University Choices

[Abi]

Have you got all your offers Abi?

I've got 4 offers, so far. I have an interview at the 5th in Feb. Is it March we have to decide our firm in? Because some people say you have untill June to reply to your offers, and others say its March.

[Abigail]

You reply when you have got all your offers. Everybody who met the 15th Jan deadline should get all their offers by the end of March.

I think you have to get your accomodation applications in by the end of June.

[Katy]

Ooh i bet its getting exciting with the offers coming in.

[di marco]

I've got 4 offers, so far. I have an interview at the 5th in Feb. Is it March we have to decide our firm in? Because some people say you have untill June to reply to your offers, and others say its March.

You reply when you have got all your offers. Everybody who met the 15th Jan deadline should get all their offers by the end of March.

I think you have to get your accomodation applications in by the end of June.

the date of the deadline differs depending on when you get your last offer. so even if you met the january deadline it doesnt necessarily mean you will have all your offers by the end of march. i sent my ucas form in before xmas but cos of interviews and stuff i didnt get my last offer til the end of april so i then got til about the beginning of june to make my choices even though other people in my class only had til march/april. it just all depends really, but it will tell you on the letter when you receive your last offer. also i think accomodation deadlines are different for each uni, again i think you get a letter about this (cant really remember, but you will be told)

[StarsOfCCTV]

Does anyone know of a good university for Media Arts? Or something on the lines of television production...I'd like to go into TV editing in the future....(although my mum thinks I should go down the science route )

[Abigail]

Does anyone know of a good university for Media Arts? Or something on the lines of television production...I'd like to go into TV editing in the future....(although my mum thinks I should go down the science route )

I did a UCAS search for Tv editing, these are the results from all the universities in the UK http://search.ucas.co.uk/cgi-bin/hsr...=0&button1.y=0

If you want to change the type of course and areas search again using this http://search.ucas.co.uk/cgi-bin/hsr...h.HsSearch.run

Judge by league tables, and whether courses are approved by industry training bodies. Ask what facilities they have and how many students are using them. Check the university's contacts with industry.

Check the Times100 league tables to see which universities are good once you have some in mind http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/gug/...rsityguide.php


For Dave & Abbie: look for universities that include the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) qualification in their degree. Coming out with an NCTJ means you don't have to spend time and money getting one later.

[di marco]

Does anyone know of a good university for Media Arts? Or something on the lines of television production...I'd like to go into TV editing in the future....(although my mum thinks I should go down the science route )

I did a UCAS search for Tv editing, these are the results from all the universities in the UK http://search.ucas.co.uk/cgi-bin/hsr...=0&button1.y=0

If you want to change the type of course and areas search again using this http://search.ucas.co.uk/cgi-bin/hsr...h.HsSearch.run

Judge by league tables, and whether courses are approved by industry training bodies. Ask what facilities they have and how many students are using them. Check the university's contacts with industry.

Check the Times100 league tables to see which universities are good once you have some in mind http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/gug/...rsityguide.php

also, find out when their open days are and go and have a look at them cos then youll be able to see first hand what the facilities are like and maybe talk to students/lecturers about the course

[Katy]

and order prospectuses, they show alot about unis. Buit seeing them in person is most important.

[Abigail]

Yeah, you should go see them all and the accomodation. They accomodation brochurs will only show you the best accomodation they have. I went to Teesside and I got an accomodation brochure. All looked nice and spacious. Got into the halls and it couldn't have been much worse. One of the halls actually had bars on the windows and two showers between 20 people.

[Katy]

yeah exaclty and even the uni itself can be made to look alot better in pictures than it is in real life.