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Re:For the first time in history, St Andrews outranks Oxbridge by mathieuh on Friday September 17, 2021 @06:12AM (#28563428)
In my experience the only people who care about these rankings are 17- and 18-year-olds applying for places.

And the rankings can show the opposite of how people actual view the unis. Where I am we have a Russell Group uni and an ex-poly. I went to the Russell Group uni and did computer science, solely because it is a Russell Group uni. In reality, everyone in the local market knows that the ex-poly's computer science course prepares you better for industry.

On the whole though, no one really cares. I can barely remember what I got for my A levels, I can't even remember how many GCSEs I did.

It really doesn't matter in my experience.

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Re:For the first time in history, St Andrews outranks Oxbridge by blitzar on Friday September 17, 2021 @06:28AM (#28563561)
It matters a lot in the work place, particularly around the time the list comes out.

Senior management, especially with kids looking at these lists become interested in them. Its a good time to name drop your university around the old boys.

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