accommodation provided by their college. All colleges house first-years; many house students for subsequent years, often for the entirety of their course. Standard accommodation in most colleges is approximately £130 a week over 26 (term-time) weeks.
Facilities
Oxford has the largest university library system in the UK, with more than 100 separate libraries. There are four major museums, as well as botanic gardens, and a number of significant collections in departments and colleges. Great for sport. University provision is supplemented by colleges' own libraries, sports grounds and IT facilities.
Transport
Within Oxford, everything is walk- or bike-able. Good links to London; frequent trains and coaches.
Contact
Tel: 01865 288000
Email: undergraduate.admissions@admin.ox.ac.uk
Web: ox.ac.uk
Accommodation: Contact individual colleges

University guide 2012: London School of Economics and Political Science

Our at-a-glance guide to the London School of Economics and Political ScienceMonday 16 May 2011 13.20 BST(Article history)

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The LSE is the only university in the UK specialising in the study of social sciences and has a worldwide reputation in the field. The world's largest social sciences library is housed here. Of the 8,000 or so students, half are postgraduates and only about a third are from the UK, making for the largest proportion of overseas students at any university in the world. LSE students have a reputation for being academic and determined; the fact that the university library has a borrowing rate four times the national average speaks volumes. Graduates enjoy top employment rates and starting salaries. The school is located in the heart of London, just over the road from King's College London, with which it enjoys a traditional rivalry. It's close to the amenities of the West End, the river and Bloomsbury.
Fees
£3,375 for full-time undergraduates in 2011-12.

Bursaries
A maximum bursary of £2,500 a year for those UK/EU students with the lowest household income, and then on a sliding scale for those receiving a partial grant. Other forms of financial support available, including scholarships for UK, EU and overseas students.
Accommodation
LSE accommodates 41% of its students in residences and guarantees a place for all first-year undergraduates. It offers a variety of locations across central London, a number of different contract lengths with prices, facilities and catering options to suit most preferences.
Facilities
Excellent. Great libraries and other learning resources. The student union attracts plenty of non-students, which is a nice compliment if you don't mind them taking up bar space. The New Academic building (opened November 2008) has added eight floors of state-of-the-art teaching and lecture rooms.
Transport
All roads lead to London, and so do quite a lot of train tracks and flight paths. Tube, bus and rail once you've breached the city limits. LSE is central: walk or cycle most places you need to be.
Contact
Tel: 020-7405 7686
Email: ug-admissions@lse.ac.uk
Web: lse.ac.uk
Accommodation: accommodation@lse.ac.uk

University guide 2012: Oxford Brookes University

Our at-a-glance guide to Oxford Brookes University

Monday 16 May 2011 01.40 BST(Article history)

Oxford Brookes is consistently rated as one of the best of the newer universities. It offers outstanding teaching, winning five national teaching fellowships for excellence in the last two years. Its students are spread over three campuses: Headington and Harcourt Hill are each a little distance from the city centre; Wheatley is about seven miles away in the Oxfordshire countryside. A major redevelopment project is well under way, with a new library and teaching building due for completion in 2013 on the Headington campus.
Oxford is a student-friendly city and there are all the facilities you could want in town. It's also a centre for leading industries and Brookes' links in the region mean great opportunities for work placements across all areas, from publishing and healthcare to environmental agencies and Formula One. Courses are designed to develop real-life skills and many are accredited by the relevant professional body.
In the university's 2010 student satisfaction survey, nearly nine out of 10 Brookes undergraduates said they wuold recommend it to prospective students.
Fees
£3,375 for full-time undergraduates in 2011-12.

Bursaries
Awarded on a sliding scale, from £300 up to £1,800, depending on family income. Scholarships are also available.
Accommodation
Guaranteed place in halls if Brookes is your firm choice on your Ucas application. There's a range of accommodation to choose from - including a brand new hall for 2012 - and prices vary accordingly.
Facilities
The centre for sport caters extensively for the active, while the libraries provide a well-stocked alternative. The range of support on offer includes a study advice service, Upgrade, to help you achieve your academic potential, as well as careers support that is well integrated into courses.
Transport
Brookes Buses connect campuses, halls of residence and the city centre. Free bus pass available with your place in hall. Well connected to London and the rest of the south. You're not bang in the city centre at Brookes, so a bike will come in handy.
Contact
Tel: 01865 484848
Email: query@brookes.ac.uk
Web: brookes.ac.uk Accommodation: accomm@brookes.ac.uk

University guide 2012: Imperial College London

Our at-a-glance guide to Imperial College London

Monday 16 May 2011 13.00 BST(Article history)

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Imperial's reputation places it as one of the best academic institutions in the world. Not surprisingly, competition for places is stiff, and there is a certain grandeur about the institution that is only reinforced by its main location among the pomp and circumstance of one of London's swankiest boroughs. Hyde Park, the V&A and the Albert Hall are all on your doorstep.
Fees
£3,375 for full-time undergraduates in 2011-12.

Bursaries
Undergraduate home students who receive a maintenance grant are eligible for a study support bursary. Bursaries range from £500 to £3,500. Visit the website for further information.
Imperial also has a number of scholarships for undergraduate students. Further information can be obtained from imperial.ac.uk/scholarships.
Accommodation
Undergraduate first-years are guaranteed accommodation provided all conditions are met.
Facilities
Recently refurbished central library, active student union, excellent, state-of-the-art sports facilities and organised sport plus free gym and swimming pool for students.
Transport
It's extremely central London. The closest tube is South Kensington.
Contact
Tel: 020-7589 5111
Email: Inquiries via the website
Web: imperial.ac.uk
Accommodation: accommodation@imperial.ac.uk

University Guide 2012: Cambridge tops the Guardian league table

Cambridge beats arch rival Oxford to take first place in the Guardian ranking of UK universities Jassica Shepherd

guardian.co.uk, Monday 16 May 2011 16.09 BST (Article history)

