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• Thread: 141 Goods vs 72 No Goods

1. Economist
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   By undergraduate student quality:
   1. Cambridge 218 points
   2. St Andrews 215 points
   3. Oxford 209 points
   4. Strathclyde 203 points
   5. LSE 202 points
   6. UCL 198 points
   7. Glasgow 196 points
   8. Edinburgh 188 points
   9=. Durham 186 points
   9=. Warwick 186 points
   11. Bath 180 points
   12=. Aberdeen 176 points
   12=. King's College London 176 points

   @9572 - Cambridge has better quality undergrads than Oxford. And Imperial doesn't even offer Economics at undergrad. Seems like you're very poorly informed.

   The averages aren’t even particularly relevant since the gap between Oxbridge and others in undergrad quality is high (and Oxbridge’s interviews ensure that very talented students whose marks may be slightly lower are admitted).

   The top students only really can have any serious impact on the profession and LSE, owing to its history in the field of economics, its high quality faculty and location, enrolls some students from the far right tail as well. The remaining top economics students enroll elsewhere and spread across a number of places (though average high school students may find a passion for intensively studying economics at the university).

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2. Economist
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   St Andrews used to be below Glasgow but it shot up because Oxford and Cambridge decided they didn't want so many people who came from top schools even if they had good A levels. So these sort of people go to Durham and St Andrews even tho unlike Oxford and Cambridge (and Glasgow/Edinburgh) they're not big research-intensive universities.

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3. Economist
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   Also Prince William finding Kate there created a sort of St Andrews advert for posh folks.

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4. Economist
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   St Andrews used to be below Glasgow but it shot up because Oxford and Cambridge decided they didn't want so many people who came from top schools even if they had good A levels. So these sort of people go to Durham and St Andrews even tho unlike Oxford and Cambridge (and Glasgow/Edinburgh) they're not big research-intensive universities.

   used to... maybe 50 years ago. St Andrews has always had stronger ugrads than Glasgow, no contest.

   This may just be because of a numbers game since St Andrews is smaller, but it's also because Glasgow attracts largely Scottish and Chinese students whereas St Andrews attracts applicants from across the UK and around the world.

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5. Economist
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   By undergraduate student quality:
   1. Cambridge 218 points
   2. St Andrews 215 points
   3. Oxford 209 points
   4. Strathclyde 203 points
   5. LSE 202 points
   6. UCL 198 points
   7. Glasgow 196 points
   8. Edinburgh 188 points
   9=. Durham 186 points
   9=. Warwick 186 points
   11. Bath 180 points
   12=. Aberdeen 176 points
   12=. King's College London 176 points

   @9572 - Cambridge has better quality undergrads than Oxford. And Imperial doesn't even offer Economics at undergrad. Seems like you're very poorly informed.

   King's definitely deserves to be at the bottom of the list. Student quality does not matter in the least. A lot of faculty is equally rubbish as well especially in the Business School.

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Post <blockquote><blockquote>^ yes, whichever way you look at it, the strategy of the main professional association of academic economists in the UK is not doing anything to save the discipline from death. I wouldn't be surprised if Econ is merged with business in REFs beyond 2020. Think about it: the quality of research of any department submitted to the Econ panel is far above any in the business panel outside the top 7/8. And yet, Econ departments keep disappearing (and not for lack of students).</blockquote> I agree. With my research profile (I am an economist in a business school) I will be a stronger candidate in a business school than in Economics. And I know that economics schools won't give a s**te about my industry based research (I publish in both Keele and ABS journals), so I am effectively lost for economics schools even though I can contribute in terms of both teaching and research. So from my perspective - the more economics departments move to B schools the better for my career. Not that I will want to stay in the UK postbrexit (and I am a British citizen)</blockquote>

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