Product Description

This is the insider's guide to everything you need to know before choosing a university or college. This book includes summaries of teaching quality, student satisfaction and job prospects, plus current students tell you how they rate the city, what the social scene and mix of people are like, style of accommodation and local sport amongst much else.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #182167 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 496 pages

Review
"'The best bar none' Times Educational Supplement 'This is a very impressive piece of work' Careers Advisor 'The new student bible' Nottingham Evening Post"

Careers Adviser Magazine
`This is a very impressive piece of work... a serious and honest
picture of student life at each major higher education establishment in the
UK... VAG looks set to take over as the nation's favourite antidote to the
occasional excesses of the higher education marketing professionals.'

The London Evening Standard
`The value of this book lies in the info-crammed pages on
universities, starting with Aberdeen and ending with York.'

Customer Reviews

It worked for us
When my daughter was applying for university we bought the Virgin Guide and friends bought other guides so we could all swap. I preferred this one although it doesn't give huge detail about individual courses. Where it seems to score is on giving an accurate flavour of how it will feel to be at a particular university for 3 or more years. My daughter is in her 2nd year now and re-reading what the Virgin Guide said about her university and the city, I think the portrayal of the whole experience is remarkably accurate.

Shoulda read this before applying
This is by far the best guide to what it is like to actualy live at university and the practicalities of studying there which goes beyond league tables. It gives rankings of elements of a non academic nature such as the male female split and the national football/hockey/rugby rankings. It also rates the social life, and this is where I fell down. Because I ignored the advice of this book before I applied I am now at a university whose course is in the top 10 in the times however socially I hate it. I am now using this guide to help inform my decision on where to transfer to. I beg you to read this guide carefully and make a decision based on this and academic league tables, it will save your future and your life. Ive wasted 5 weeks at a university I now hate and as a result have missed the deadlines for one of the Oxbridge courses I wanted to re-appy for.

Generaly I dislike richard branson and most of his products (especially his trains) but this is one virgin brand product which is definately worth the investment.