Cambridge has taken the top spot in this year's Guardian University Guide league table, breaking its arch rival Oxford's six-year stint as the UK's leading institution.
Oxford has come second and St Andrews third, while the London School of Economics has climbed four places from last year to take fourth place.
University College London, Warwick, Lancaster, Durham, Loughborough and Imperial College make up the top 10.
The University Guide, published in full on the Guardian website on Tuesday, is based on data for full-time undergraduates at UK universities. The league table goes live on the website at midnight tonight.
Our analysis shows that universities with low rankings are almost as likely to be planning to charge maximum tuition fees of £9,000 in autumn 2012 as those with high rankings.
London Metropolitan University, which comes bottom of the Guardian tables, intends to charge between £4,500 and £9,000 for its degrees. Salford, Liverpool John Moores, Manchester Metropolitan and the University of East London – all of which rank in the bottom 20 – want to charge £9,000 for at least some of their courses.
The government's access watchdog, the Office for Fair Access, is looking at the fees each university in England wants to charge and will announce in July whether it approves.
All the English universities in our top 20 intend to charge £9,000 fees, apart from London School of Economics, which has not yet decided.
The first university that proposes to charge less than £9,000 for all of its courses is Sunderland, which is ranked 48th.
There are a total of 120 institutions in the tables: 38 in the top half intend to charge £9,000 for at least some of their courses, while 18 in the bottom half propose to do the same.
Universities are ranked according to how much they spend per student; their student/staff ratio; the career prospects of their graduates; what grades applicants need; a value-added score that compares the academic achievements of first-years and their final degree results; and how content final-year students are with their courses, based on the annual National Student Survey.
Birmingham City University has fallen most since last year – 24 places, from 66th to 90th – while Middlesex is the biggest climber, reaching 75th place this year compared with 112th last year. Durham has risen from 17th place to eighth.
While the oldest universities dominate the top positions in the tables, the newest have improved their rankings since last year. Winchester has leapt from 96th place to 69th.
The tables, compiled by an independent consultancy firm, Intelligent Metrix, are weightedin favour of the National Student Survey. As part of the survey, final-year students are asked to score their universities for overall satisfaction, feedback and contact hours. Other league tables concentrate more on research ratings.
The Guardian publishes an overall ranking table, separate tables to show which universities are best – and worst – for each subject and another table for specialist institutions.
The more a university spends on each student, the more likely it is to have a high ranking and the more satisfied its students seem. However, our judges took into account that some universities do not teach expensive courses, such as engineering, and so their spending is lower.
There is huge variation in how much universities spend per student, with an average of £3,428 in 2009-10 (a fall from the £3,495 the year before). At Oxford, average spend per student fell to £11,232 in 2009-10 from £11,410 the year before. The university spends substantially more than other institutions. Cambridge spent £8,612 in 2009-10, a rise from £8,118 the year before.
St Mary's University College in west London and Leeds Trinity University College spent among the lowest of all institutions per student.
The tables show that Cambridge has overtaken Oxford in philosophy, law, politics, theology, maths, classics, anthropology and modern languages. However, Oxford overtook Cambridge in psychology and also came top in chemistry, business and management, and art and design. Loughborough is best for sports science, while King's College London is top for dentistry. University College London topped the table for English, while Trinity Laban Conservatoire excelled for drama and dance. Northumbria has shot up the table for modern languages, from 48th last year to third this year.
Universities with high rankings tend to have fewer dropouts, and fewer students per academic. The top 20 institutions have a drop-out rate after the first year of just 4%, compared with almost 12% for the bottom 20.
There are 14.2 students per academic among the top 20, but 21.5 among the bottom 20. The smallest institutions tend to be ranked closer to the bottom.
Professor David Tidmarsh, vice-chancellor of Birmingham City University, says he expects his university's fall in position to be temporary: "It is caused by student number growth, which has now been curbed, and student satisfaction scores, which we expect to improve significantly as a consequence both of increased investment and of the way in which we are engaging students as partners in their learning experience."
He says the university is investing £180m in new buildings, facilities and equipment.
Swansea Metropolitan, Wolverhampton and Liverpool Hope did not allow the Guardian to use their data.
Meanwhile, the government has cut the number of places universities can offer on teacher training courses. Cambridge University, which comes top of our table for education courses, will have 49 fewer places on its teacher training course this September, an 11% cut. Altogether, almost 4,000 fewer places will be available on teacher training programmes.
A spokesman from the Department for Education says pupil numbers are falling sharply in secondary schools and so the need for new teachers has gone down.
• The Guardian University Guide 2012 league table of universities goes live at midnight tonight. Watch out for it on the front of the Guardian website. Subject tables and the table of specialist institutions will be available from Tuesday morning.

University guide 2012: University College Birmingham

Our at-a-glance guide to University College Birmingham
- guardian.co.uk, Monday 16 May 2011 12.10 BST
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University guide 2012: Bucks New University

Our at-a-glance guide to Bucks New University

Monday 16 May 2011 12.20 BST(Article history)

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Nestles in the beautiful countryside of the Chiltern Hills. Formerly Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, Bucks was awarded full university status in 2007. Following a major campus redevelopment programme, all of its courses, with the exception of nursing, are now based at the main campus in High Wycombe. The university offers a varied range of vocationally targeted degrees and studying options not widely available, from commercial pilot training to music management, textiles and furniture, and spanning the creative and cultural industries, the management and information management sectors, and the public sector. The university has enjoyed a consistent increase in applications over the last few years. There is a large proportion of mature students, and many students come from the Buckinghamshire region. The town centre is within easy walking distance, and London is a short train ride away.

Fees
£3,375 for full-time undergraduates in 2011-12.

Bursaries
The Big Deal package currently includes a £500 cash bursary paid to all full-time UK and EU students, except those on nursing programmes, plus additional faculty-based support and free access to all gigs and club nights. (Bursaries for 2012 entry have not yet been decided.)
Accommodation
Costs range between £55 and £90 a week in private accommodation and £81.97 and £129.85 in self-catering halls. New student accommodation has recently been built in High Wycombe, and offers 234 en suite rooms. The university offers accommodation in halls or university-managed property to the majority of freshers. (Students living within a 25-mile radius of the High Wycombe campus are not provided with university accommodation.)
Facilities
The campus boasts a new award-winning state-of-the-art building called the Gateway, which comprises a learning resource and technology centre, events hall, gym, sports science laboratory, dance, drama, music and video production studios, and meeting rooms. A new base for nursing students and applied healthcare research in Uxbridge, west London, boasts skills laboratories equipped with the latest equipment.
Transport
The local mainline station connects to the London underground in 40 minutes.
Contact
Tel: 0800 0565 660
Email: advice@bucks.ac.uk
Web: bucks.ac.uk
Accommodation: bucks.ac.uk/accommodation

Speed read of the latest education news

Why are sports personalities all men? Plus, a proposed free school hops boroughs, and a season of ill will at the London College of Communications

Janet Murray and Rhian Jones

guardian.co.uk, Monday 19 December 2011 19.30 GMT
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Stopwatch at the ready
The all-male shortlist for this year's BBC Sports Personality of The Year met with outrage earlier this month. But the news came as no surprise to one academic, who after studying the awards ceremony for a decade has become something of an anorak on the subject. Dr Elizabeth Pike settles down to watch the show each year with a stopwatch, totting up how much screen time is devoted to men and women and then logging her findings on to spreadsheets.

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Pike, who is head of sport development and management at the University of Chichester, says women's sports get 10% of the screen time, and when the camera pans to the audience for close-ups, more than 70% of the shots are of men. "The year Andrew Flintoff got [the award] ahead of Ellen MacArthur was particularly galling," Pike recalls. "The English cricket team had won the Ashes, but Flintoff rolled around drunk afterwards. Meanwhile, MacArthur had sailed around the world single-handed."
Pike has written to the BBC to share her evidence and awaits a reply. When this year's show airs this week, she will be glued to the screen, stopwatch in hand. "I'll be interested to see whether there's any attempt to explain the all-male line-up. I'm not getting my hopes up."
Birbalsingh spreads her wings
In October, we brought news that ex-deputy headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh was struggling to find a site for her free school, due to open next September. Having found out that the building she had her eye on - the Lilian Baylis school - was due to be sold off to developers by Lambeth council, Birbalsingh had been trying to galvanise support from locals to find a site.
But now it emerges that Birbalsingh's school could be located in Tooting, in the borough of Wandsworth. And while parents in Wandsworth may be delighted, residents of Lambeth – which had around 400 more applications for school places than were available last year – may not be quite so thrilled.
The academy is one of 63 free schools recently approved by the government. As part of the application process, proposers must demonstrate local demand from parents.
So in moving her school to another borough, can Birbalsingh still claim to be meeting demand? A Department for Education spokesperson said local demand was one of several criteria, "not the top or only one". "The Michaela school drew on demand across a fairly wide area of south London. Although the initial site was in Lambeth this wasn't essential to the proposal. They will consult local parents and others should that prove to be the final site." Birbalsingh says: "The site is close to the boundaries of both Lambeth and Merton, which widens access. We hope the school will have a multicultural intake and a multi-borough intake."
Failure to communicate
Seasonal goodwill seems thin at the London College of Communication, and, um, communications seem to have broken down. The press office has been strangely incommunicado of late, with inquiries diverted to the head of college, Sandra Kemp. Now it has emerged that the head of communications, Gillian Radcliffe, has left, escorted from the building after an apparent bust-up with her boss.
In her leaked resignation letter, Radcliffe claims she was subjected to "irrational criticism" and questions about her integrity after she raised concerns to Kemp about her management style. "It has become clear that you now view me in the same negative light as you do countless other decent and dedicated colleagues," Radcliffe wrote.
A spokeswoman for the University of the Arts London, of which LCC is part, said it was "saddened by the tone and content" of the letter. The University and College Union says Radcliffe's departure brings to 19 the number of senior managers to have left since Kemp's appointment in 2008. It says five were sacked, nine resigned under duress and five left through redundancy. The university spokeswoman said restructuring had led to redundancies. The institution had "robust" grievance procedures. "It would be inappropriate to comment on individual members of staff," she added.

