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Re:For the first time in history, St Andrews outranks Oxbridge by cinntaile on Friday September 17, 2021 @05:45AM (#28563215)
Imperial College London has a pretty good rep, no? Even when compared to most universities in the UK?
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Re:For the first time in history, St Andrews outranks Oxbridge by acta_non_verba on Friday September 17, 2021 @05:55AM (#28563297)
Imperial college is just a part of the university of London.

Like many words in the UK, sometimes “college” is used in a more historical meaning

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Re:For the first time in history, St Andrews outranks Oxbridge by foldr on Friday September 17, 2021 @06:00AM (#28563344)
Imperial College is not part of the University of London (it left in 2007).

In any case, the ‘University of London’ is an almost meaningless umbrella institution. Its members function as separate universities for all practical purposes.

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Re:For the first time in history, St Andrews outranks Oxbridge by cinntaile on Friday September 17, 2021 @05:59AM (#28563335)
It's not a part of the university of London anymore.

But this is semantics really, apparently the GP meant a very specific type of college but didn't communicate this and colleges that are universities under the hood aren't part of that unstated definition.

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Re:For the first time in history, St Andrews outranks Oxbridge by n4r9 on Friday September 17, 2021 @05:53AM (#28563284)
Despite its name, it is considered a university.
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