Product Description

The Times Good University Guides have been the stadard in their field since 1992, and this year’s edition is no different. Authoritative, comprehensive and respected, this book uses the most reliable data, analysed and interpreted by a team of experts, to help you find the best college for your needs.

Since 1992, The Times has produced the most widely respected and used university league tables. The Times Good University Guide 2004 takes the key measures of quality as its focus, so you can make informed choices of university and subjects. Still unique and still controversial, the rankings provide hard data, analyses, interpreted and presented by a team of experts.

The 2004 edition of the best-selling Good University Guide has been further extended, now offering:
• Unique league table ranking to Britain’s universities, which enables readers to assess strengths and weaknesses of each university.
• Over 60 tables giving the best universities for particular subjects.
• Advice on how to select a course and a university.
• Guidance on how to apply and pay your way through university.
• A new chapter on accommodation while you are there.
• Two pages of information on each university.
• Detailed coverage of Oxford and Cambridge colleges.
• Information specifically designed for international students.

This is the only guide you will need when choosing the college that is right for you.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #877079 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06-02
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
If you're a 17-year-old, or his or her parents, desperately trying to find objective information, try The Times Good University Guide based on The Times's league tables published annually since 1992. This is especially useful now that there are no official government league tables to enable you to compare higher education institutions.

The Guide ranks the top 100 universities from Oxford to Thames Valley in terms of teaching assessment, graduate destinations, efficiency and other criteria in a user-friendly table. Then you can look up the subject you want to study and read a double page spread about each university--including statistics, contact details and miscellaneous information. There's useful guidance about application procedures and accommodation too. Armed with the knowledge that Glasgow Caledonian "has spent £350 million transforming previously mediocre facilities into a single campus that does justice to a modern university of 14,000 students", or that Nottingham, second only to Cambridge in the number of subjects rated for teaching at the highest level, has 14,315 undergraduate students and 8.9 applicants per place, you really are in a good position to decide where to apply.

It is difficult to see how anyone could make a realistic university application without studying John O'Leary's handy annual guide, although it's a pity it wasn't proof-read more thoroughly. --Susan Elkin

Review
Previous edition: "The most comprehensive guide to making a good choice of university" The School Librarian "Infinitely better than many 'alternative' prospectuses" RC,Senior Tutor at Cranleigh School "It is difficult to see how anyone could make a realistic university choice without studying John O'Leary's handy annual guide."Sue Elkin,for Amazon.co.uk

From the Back Cover

'The Times Good University Guide' is the indispensable guide to Britain's universities

• Everything you need to know to pick your way through the higher education maze
• Fully revised league tables show the strengths and weaknesses of every university
• University rankings by subject list the best places for 'you' to study your chosen course

Also contains:
• detailed entry requirements
• step-by-step guidelines on how to apply
• university profiles
• university town and city guides