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Does the number of people going to uni these days devalue having a degree?




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Lancaster University

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Overview
Sex Ratio (M:F): 43:57 Full-time undergraduates: 8,045
Applications per place: 6 Points range: 260-340
Flunk rate: 12.4% Unemployed after 6mths: 7.3%
Booze Index: £1.71 Av. housing cost per week: £63.79
Av. debt per year: £3,360 Access fund: £385,000
Cost of living: ££££

A few miles south of the Lake District, like a box stuffed full of prettiness, Lancaster is rammed with architecture, including heaps of Georgian buildings, a castle and priory. A few miles further still, Lancaster University is perched atop a hill, circled by 250 acres of landscaped woods and parklands... more detail Nine colleges (eight undergrad) offer accommodation and a built-in social life (ie bar, sports etc.) and therefore remain a bit separate from each other. Squillions of pounds have been lavished on a number of redevelopments and extensions, including a massive communication and IT centre... more on academicThe student film club is one of the biggest and best-equipped in the country... more on the SU College rivalries make for an epic tussle over the Carter shield each year, but when they gang up against other universities, they lose... more on sports First years and most finalists guaranteed a room but rents in town are reasonable in any case... more on housing

Woohoo: Film society is one of the largest in the country, screening five films a week
Boo: No central ents on campus
Tel: (01524) 65201
E-mail: ugadmissions@lancs.ac.uk
Website: www.lancs.ac.uk

Text in italics is Push's opinion - take it or leave it Last updated on: Tuesday, July 27, 2010

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