University snapshots
Each university snapshot gives you some key information about the university (age, size, location, subjects taught etc.) plus a short opinion piece about the university.
I’ll attempt to give you a flavour of the university, identifying what makes it distinctive, so you can work out whether it might be somewhere you might consider studying.
The universities themselves have no input into these snapshots, nor can they pay to be included or highlighted. I will, of course, remedy any factual errors that are drawn to my attention.
I’ll add new snapshots every week!
Aston University
With a history dating back to the nineteenth century, the college that was to become Aston University became the UK’s first College of Advanced Technology in 1956. Why is this relevant?
Firstly, it means that Aston is a strongly vocational university, focusing on work and professional related subjects in business, engineering and health.
Secondly, it is in some very good company. Loughborough, Bath, Surrey and Brunel universities have similar histories, and retain similar ideologies based on high academic standards and a strong careers focus.