Chemistry

The science of matter – the composition of substances, their properties and reactions

Education Guardian, Wednesday 21 December 2011 01.20 GMT
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What will I learn?
With the study of composition and substances, their properties and reactions, chemistry is the broadest of the science degree subjects, incorporating elements of biology and physics. Chemistry remains at the heart of science and our understanding of life.
You will look at the nature and classifications of matter, such as atoms, elements, compounds and molecules; study concepts and theories, including the laws of chemistry, bonding and quantum chemistry; and learn about some of chemistry's famous names, such as Robert Boyle and John Dalton.
It's not an easy degree, but it will give you a foundation in chemical knowledge and the practical skills to go along with it. Expect to get good wear out of your white lab coat, as courses rely heavily on learning through doing.
Chemistry is more popular than ever – last year's intake stood at a record high of 4,316 – and many of the chemistry departments that were controversially closed down a few years ago are reopening.
You could, of course, opt to study chemical science degree subjects, such as marine, environmental or biological chemistry, or combine your chemistry degree with another science-related subject, such as drug design or pharmaceutical sciences.
What skills will I gain?
If you're taking a degree in chemistry, you will already have a fair idea of what the subject entails from your A-level. What a degree will do is give you the chance to deepen your knowledge and discover more about the science with your own research and experiments.
You will have further developed your numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills, which are helpful in most jobs. You will also have a firm foundation from which to begin further study and research. In fact, some universities offer four-year courses that allow students to study up to master's level.
What job can I get?
A career in research and development is an obvious consideration. You could be involved in anything from making medicines to tackling cancer to improving the formulations of cosmetics.
If you want to get out of the lab, you will have the specialist knowledge for a career as a science journalist. And if you want the best of both worlds, why not become a school science teacher? Science is a shortage subject in the teaching profession and the government is offering financial incentives to encourage more graduates to enter.
You will have developed plenty of transferable skills, so don't rule out other careers. Sharp analytical skills could, for example, land you a job in the City.
What will look good on the CV?
• The ability to conduct risk assessments concerning the use of chemicals.
• The ability to evaluate and interpret chemical information and data.
• The ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of facts, principles and theories.

Social work

How to find practical solutions to protect vulnerable people - includes community studies

Education Guardian, Saturday 17 December 2011 01.00 GMT(Article history)
What will I learn?
The social work degree is delivered in partnership with local social and healthcare agencies and schools. The curriculum is broadly determined by the regulating body of social work, the General Social Care Council, so that the core components and competencies you will attain are similar across institutions.
The degree has a heavy practical emphasis as you will effectively be training to become a social worker, so by the time you graduate you should have a good idea of whether you have the physical and mental capabilities to work in this field.
Over the course of your degree, you will be expected to spend up to 200 days on practical placements, where you will get the chance to look at how cases are assessed and reviewed, and when it's time for social workers to intervene.
Time in the classroom will be spent looking at the theory behind the practice, exploring when and why social workers get involved in people's lives.
You will also look at the ethics, values and legal obligations of the profession, and how the role of the social worker impacts on that of other professionals such as teachers, doctors and nurses.
Bursaries are available from the General Social Care Council to support the costs of your training.
What skills will I gain?
With 200 hours of work experience behind you and plenty of theory to back it up, you should be able to work with families, groups, individuals and carers to assess their needs. You should be able to carry out, review and evaluate cases, and know how to support individuals when they represent their views, needs and circumstances. You should be able to identify problems and manage risk.
You should have top-notch communication skills, as you will often be called on to deliver difficult news or clearly explain complex legal processes and entitlements. You should also have patience and perseverance in abundance.
You should also know how to work in a team, with fellow social workers and with teachers and doctors, as well as on your own.
As part of your training you will be registered with the General Social Care Council.
What job can I get?
With a shortage of social workers that doesn't seem to be abating, job prospects are very good. Working in boroughs with particular recruitment problems could mean you get your student tuition fees paid for.
If after three years you decide that a job as a social worker really isn't your thing, then you will still have a vast array of transferable skills that are suited to other jobs in the social services, healthcare or teaching.
What will look good on the CV?
• The ability to gather and analyse information from different sources.
• The ability to communicate effectively with clients.
• An understanding of the legal and ethical responsibilities that come
with the job.
· For the full range of skills you can develop through a degree in social work or healthcare,

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University guide 2012: University league table

