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Various newspapers and magazines publish mainly second-hand material about universities, but all too often it’s just an excuse to sell ads. As with websites, rely only on the information if you know the source and you know that the source matches the six criteria.
However, around Clearing, the listings in The Guardian and The Independent in particular, and on Ceefax, are invaluable if you are tempted to submit yourself to that haphazard process.
At the same time the BBC usually does a series of genuinely helpful (if slightly self-consciously wacky) programmes and features across TV and radio stations (mostly BBC2, BBC Radio 1 and the various BBC digital channels) under the banner of ‘Student Choice’. They also usually have a telephone helpline.
Last updated on: 21 May 2008