Thailand To Get Its First British University

[Thongkorn]

I wounder how many British students get a Visa to study in Thailand, and run off to earn some money.

[jayboy]

What a bunch of moronic comments. You guys really need to pull your heads out your own <deleted>. If you are shining examples of graduates from "real" British Unis you make a good case for avoiding such establishments...

Polytechnic? Oh my god, how awful... I cringe at your comments. How out of touch are you people? Elitist muppets, the lot of you.

The number of universities in Britain almost doubled this fall, as 38 former polytechnic schools or colleges changed status and names - ending a distinction that had more to do with the nation's deep-rooted class-consciousness than academic reality.

For years, the polytechnics have been turning out some of Britain's best scientists and technologists - without neglecting the humanities and social sciences - while being seen by much of the general public as second best to the traditional universities.... many people looked down on the polytechnics "out of snobbery or ignorance."

I don't think anyone is saying The University of Central Lancashire is not a good university just because it was formerly a polytechnic.

The fact is standards vary between universities and are measured and compared via various rankings, none of which rank this university towards the top.

Where would you prefer your children to study if they had a choice between Cambridge University or Anglia Ruskin University (formerly Anglia polytechnic)?

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Depends on what course they would be takling. Cambridge and Oxford are not the "be all and end all" of British universities, anymore than Eton and Harrow are for schools.

As is evident from a number of posts on this thread the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge are rather misunderstood.Of course there are plenty of other good universities in the UK and bright applicants increasingly opt for these particularly when specific courses are strong.Universities like UCL, Bristol, KCL and Edinburgh (and the elite Russell Group generally) feel no sense of inferiority to Oxbridge nor should they.Nevertheless the fact remains Oxford and Cambridge are pre-eminent and attract many of the best and brightest.A common misconception is that the Oxbridge admissions system actively courts the wealthy and privileged.Nothing could be further from the truth though admittedly there is a high proportion of independent educated students (about 50%) from memory.But the driving ambition of Oxbridge admissions is to attract the brightest students regardless of social class.There is no welcome carpet for upper class duffers.