UK universities ranked by the Guardian according to teaching excellence

Tuesday 17 May 2011 00.05 BST

University league tabel

Agriculture forestry and food ranking

Rating	Previous Year Rating	Name of Institution	Guardian score /100	Satisfied overall (%)	Satisfied with teaching (%)	Satisfied with feedback (%)	Student: staff ratio	Spend per student (FTE)	Ave entry tariff	Value added score/10	Career after 6 mths
1	2	Cambridge	100.0	91	90	72	11.7	9.76	556	6.0	82
2	1	Oxford	97.9	94	93	70	10.8	10	535	7.2	81
3	4	St Andrews	85.3	93	95	68	13.3	7.25	484	7.2	73
4	8	London School of Economics	84.7	80	81	63	11.8	8.45	512	6.0	81
5	5	UCL	82.5	87	87	62	9.7	8.43	474	7.5	77
6	3	Warwick	81.8	89	88	61	14.1	8.56	480	6.6	69
7	6	Lancaster	79.1	87	88	66	13.8	7.49	407	5.4	68
8	17	Durham	77.2	88	87	66	15.3	6.14	485	5.4	76
9	9	Loughborough	75.5	89	88	72	17.1	5.8	389	5.6	67
10	7	Imperial College	74.1	85	84	51	10.9	8.54	514	4.8	83
11	14	Exeter	73.8	90	91	71	20.0	4.97	437	7.2	64
11	15	Sussex	73.8	91	92	72	16.1	4.64	378	7.5	66
13	11	SOAS	73.7	84	88	65	11.1	7.02	418	6.9	62
14	13	Bath	73.6	86	86	61	16.1	5.33	456	6.4	75
15	9	York	72.7	87	90	69	14.9	6.63	434	5.3	64
16	15	Edinburgh	70.6	85	87	51	14.4	8.64	437	6.6	70
17	12	Leicester	70.4	89	88	71	14.7	6.78	398	5.2	67
18	19	UEA	69.8	90	90	68	14.9	7.12	381	5.8	61
19	21	Nottingham	69.5	87	87	62	14.2	6.39	426	5.0	74
19	20	Surrey	69.5	83	84	62	19.0	7.15	388	5.8	74
21	23	Glasgow	69.2	89	90	65	14.5	6.47	405	6.0	69
22	24	City	68.8	80	80	61	17.6	7.53	359	5.8	65
23	27	Kent	68.3	87	86	67	14.4	6.31	328	4.6	65
24	30	Birmingham	68.1	87	88	62	15.4	7.86	420	5.0	67
25	33	Bristol	67.9	84	89	57	13.5	6.32	465	5.7	75
26	22	Dundee	67.8	87	88	68	14.3	6	347	6.1	65
27	32	Heriot-Watt	67.7	87	84	62	19.1	7.31	334	6.6	68
28	18	Southampton	67.1	86	86	60	13.6	6.24	427	6.2	63
29	25	Strathclyde	66.9	85	85	60	18.0	6.16	391	6.8	66
30	25	King's College London	66.6	85	87	61	12.0	6.35	444	6.0	79
31	37	Newcastle	66.3	87	87	63	15.3	5.55	409	5.5	72
32	45	Reading	65.4	87	86	63	15.5	5.87	367	5.4	63
33	31	Sheffield	64.5	88	88	63	14.9	4.83	425	5.5	69
34	36	Aston	64.2	83	81	59	17.1	5.9	369	5.3	73
35	41	Royal Holloway	63.7	85	87	65	15.7	4.83	378	4.9	59
36	46	Queen Mary	63.6	85	84	66	13.6	6.34	385	5.3	67
37	35	Leeds	63.0	83	85	61	14.9	6.28	408	5.9	63
38	27	Robert Gordon	62.6	83	83	65	19.0	4.23	294	6.7	76
39	46	Cardiff	61.5	86	87	58	15.0	5.96	404	4.9	71
39	43	Essex	61.5	87	86	67	15.6	6.22	304	4.9	54
41	51	Manchester	61.4	80	83	52	15.4	7.86	421	5.3	67
42	38	Bournemouth	60.8	77	82	65	23.6	6.94	295	6.6	58
42	48	Oxford Brookes	60.8	85	86	67	18.1	4.94	307	6.9	59
44	27	Stirling	60.7	89	88	69	19.3	4.25	296	7.0	60
45	33	Aberdeen	60.3	88	87	64	15.8	5.22	330	6.5	67
46	40	UC Falmouth	60.2	77	82	71	23.5	5.95	279		47
47	49	Plymouth	60.1	78	83	63	16.5	7.21	294	6.2	61
48	52	Sunderland	59.7	82	83	68	15.8	6.7	244	6.2	51
49	39	Liverpool	59.3	83	84	59	13.2	6.66	399	5.4	66
50	56	Queen's, Belfast	58.8	85	86	59	14.8	5.6	361	5.5	63
50	49	Aberystwyth	58.8	92	92	72	18.1	4.77	297	4.5	51
52	55	Edinburgh Napier	58.5	80	81	62	21.6	3.58	296	8.3	66
53	54	Huddersfield	58.0	78	81	72	18.4	4.45	266	5.6	64
54	44	Keele	57.3	89	88	68	14.5	4.4	309	5.5	62
55	67	Northumbria	56.9	82	82	66	20.3	4.51	298	6.0	65
56	63	Queen Margaret	56.5				21.7	2.59	304	7.7	59
57	72	Lincoln	56.3	83	84	70	19.7	3.43	288	5.0	53
58	42	Chichester	56.2	84	87	70	16.6	3.34	286	4.4	51
59	62	UWE Bristol	55.5	80	83	64	20.7	3.82	276	6.8	58
60	79	Teesside	55.2	82	82	72	19.5	5.2	266	5.3	57
61	64	Gloucestershire	55.1	78	82	68	20.6	5.3	258	7.2	55
62	58	Goldsmiths	54.9	81	88	62	17.6	3.8	325	5.5	48
63	87	Coventry	54.5	78	80	65	15.7	3.33	294	7.2	56
63	94	Northampton	54.5	82	84	70	22.9	5.22	236	8.5	49
65	71	Sheffield Hallam	54.2	79	81	63	19.8	4.43	286	7.2	57
65	67	Bath Spa	54.2	79	86	71	21.1	4.07	290	7.6	43
67	53	Nottingham Trent	53.9	80	78	62	19.7	4.53	286	4.1	57
68	76	Glamorgan	53.7	78	81	67	20.2	4.6	278	5.5	48
69	96	Winchester	53.6	79	83	67	17.7	2.52	274	6.1	49
70	69	Central Lancashire	53.4	83	83	70	18.4	5.89	259	4.0	55
71	57	UWIC	53.1	82	81	68	20.7	4.1	266	6.1	51
72	60	Hertfordshire	52.9	82	83	65	18.5	4	242	8.0	54
73	78	Brighton	52.8	80	82	65	18.8	4.55	288	6.0	53
74	79	Glasgow Caledonian	52.5	83	82	60	20.9	3.85	299	7.3	53
75	59	Hull	52.2	87	87	68	20.1	4.55	306	3.5	60
75	112	Middlesex	52.2	78	78	66	21.0	7.23	206	6.4	51
77	69	Staffordshire	51.9	82	82	66	21.7	5.66	238	4.7	56
78	88	Edge Hill	50.9	83	86	74	18.5	3.26	258	3.4	59
79	65	Bangor	50.8	86	87	67	20.7	5.35	286	4.0	54
80	79	Chester	50.5	78	82	68	17.2	3.29	270	4.8	58
81	77	University of West London	50.2	67	73	62		7.74	217	4.4	49
82	86	St Mary's UC, Twickenham	50.1	84	89	70	22.1	2.29	244	5.1	57
82	75	Brunel	50.1	75	76	59	20.2	4.32	325	6.7	54
84	110	Leeds Trinity University College	50.0	84	88	69	22.8	2.08	246	2.2	66
85	85	Portsmouth	49.9	84	85	66	20.5	4.94	282	3.3	52
86	74	Bradford	49.4	83	80	63	17.5	5.16	264	3.8	66
87	105	Westminster	49.0	73	75	60	17.1	3.99	271	7.5	49
88	79	Ulster	48.9	82	80	62	17.0	4.07	264	5.6	51
89	83	Cumbria	48.7	70	78	65	15.3	5.6	259	4.3	63
90	66	Birmingham City	48.4	73	78	63	20.9	5.34	261	5.5	65
91	84	Anglia Ruskin	47.8	70	77	67	22.7	7.7	252	5.2	50
92	98	Kingston	47.5	80	81	62	19.9	4.45	241	7.2	48
93	73	De Montfort	47.3	82	82	68	17.5	3.91	256	4.1	47
94	91	Derby	47.1	79	82	67	20.5	4.05	247	4.9	48
94	93	Swansea	47.1	84	84	64	16.5	3.93	311	4.3	56
96	90	York St John	46.5	81	84	72	21.2	5.84	280	4.0	48
97	89	Newman University College	45.8	83	86	74	17.7	3.53	235	3.3	63
97	106	Roehampton	45.8	79	82	60	18.8	3.39	258	5.4	54
99	102	Greenwich	45.7	84	84	72	23.3	4.45	209	5.0	50
100	114	London South Bank	45.3	81	82	65	23.3	3.96	198	6.5	44
101	-	Trinity Saint David	45.2	78	83	65	18.7	2.74	248	2.3	58
102	103	Bedfordshire	44.5	76	81	64	19.1	6.24	186	4.1	57
102	95	Glyndŵr	44.5	74	81	69	22.5	3.65	219	4.3	62
102	101	Leeds Met	44.5	77	78	62	20.6	4.05	267	4.4	51
105	92	Worcester	44.2	78	81	64	21.9	4.45	265	5.7	53
106	110	Abertay Dundee	43.2				19.4	2.68	242	4.6	55
107	107	Canterbury Christ Church	43.1	82	84	64	18.6	3.5	246	4.4	60
108	104	Manchester Met	42.7	75	79	63	20.6	3.21	270	4.8	52
109	108	Marjon (St Mark and St John)	41.7	83	86	67	26.2	2.23	237	4.1	59
109	100	Salford	41.7	78	80	64	23.8	3.52	278	4.3	51
111	109	Liverpool John Moores	40.6	77	77	61	20.9	4.03	258	5.7	48
112	113	Bucks New University	39.4	69	75	63	22.3	5.35	210	3.7	46
112	115	Southampton Solent	39.4	76	79	67	21.5	3.55	262	2.4	42
114	99	Newport	39.1	72	78	69	22.5	3.77	249	3.0	51
115	117	East London	36.9	76	77	63	23.3	3.89	197	5.4	43
116	116	Bolton	35.7	78	82	66	20.4	3.16	221	3.0	40
117	-	UC Suffolk	35.6	71	80	67	25.4		232	2.6	53
118	-	West of Scotland	34.5				20.1	3.57	239	2.4	54

