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Beat the competition to your dream job Turton Trail Next steps in Training, Employment and Education J. Bach Turton Careers 8b 3/28/2019 In the rush to achieve our dream job, we often overlook the opportunities on our doorstep. This edition looks at the opportunities in the locality- places where you could study and still stay home avoiding accommodation fees OR alternatively, move out of home and still stay in close contact with friends in the area, with a shorter commute for those home cooked meals! To contact us [email protected]. Turton Trail How are universities rated?… University of Nottingham > University of Oxford > Although there are ‘official’ systems for ranking Queen Mary University of London > a university there is nothing that beats paying a visit and seeing how it feels to be there- Are Queen’s University Belfast > the people there friendly? Is it a safe University of Sheffield > environment? Is there good support? Does University of Southampton > your course cover interesting content? University College London > Does the course provide the qualification needed for your ideal job? What are the University of Warwick > facilities like? Are there plenty of University of York > opportunities for other activities? What’s the local town/area like? Do I need to travel far to get home? Is there a good transport Why stay in Greater system to get you from your accommodation to the uni/ home? …etc. Manchester?… The official ranking systems tend to rely on There are 50,000 full time and another 50,000 surveys of student satisfaction plus the volume part time students in Manchester which is the of published articles in journals, research largest concentration of students in any funding, prestige of professors etc. One group European city. of universities is known as the Russell Group- these are a self-appointed club of 24 universities who have good research University of Manchester is ranked as the reputations and will have a wide influence on 57th best university in the world in the 2019 the region, the nation and also internationally. rankings. The 24 universities are below but don’t assume “The University of Manchester is a Russell that these are the best ones for you! As you Group University. With almost 40,000 students, can see there are two from this region- it boasts the largest student community in the University of Manchester and the University of UK. Liverpool. With all its higher education institutions combined, the city of Manchester has the University of Birmingham > largest student population in Europe, which University of Bristol > makes for a lively and welcoming atmosphere University of Cambridge > for its student body, that come from all over the world. Cardiff University > Teaching at the university is divided into four Durham University > faculties, each housing individual schools. University of Edinburgh > These are the faculties of Life Sciences, University of Exeter > Humanities, Medical and Human Sciences, and Engineering and Physical Sciences. University of Glasgow > The university campus, situated on Oxford Imperial College London > Road, is the largest estate in UK higher King's College London > education, spanning 270 hectares with 245 University of Leeds > buildings, 24 of which are listed. It is within University of Liverpool > walking distance from the city centre and close to Curry Mile, a road famous for its curry London School of Economics and Political houses and Middle Eastern supermarkets. Science > Travelling up Curry Mile, you find yourself in University of Manchester > Fallowfield, the student village that is home to Newcastle University > many of the university’s halls of residence as Page 1 Turton Trail well as a vast array of pubs, bars and food outlets. University of Salford is ranked much more The university’s library holds more than four modestly in the Times rankings but still has a million printed books and manuscripts, over lot to offer. 41,000 electronic journals and 500,000 e- “The University of Salford is located less than books. It is also one of just five National two miles from the city centre of Manchester in Research Libraries. The John Ryland’s Library, North West England. located in town, is a grade-I listed neo-Gothic building that houses 250,00 printed volumes The university can be traced back to two and more than a million in its archives. institutions that emerged during the industrial revolution of the 19th century: the Pendleton Other notable buildings owned by the Mechanics Institute and the Salford Working university are the Whitworth art gallery, which Men’s College - both of which were founded in has benefited from a recent £15 million the 1850s to cater for the demand for industrial renovation, the Manchester Museum, and the skills. Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire. These two institutions became the Royal Manchester claims to having the largest alumni Technical Institute, Salford, just before the turn network of any campus-based university in the of the last century, which in turn became the UK, comprising more than 300,000 people Royal Technical College, Salford, in the 1920s. from over 190 countries. Among them are the actor Benedict Cumberbatch and the physicist After splitting again in 1958, two separate Brian Cox. institutions developed, known as University College Salford and the University of Salford In addition, the university also counts 25 Nobel (this name was used for the first time in 1967). Prize winners among its current and former In 1996, the two merged again under the staff and students.” [source] University of Salford name. In addition to the main Peel Park campus, the university has a big presence in MediaCityUK, a development on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal which also houses offices for - among others - the BBC and ITV. This gives students the chance to work in close proximity to media professionals. In 2004, the university began a £150 million investment programme. This included the building of the £22 million Mary Seacole Building, which now houses the College of Health and Social Care, and the Law School’s £10 million Lady Hale Building. The University of Salford’s main library is named in honour of its first ever vice- chancellor, Clifford Whitworth. Among its well- known alumni are comedians Peter Kay and Jason Manford, and the actor Sir Ben Kingsley.” Page 2 Turton Trail University of Lancaster is a 40minute trip up University of Liverpool: the M6 and is accessible with a short train ride “The University of Liverpool is a public from Bolton. university and a member of the Russell Group “Lancaster University is a collegiate university of research-led universities. in the UK city of Lancaster and a member of Established as University College Liverpool in the N8 Research Partnership: an association 1881, it opened its doors to its first set of of the eight most research intensive students in 1882, in what was a disused lunatic universities in the North of England. asylum. The university dates back to 1947 when a Its iconic Victoria Building, designed by the public meeting in Lancaster supported the English architect Alfred Waterhouse in 1892, is proposal for a university college to be founded a tourist attraction in its own right. This Grade in the city, although it was 1964 before its first II listed building, build in the Gothic style, students were admitted. Its original site was in inspired the term ‘redbrick university’, now St Leonard’s Gate in the middle of the city. used to refer to a set of British universities Today, the campus occupies a picturesque, established in leading industrial English cities 360-acre parkland site three miles from the city during the Victorian age. centre. The university’s motto translates into English Lancaster is one of just a few universities as ‘These days of peace foster learning’. within the UK to have a collegiate system. It is home to nine colleges overall, eight for It became an independent university and undergraduate students and one for adopted the name the University of Liverpool, postgraduates. in 1903. The campus has the feel of a small town with Today, the university is home to around 30,000 banks, shops, cafes, restaurants, bars, a pre- students, including 7,000 international students school centre and health services. from 127 countries, as well as 195,000 alumni and 6,000 staff. Students can also enjoy the campus’s own theatre and art gallery, home to an Among its alumni are the broadcast journalist international art collection that includes Jon Snow, and former Poet Laureate Carol Japanese and Chinese art, antiquities, and Ann Duffy, while nine Nobel Laureates have works by 20th century British and European passed through its doors. artists, including Miró and Ernst. It also claims a presence on every continent, The university is located close to mountains including a Chinese joint venture university in and the sea. The Lake District National Park the World Heritage City of Suzhou (Liverpool and the Forest of Bowland, areas of was the first UK higher education institution to outstanding natural beauty, are both within establish an independent university in China), close proximity. to research stations located in the Arctic. Lancaster has a strong reputation globally. Its As well as being the birthplace of the Beatles, international partnerships with higher the city of Liverpool also boasts the most education institutions include Sunway number of museums and galleries in the UK University College in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,