doodles wrote:
Loopyloulou wrote:
I think this trend towards "polytechnics" offering professional qualifications (eg Harper Adams "University" will soon be teaching VetMed) is a worrying development.
I find this opinion a rather worrying development, I thought we had got beyond this uni/poly divide. As others have said all degrees require the necessary accreditation so must be of the same standard and they certainly cost the same as those offered at the older institutions. Talking of "polytechnics" says more about the OP's age than anything else

and I'm sure some of the facilities available at the newer institutions would be very welcome anywhere.
DS1 has a very positive first hand experience of clearing, he had a gap year already planned but didn't want to reapply so went into clearing last summer. He has ended up on a better course which he starts in September ..... At a "poly"

Since he wants to study Architecture, it's likely that DS2 will have quite a few former Polytechnics on his list to visit, since they are often the 'umbrella' under which the original local institution teaching it ('eventually', in some cases) ended up. The courses at NUA and Birmingham City University look particularly interesting (to me - the decision re where to apply and which of his offers - if I'd is successful - to firm will be his).
And I can think of a lot of places less suitable than Harper Adams to offer VetSci...