gair rhydd y Monday June 1st 2015 | freeword | Issue 1056
In this week’s issue: The Welsh obesity epidemic and the NHS, the true cost of graduation, the dangers of paracetamol, and why hip hop icon Drake is the face of 21st Century masculinity
Cardiff Uni league table successes Journalism and Dentistry are ranked 1st in UK...
Alexander Norton
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ardiff University has been named the best university in Britain to study subjects relating to both Journalism, Public Relations and Publishing and Dentistry, according to rankings unveiled by the Guardian. The School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies was awarded the highest possible score of one hundred, securing first place in the centre-left daily’s league table and staving off competition from fiftyseven other universities in the United Kingdom that offer similar courses.
The 2015-16 league table is based largely on data obtained from student feedback and, in particular, the results of surveys conducted amongst final-year students. According to the statistics obtained, eighty-five per cent of Journalism, Media and Culture students stated that they were satisfied with their course whilst 89.3 percent claimed to be satisfied with the standard of teaching. The results see the department, which has been termed “the Oxbridge of Journalism”, move up three
...But English outside top 50, and Economics behind Cardiff Met
places from its position of fourth overall last year. The School has produced alumni including BBC journalist and former kidnap victim Alan Johnston, newsreader Huw Edwards and television presenters Adrian Chiles, Susannah Reid and Manish Bhasin. A good student-to-staff ratio of 15.9 also helped to boost the School’s overall ranking, whilst it is predicted that sixty-seven per cent of the students will be able to find a career in their chosen field within six months of graduating.
Oxford Brooks was named second-best University in the UK for its journalism-related courses, followed by Sheffield University in third place overall. Meanwhile, the University’s School of Dentistry was also ranked the best in the UK according to the Guardian league table, representing a rise of eleven places relative to last year’s standings. The percentage of its graduates to be in full time work some six months after graduation was also an impressive one hundred percent.
Pictured: Bute building, the home of Cardiff’s school for Journalism (Photographer: Greg McChesney)
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At CUSU, we have Campaign Officers, Sabbatical Officers, the Student Senate, and NUS Delates. Who are they? What did they do? How did they do It? What did they fail to do? Find out in the Gair Rhydd Cardiff Students’ Union Democracy Review 2014-15, pages 6-13 >>