Posts Tagged ‘ UCAS ’

How good is the Good University Guide?

June 6, 2009
By Duncan Robinson
How good is the Good University Guide?

Was it good for you? The Times have published the holy grail of university rankings. Not for them the hilarious inaccuracy of the Guardian’s league tables – such as ranking Bangor fifth for Maths, despite it not having a maths department – the Good University Guide is generally regarded as the most trustworthy and...
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Cambridge ignores UCAS personal statements

May 22, 2009
By Duncan Robinson
Cambridge ignores UCAS personal statements

The admissions tutor at Cambridge has revealed that the university pays scant attention to personal statements. Duncan Robinson explains why this is a good thing and how university admissions as a whole are completely flawed.
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How did I end up here?

January 21, 2009
By Alice-May Purkiss

University is a funny beast. I always thought that I would go to university as it is now the ‘done thing,’ but I never really thought a lot about what I wanted to study, where I wanted to study, or even, perhaps most importantly, if I actually wanted to go to university at all....
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