Russell Group or most convenient for an NHS degree

[MedusaIsHavingABadHairDay]

DD2 is currently in the lucky position of having lots of offers for doing a Learning Disability Nursing degree.

One is at a Russell Group Uni, the others are not (she chose to apply to these after visiting lots and her predicted grades are excellent and she could have applied anywhere)

Now generally I would be advising her to go with the general theme of higher league table uni being the better option, had it been a non vocational degree, but I am not sure how much this still applies to a degree which is a professional qualification in itself?

RG Uni = lovely but a long way away. