JustBugsMe
Strathclyde isn't an ex-poly, it was founded in 1964.
I think this page should be re-organised into something like:
Oxbridge
Other top universities (e.g. Imperial, LSE, UCL, Durham, Warwick, St Andrews)
Russell group (that aren't listed above)
1994 group ('')
Other universities
Former polytechnics
Clown colleges
The current order doesn't make much sense. This order wouldn't be entirely representative of reputation, but at least be in a rough order.
In this order both Strathclyde and Salford would be listed under "other universiites".
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This article definitely still needs work; for a start having "Third place universities" and "other top univserities" would appear to be redundant unless the "third place" thing is intended to be something of a footnote to the Oxbridge section, but it's formatted as a subsection of the list.
Also, that list of four Scottish unis seems really out of place; these are the only Universities given an example listing under "third place unis" despite English universities mentioned in that paragraph having their examples listed lower down the page.
Basically the way this list is written is prtty confusing, I'd like to do something about it but I really don't know enough about how most of these universities compare to one another to try it myself.
Strathclyde should surely qualify, at least in the ex-polytechnic unis. It's the main contender in Glasgow against Glasgow uni, and it focuses on Engineering and Science. 'Glasgow for letters, Strathclyde for numbers' etc. It's got an excellent rep in the engineering community, and has a very strong business school as well. I also recall it has the biggest student union pool hall, but I feel that would weaken my argument if relied upon...
Degrees - if you've come up through the O-level>BTEC National Diploma>BTEC HND>upgrade to degree path - this is the more acceptable form of ordinary degree - as BTEC courses are much more modular and based on consistent workload than some degrees.
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Where would the university of Salford fit into the list? It's mostly known for its vocational degrees, but not in a bad way.
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