University guide 2012: American studies

American culture, literature, history and politics - includes Canadian and Latin American studies

Rating	Name of institution	Guardian score /100	Satisfied with course (%)	Satisfied with teaching (%)	Satisfied with feedback (%)	Student:staff ratio	Spend per student (FTE)	Average entry tariff	Value-added score /10	Career after 6 mths
Note: Another provider that delivers courses in this subject area, but for whom there is insufficient data to calculate a ranking position, is Central Lancashire Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa); National Student Survey; Intelligent Metrix Ltd
1	Warwick	100.0	89	95	77	14.0	9	450	7
2	Leicester	90.6	96	97	87	18.1	7	389	7
3	UEA	86.2	90	95	78	16.9	9	365	7	44
4	Birmingham	81.6	95	91	78	20.6	9	365	6
5	Essex	74.0	90	94	71	16.7	7	273	8
6	Sussex	73.4	78	86	71	19.0	4	384	8	55
7	King's College London	72.3	75	86	62	17.1	8		9
8	Dundee	72.1	90	96	81	21.2	6	339
9	Keele	68.4	93	90	80	18.3	3	322	9
10	Nottingham	66.1	90	89	67	18.7	4	374	3	62
11	Manchester	65.9	80	91	52	20.4	8	404	4
12	Kent	64.4	95	90	79	13.0	5	294	2
13	Liverpool	60.8	79	82	52	18.8	8	352	7
14	Hull	58.8	97	98	81	17.9	2	292	2
15	Canterbury Christ Church	55.5	100	90	84	16.8	2	210	6
16	Winchester	54.5	91	92	74	18.4	2	245
17	Portsmouth	49.5	95	93	75	22.0	5	248	2
18	Liverpool John Moores	49.4	94	93	73	34.0	5		6
19	Derby	47.7	81	84	69	19.6	4	225
20	Swansea	44.8	75	82	72	19.7	4	301	3	37
21	Lincoln	32.9	72	83	82	28.4	3	270

University guide 2012: Engineering: chemical

Practical application of chemistry on a large scale, and how products can be manufactured - including chemical, process and energy engineering

Guardian University UK Tuesday 17 May 2011 00.08 BST

Rating

Name of institution

Guardian score /100

Satisfied with course (%)

Satisfied with teaching (%)

Satisfied with feedback (%)

Student:staff ratio

Spend per student (FTE)

Average entry tariff

Value-added score /10

Career after 6 mths

Note: Other providers that deliver courses in this subject area, but for whom there is insufficient data to calculate a ranking position, include West of Scotland, Oxford and Queen's, Belfast

Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa); National Student Survey; Intelligent Metrix Ltd

University guide 2012: Business and management studies

Covers business studies, management studies, finance, accounting, marketing, human resource management and business and administrative studies

