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Thames Valley University

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  • Formerly Polytechnic of West London
Overview
Sex ratio (M:F): 65:35 Full-time undergraduates: 4,463
Applications per place: n/a Points range: 40-280
Flunk rate: 22.3% Unemployed after 6mths: 13.2%
Booze Index: £2.23 Av. housing cost per week: £94.31
Av. debt per year: £3,445 Access fund: £589,626

Previously four campuses, Thames Valley has slimmed down to just two - one in Ealing and the other in Reading... more detail They’re spread too widely to have much to do with each other. The University specialises in offering a higher education to students who might otherwise have missed out. There’s a mix of mature students, locals, part-timers and people who ended up here through clearing. Some are all four. The courses, mostly vocational, are just as varied: there’s different levels, evening classes, flexible structures and most involve a work placement... more on academic Most students are thinking about job prospects, not fun and so the social amenities aren’t much to text home about... more on the SU, although, at Slough in particular, the odd sporting muscle has been flexed lately... more on sports Housing’s now offered to all first years firmly accepting a place and a new hall opens near Ealing this year... more on housing At £2,770 a year, the fees are 10% cheaper than most unis... more on welfare


Woohoo: Thames Valley have more gold stars than a geeks exercise book.
Boohoo: Only Slough and Reading could make Ealing look like Thrillsville
Tel: (0800) 036 8888
E-mail: learning.advice@tvu.ac.uk
Website:
www.tvu.ac.uk

Text in italics is Push's opinion - take it or leave it Last updated on: Wednesday, July 28, 2010

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