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Rating	Name of institution	Guardian score /100	Satisfied with course (%)	Satisfied with teaching (%)	Satisfied with feedback (%)	Student:staff ratio	Spend per student (FTE)	Average entry tariff	Value-added score /10	Career after 6 mths
Note: Other providers that deliver courses in this subject area, but for whom there is insufficient data to calculate a ranking position, include Harper Adams UC, Cambridge, SOAS and UHI Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa); National Student Survey; Intelligent Metrix Ltd
1	Oxford	100.0				9.4		560	8	86
2	Warwick	97.2	91	85	59	16.0	10	488	8	77
3	City	94.9	92	85	67	21.1	10	413	9	64
4	St Andrews	89.3	89	90	68	19.5	6	524	10
5	UCL	88.3	86	86	64	13.3	9	445	7
6	Bristol	87.7	90	85	67	6.6		433	6
7	Strathclyde	87.2	91	88	66	19.5	9	417	9	65
8	Bath	85.3	90	86	63	21.7	8	464	8	79
9	Loughborough	82.6	92	91	77	27.2	7	421	7	73
10	Lancaster	82.5	89	85	66	18.6	8	412	6	84
11	Reading	81.7	82	81	52	18.1	10	396	7	77
12	Glasgow	79.1	92	87	60	23.2	8	428	7	70
12	London School of Economics	79.1	75	75	61	13.1	7	488	5	84
14	Exeter	78.5	91	89	67	28.9	6	450	8	74
15	Buckingham	77.2	92	86	77	6.6	4	259	2
16	Heriot-Watt	75.9	91	89	59	32.4	10	339	8	67
17	Nottingham	75.3	85	79	60	19.1	7	409	5	78
18	Birmingham	73.4	82	78	55	18.6	9	406	7	60
19	Robert Gordon	73.2	90	81	63	22.0	4	288	9	80
20	King's College London	72.9	80	85	61	23.1	4	466	4	74
20	Leeds	72.9	79	76	57	20.8	9	423	6	71
22	Stirling	71.5	91	86	71	22.1	4	309	9	59
23	Kent	71.4	91	81	71	21.4	7	312	3	79
24	Sunderland	71.0	82	87	70	20.0	10	239	9	38
25	Edinburgh	70.9	83	80	49	24.0	9	419	8	62
26	Durham	70.0	82	73	65	25.1	9	414	3	71
27	Aston	69.5	83	80	56	25.5	8	388	6	73
28	Manchester	66.6	79	76	50	18.5	9	411	4	65
29	Leicester	66.3	77	71	52	23.1	9	367	7	70
29	Queen's, Belfast	66.3	86	80	64	15.0	4	380	4	60
31	Cumbria	66.1	71	77	62	9.3	8	220	6	52
32	Cardiff	65.1	91	81	56	18.3	6	384	4	69
32	Lincoln	65.1	93	88	79	25.2	3	276	6	57
34	Newcastle	64.9	79	72	54	25.0	6	399	7	75
34	Oxford Brookes	64.9	86	79	62	19.6	6	315	7	57
36	Southampton	64.3	86	78	52	18.4	6	429	6	51
37	Edinburgh Napier	63.3	85	78	64	23.4	3	268	9	66
38	UEA	62.6	87	81	63	23.6	8	343	4	52
39	Liverpool	61.3	82	78	65	28.2	6	385	4	62
40	Northumbria	61.2	78	77	65	27.7	5	318	7	66
41	York	60.5	64	74	63	22.0	4	390	3
42	Trinity Saint David	60.4	81	83	72	19.7	3	264
43	Bradford	60.1	90	83	66	20.8	8	252	4	41
44	Royal Agricultural College	59.9	91	87	67	19.1	5	270	4	54
45	Aberdeen	59.0	76	79	67	30.1	4	324	6	61
46	Surrey	58.9	76	74	51	26.7	6	369	7	65
47	Plymouth	58.6	77	76	54	18.7	8	274	4	59
48	Coventry	58.2	79	76	63	18.7	4	290	8	49
48	Keele	58.2	82	75	64	18.1	5	280	3	59
50	Glamorgan	58.1	86	79	70	28.7	5	270	7	46
51	De Montfort	57.6	91	84	73	24.5	3	246	6	41
52	Bath Spa	57.1	89	83	72	27.0	3	267	9	32
52	Chester	57.1	71	76	60	19.0	3	255	8	56
54	Teesside	57.0	72	69	64	19.8	8	241	8	47
55	Dundee	56.9	88	84	57	28.0	4	325	5	53
56	Sheffield Hallam	56.7	83	76	62	27.4	4	282	8	58
57	Chichester	56.3	81	84	67	24.9	3	233	7
58	Sheffield	55.9	83	79	59	26.8	4	377	4	59
59	Bournemouth	55.6	80	82	63	30.4	6	310	6	55
60	Royal Holloway	55.4	78	74	58	21.5	4	377	4	51
61	UWE Bristol	55.2	80	78	61	22.0	4	266	7	55
62	Queen Margaret	55.1				22.0	2	245	9	42
63	Nottingham Trent	55.0	78	73	59	21.6	4	278	4	63
63	Portsmouth	55.0	88	83	61	20.8	4	272	3	50
65	Gloucestershire	54.6	78	74	62	34.0	5	258	9	58
65	Winchester	54.6	80	79	66	22.1	3	252	8	41
67	Greenwich	53.9	86	86	74	28.7	4	200	5	43
67	Salford	53.9	85	80	72	26.1	3	269	4	44
69	Glasgow Caledonian	53.5	85	81	59	28.9	3	297	9	37
70	Northampton	53.4	88	87	76	39.1	4	217	10	39
70	Queen Mary	53.4	79	75	59	26.1	5	364	4	49
72	Huddersfield	52.9	73	68	61	21.1	4	252	4	68
73	Central Lancashire	52.7	86	74	67	23.3	5	257	2	53
74	Middlesex	52.4	81	76	70	27.5	6	176	8	34
75	Brighton	52.3	76	76	66	26.1	3	271	6	51
76	Hertfordshire	52.1	82	76	63	27.3	4	227	9	40
77	Edge Hill	51.5	82	76	67	15.4	3	214	4	40
78	Sussex	51.4	80	73	38	22.9	3	355	7	71
79	Aberystwyth	50.8	88	78	67	29.1	3	275	4	51
80	Hull	50.2	89	83	64	35.6	6	278	3	53
81	Kingston	50.0	81	73	58	22.6	7	227	5	41
82	Bangor	48.8	85	75	63	28.6	5	260	4	49
83	Canterbury Christ Church	48.3	77	75	59	27.9	3	215	8	49
84	Westminster	48.0	72	66	56	19.8	4	270	7	47
85	Manchester Met	47.8	73	73	61	26.0	3	254	6	53
86	Ulster	47.2	86	76	60	29.8	3	261	6	42
87	Essex	46.9	78	71	60	22.5	4	291	2	52
88	Newport	46.4	86	85	85	27.4	3	250	1	26
88	Staffordshire	46.4	74	69	61	31.7	6	220	5	55
90	St Mary's UC, Twickenham	46.3	89	87	72	37.1	3	216	4
91	Birmingham City	46.0	70	74	51	36.2	6	235	9	56
92	London South Bank	45.9	86	81	67	33.1	4	183	8	29
93	East London	45.2	82	78	66	31.8	3	191	8	30
94	UWIC	45.0	79	71	62	25.6	3	235	7	43
95	Abertay Dundee	44.4				22.0	3	190	2	53
95	Roehampton	44.4	83	76	70	23.4	4	207	1	39
97	Brunel	43.5	66	64	54	37.6	4	339	8	52
98	Worcester	43.0	81	76	62	26.2	3	255	6	26
99	UC Suffolk	42.9	69	80	65	28.5		201	3
100	West of Scotland	42.8				22.5	3	235	4	28
101	Derby	42.7	78	72	62	23.2	4	214	4	32
102	York St John	41.5	86	81	66	30.6	5	251	1	40
103	Leeds Trinity University College	41.4	83	79	71	21.9	3	251	1
104	Anglia Ruskin	40.7	63	68	55	32.2	7	222	6	44
105	Southampton Solent	40.4	76	76	68	29.3	3	253	1	48
106	Swansea	39.8	76	70	59	30.1	3	312	3	40
107	Liverpool John Moores	39.7	84	75	60	35.1	4	252	4	38
108	University of the Arts, London	39.6	39	53	49	20.3	7	277	5	55
109	University of West London	37.5	71	65	55	17.6	6	206	2	17
110	Leeds Met	36.9	68	63	53	25.5	3	260	3	48
111	Bedfordshire	35.8	74	71	59	24.1	4	145	2	35
111	University College Birmingham	35.8	89	75	61	36.1	2	224	3	48
113	Glyndŵr	34.8	73	68	75	37.6	4	225
114	Bucks New University	34.6	65	68	59	24.9	4	182	2	47
115	Bolton	34.3	84	78	68	33.4	3	186	1
116	London Met	29.1	63	67	47	27.2	3	209	4	31

University guide 2012: Education

Study of how people develop and learn - including education studies, undergraduate teacher training and academic studies in education

guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 17 May 2011 00.08 BST

Rating	Name of institution	Guardian score /100	Satisfied with course (%)	Satisfied with teaching (%)	Satisfied with feedback (%)	Student:staff ratio	Spend per student (FTE)	Average entry tariff	Value-added score /10	Career after 6 mths
Note: Other providers that deliver courses in this subject area, but for whom there is insufficient data to calculate a ranking position, include Portsmouth, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Brunel, Essex and University College Birmingham Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa); National Student Survey; Intelligent Metrix Ltd
1	Cambridge	100.0	87	88	73	12.1	10	489	8	83
2	Huddersfield	91.3	90	92	89	14.8	8	282		98
3	Reading	91.2				12.1	9	325	9	77
4	UEA	86.9				11.2	10	311	8
5	Kingston	86.6				10.6	9	263	10	67
6	Stirling	85.1				17.0	6	321	9	93
7	Leeds	81.5	92	95	79	13.2	7	325	7
8	Aberdeen	77.5	85	92	68	17.2	10	280	5	85
9	Durham	77.3	100	97	73	21.3	7	390	3	91
10	Lancaster	75.4	82	83	53	5.7	8	389	2	80
11	Winchester	74.9	96	97	88	19.1	3	277	9	79
12	St Mary's UC, Belfast	73.6				13.7	2	353	9	90
13	Manchester	71.7	82	90	74	14.0		316	4
14	Dundee	71.4	93	90	89	16.1	3	306	8	84
15	Plymouth	70.2	81	81	79	17.9	9	292	7	74
16	Edinburgh	67.7	80	77	64	18.2	8	350	4	96
17	Oxford Brookes	67.6	88	88	66	15.4	6	288	8	73
18	Northumbria	67.2				22.1	5	318	2	90
19	Aberystwyth	66.9	92	93	82	13.7	6	253	4
20	Chichester	66.8	93	94	67	12.2	4	300	3	79
21	York	66.3	89	93	71	18.0	7	364	5
22	Hertfordshire	65.8	77	83	60	16.6	7	267	10	70
23	Sunderland	65.0	84	87	81	15.0	7	288	2	87
24	Sheffield Hallam	64.9	86	85	77	16.3	3	288	8	81
25	Newport	64.1	78	88	79	14.8	8	263	4	82
26	Keele	63.5	89	93	69	18.1	3	292	9
27	Cardiff	62.5	90	84	59	15.0	3	355	9	51
28	Edge Hill	62.3	86	90	73	20.8	4	292	5	85
29	Strathclyde	61.0	82	83	73	23.9	4	344	7	80
30	UWIC	60.8	85	77	68	20.3	8	270	7	75
31	Glamorgan	60.6				15.2	7	233	6
32	Stranmillis UC	60.4	82	87	66	18.4	2	330	8	82
33	Birmingham	60.2	86	84	61	24.9	8	345	7	59
34	Anglia Ruskin	59.1	74	74	69	19.5	9	289	5	83
35	St Mary's UC, Twickenham	58.2	93	92	81	24.2	2	283	6	85
36	Leeds Trinity University College	58.1				27.1	2	271	2	93
37	West of Scotland	56.7				23.9	3	286	6	94
38	Bishop Grosseteste UC	56.6				25.1	1	274	4	78
39	Goldsmiths	56.0	80	90	77	20.9	4	210	6	81
40	Teesside	55.8	79	83	80	26.2	9	236	4
40	Worcester	55.8	78	77	67	20.7	8	281	6	66
42	York St John	55.5	82	85	68	22.0	5	302	6	77
43	Glasgow	55.1				22.0	5	331	6	98
43	Northampton	55.1	89	88	72	24.8	6	274	7	65
45	Warwick	55.0	56	68	62	18.8	9	359	6	54
46	De Montfort	54.9	87	84	71	7.1	7	263	4	41
47	Canterbury Christ Church	54.8	68	76	63	15.8	6	325	2	89
48	Bangor	54.7	100	94	73	26.7	5	280	4	61
49	UWE Bristol	54.2	87	89	69	25.0	2	257	10	69
50	Leeds Met	53.9	85	85	71	21.2	4	290	6	72
51	Ulster	53.8	84	87	78	18.9	3	239	4
52	Central Lancashire	53.5	80	85	75	21.0		201	5	68
53	Brighton	52.7	74	80	60	19.8	4	317	5	79
53	Derby	52.7	91	90	83	17.6	2	250	6	58
55	Bath Spa	52.3	74	81	74	22.3	4	282	8	66
56	Southampton Solent	51.0	92	96	94	30.3	2	257	1
57	Middlesex	50.9	69	78	65	22.9	9	198	5	79
57	Roehampton	50.9	87	88	68	22.6	3	267	6	73
59	Liverpool John Moores	50.6	78	80	64	18.5	5	258	8	60
60	Glyndŵr	50.3	92	91	74	25.0	3	247	7	64
61	Marjon (St Mark and St John)	48.3	77	84	77	29.2	2	254	6	83
62	Chester	48.2	59	66	63	14.8	5	278	5	68
63	Bedfordshire	47.7	75	74	62	15.6	8	211	3	75
64	Manchester Met	47.4	71	81	60	23.7	3	278	6	79
65	Bolton	47.1	70	81	55	17.9	8	219
66	Gloucestershire	46.6	83	80	51	24.5	7	271	3	77
67	Hull	44.4	78	84	63	24.8	5	266	2	74
68	Nottingham Trent	43.8	72	74	64	23.6	4	282	5	76
69	Newman University College	43.3	72	78	65	16.4	4	247	3	62
70	Birmingham City	43.0	68	83	67	28.3	4	286	2	82
71	Cumbria	36.9	49	58	46	21.4	6	261	4	76
72	Greenwich	36.0	79	81	68	24.3	5	207	2	64
73	Trinity Saint David	35.0	77	83	60	19.9	2	249	1	65
74	East London	30.1	77	79	73	21.9	3	179	5	39
75	London Met	29.3	63	68	53	14.3	5	181	2	57

Tuition fees 2010/11: find out how much each university charges

Tuition fees for universities could rocket as the government lifts the cap following the Browne review

Students in Lecture theatre wed

Simon Rogers

guarden thn.co.uk, Tuesday 12 October 2010 11.44 BST(Article History)

Cambridge

100.0

13.1

576

UCL

88.7

14.6

457

Birmingham

88.6

14.5

461

Imperial College

83.9

19.2

521

Newcastle

83.8

13.3

415

Aston

81.3

13.2

326

Loughborough

77.3

19.3

432

Bath

66.7

22.4

474

Surrey

66.7

100

26.0

410

Nottingham

65.0

14.2

442

Heriot-Watt

64.3

100

18.2

336

Edinburgh

63.1

15.2

447

Manchester

61.6

18.9

483

Leeds

61.0

15.8

432

Swansea

58.5

15.9

283

Strathclyde

56.8

23.0

417

Teesside

53.4

16.8

256

Sheffield

52.2

16.2

419

London South Bank

34.7

27.3

220

Tuition fees in the news today.

The independent review recommends that the current cap on tuition fees of £3,290 a year be removed. A new system of financing universities will allow for a 10% increase in student places to meet rising demand for a degree-level education, the Browne review proposes. Graduates will start repaying the cost of their degrees when they start earning £21,000 a year, up from £15,000 under the current system. There will be a tapered levy on institutions charging more than £6,000 per year.
So, how much do universities charge now? Thanks to Mike Reddin, of the publicgoods website, now we know. You can read about how he did it here.
Although undergraduate tuition fees are capped, there is still a lot of variation. Students in Scotland, for instance, have their fees waived. And, while universities can only charge £3,290 tuition fees for UK undergrads now, the rates for stufents from other countries can be huge. Cambridge University, for instance, charges £18,573 to overseas students studying science.

Tuition fees by university, 2010/11

University / College	Standard Under- grad home/ EU fee	Under- grad over- seas fee Band 1 (Arts/ Classroom- based course)	Undergrad Overseas fee Band 2 (Science/ Lab-based)
SOURCE: Public Goods All data collected as from March 2010 by direct enquiry of the universities/colleges named, or, derived from their Web sites and then confirmed with the institution 2010/11 - Undergraduate degrees (£pa - median fee given where range)
University of Aberdeen	1,820	9,500	11,800
University of Abertay, Dundee	1,820	9,250	9,250
Aberystwyth University	3,290	8,870	11,250
Anglia Ruskin University	3,290	9,500	10,500
Aston University	3,290	10,700	13,950
Bangor University	3,290	9,120	10,200
University of Bath	3,290	11,000	14,000
Bath Spa University	3,290	9,962	9,962
University of Bedfordshire	3,290	8,950	8,950
Birkbeck, University of London	3,288	11,004	11,004
University of Birmingham	3,290	10,800	13,950
Birmingham City University	3,290	9,250	9,250
Birmingham Conservatoire	3,290	12,750	12,750
University College Birmingham	3,290	7,500	7,500
Bishop Grosseteste University College	3,290	8,100	8,100
The University of Bolton	3,290	7,900	7,900
Bournemouth University	3,290	9,500	10,500
The Arts University College at Bournemouth	3,290	10,500	10,500
University of Bradford	3,290	9,000	11,400
University of Brighton	3,290	9,900	11,160
University of Bristol	3,290	11,900	14,950
Brunel University	3,290	9,750	11,765
The University of Buckingham	8,640	14,100	14,100
Buckinghamshire New University	3,290	8,100	8,800
University of Cambridge	3,290	15,252	18,573
Canterbury Christ Church University	3,290	8,880	8,880
Cardiff University	3,290	10,100	12,950
Central School of Speech and Drama	3,290	15,000	16,320
University of Chester	3,290	9,655	12,625
University of Chichester	3,290	8,500	9,700
City University London	3,290	8,900	11,500
City College Norwich	3,290	7,567	7,567
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama	3,290	13,970	13,970
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School	3,290	13,970	13,970
Central School of Ballet	3,290	13,970	13,970
The Circus Space	3,290	13,970	13,970
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art	3,290	13,970	13,970
London Contemporary Dance School	3,290	13,970	13,970
Northern School of Contemporary Dance	3,290	13,970	13,970
Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance	3,290	13,970	13,970
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art	3,290	13,970	13,970
Courtauld Institute of Art	3,290	12,900	12,900
Coventry University	3,290	8,560	9,100
University of Cumbria	3,290	8,325	8,325
De Montfort University	3,290	8,750	9,250
University of Derby	3,290	8,500	8,800
University of Dundee	1,820	8,750	11,025
University of Durham	3,290	11,400	14,865
Edge Hill University	3,290	8,200	8,200
University of Edinburgh	1,820	11,600	15,250
Edinburgh College of Art	1,820	10,650	10,650
Edinburgh Napier University	1,820	9,120	10,600
University of Essex	3,290	9,990	11,990
European Business School	12,795	12,795	12,795
University of Exeter	3,290	11,100	13,200
University College Falmouth incorporating Dartington College of Arts	3,290	9,339	9,339
University of Glamorgan	3,290	9,500	9,500
University of Glasgow	1,820	10,750	14,000
Glasgow Caledonian University	1,820	9,500	10,500
The Glasgow School of Art	1,820	10,200	10,200
Glyndŵr University	3,290	6,950	6,950
University of Gloucestershire	3,290	8,615	8,615
Goldsmiths College	3,290	10,425	13,825
University of Greenwich	3,290	8,950	8,950
Guildhall School of Music and Drama	3,290	15,960	15,960
Harper Adams University College	3,290	8,750	8,750
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh	1,820	9,730	12,270
University of Hertfordshire	3,290	8,000	8,000
Heythrop College, University of London	3,290	5,938	5,938
University of Huddersfield	3,290	10,500	11,500
University of Hull	3,290	9,800	11,900
Imperial College London	3,290	19,800	20,750
Institute of Education University of London	3,290	9,906	9,906
Keele University	3,290	9,500	11,800
University of Kent	3,290	10,850	12,950
Kings College London	3,290	12,500	15,850
Kingston University London	3,290	9,600	10,650
University of Wales Lampeter	3,290	9,348	9,348
Lancaster University	3,290	10,500	13,060
University of Leeds	3,290	10,900	14,200
Leeds College of Music	3,290	10,650	10,650
Leeds Metropolitan University	3,290	8,625	9,500
Leeds Trinity University College	3,290	7,957	8,554
University of Leicester	3,290	9,825	13,150
University of Lincoln	3,290	10,292	10,914
University of Liverpool	3,290	9,870	12,600
Liverpool Hope University	3,290	6,980	6,980
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts	3,290	11,335	11,335
Liverpool John Moores University	3,290	9,950	10,600
London Business School	"na"	"na"	"na"
London Metropolitan University	3,290	9,600	9,600
LSE - London School of Economics & Political Science	3,290	13,680	13,680
LSHTM - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	"na"	"na"	"na"
London South Bank University	3,290	9,040	9,040
Loughborough University	3,290	10,990	14,400
The University of Manchester	3,290	11,300	14,200
Manchester Metropolitan University	3,290	8,555	9,255
Middlesex University	3,290	9,900	9,900
Newcastle University	3,290	10,525	13,765
Newman University College, Birmingham	3,290	8,250	8,250
University of Wales, Newport	3,290	7,950	8,950
The University of Northampton	3,290	8,750	8,750
Northumbria University	3,290	9,000	9,500
Norwich University College of the Arts	3,290	9,250	9,250
University of Nottingham	3,290	10,880	14,260
Nottingham Trent University	3,290	10,100	10,700
Open University [modular fees]	1,300	3,405	3,405
University of Oxford	3,290	17,892	19,692
Oxford Brookes University	3,290	10,200	10,900
University of Plymouth	3,290	8,925	8,925
University of Portsmouth	3,290	9,200	10,500
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh	1,820	9,700	10,700
Queen Mary, University of London	3,290	10,250	12,500
Queen's University Belfast	3,290	9,889	12,115
Ravensbourne	3,290	9,250	9,250
University of Reading	3,290	10,200	12,300
Regents Business School London	12,170	12,170	12,170
Richmond the American International University in London	15,400	15,400	15,400
The Robert Gordon University	1,820	8,800	10,040
Roehampton University	3,290	9,599	9,599
Rose Bruford College	3,290	15,000	15,000
Royal Academy of Music	3,290	17,570	17,570
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester	3,225	7,645	7,645
Royal College of Music	3,290	17,700	17,700
Royal Holloway, University of London	3,290	12,657	13,290
Royal Northern College of Music	3,290	14,300	14,900
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama	1,820	12,498	12,498
Royal Veterinary College	3,290	8,660	8,660
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama	3,290	15,000	15,000
University of Salford	3,290	9,050	11,250
The School of Pharmacy, University of London	3,290	12,950	12,950
Scottish Agricultural College	1,820	8,500	8,500
University of Sheffield	3,290	10,940	14,380
Sheffield Hallam University	3,290	9,480	11,280
SOAS - School of Oriental & African Studies	3,290	12,600	12,600
University of Southampton	3,290	10,400	13,300
Southampton Solent University	3,290	8,600	8,600
University of St Andrews	1,820	12,600	12,600
St George's, University of London	3,290	13,000	16,130
University College Plymouth St Mark & St John	3,290	8,900	8,900
St Mary's University College, Belfast	3,290	-	-
St Mary's University College, Twickenham	3,290	7,900	7,900
Staffordshire University	3,290	9,385	9,385
University of Stirling	1,820	9,900	11,950
Stranmillis University College, Belfast	3,290	9,889	9,889
University of Strathclyde	1,820	9,800	12,600
University of Sunderland	3,290	8,550	8,550
University of Surrey	3,290	11,250	12,500
University of Sussex	3,290	10,475	13,375
Swansea University	3,290	9,500	12,200
Swansea Metropolitan University	3,290	8,000	8,000
University of Teesside	3,290	8,950	8,950
Thames Valley University	3,290	7,990	9,350
Trinity University College	3,290	9,348	9,348
Trinity Laban - Laban fees	3,290	13,750	13,750
Trinity Laban - Trinity fees	3,290	13,750	13,750
University College London	3,290	12,770	16,275
University of East Anglia	3,290	10,400	13,000
UHI Millennium Institute	1,820	6,885	8,125
University of Ulster	3,290	9,020	9,020
University for the Creative Arts	3,290	10,500	10,500
University of Central Lancashire	3,290	8,950	9,950
University of East London	3,290	9,990	10,200
University of the Arts London	3,290	12,250	12,250
Camberwell College of Arts	3,290	12,250	12,250
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design	3,290	12,250	12,250
Chelsea College of Art and Design	3,290	12,250	12,250
London College of Communication	3,290	12,250	12,250
London College of Fashion	3,290	12,250	12,250
Wimbledon College of Art	3,290	12,250	12,250
University of West of England, Bristol	3,290	9,250	9,700
University of Wales Institute Cardiff	3,290	8,000	9,200
University of Warwick	3,290	11,500	15,000
University of Westminster	3,290	10,125	10,125
University of the West of Scotland	1,820	9,300	10,050
The University of Winchester	3,290	8,370	8,370
University of Wolverhampton	3,290	9,150	9,150
University of Worcester	3,290	8,500	8,500
Writtle College, Chelmsford	3,290	7,930	7,930
University of York	3,290	11,300	14,850
York St John University	3,290	7,250	11,250
Averages 2010/11	3,323	10,463	11,435

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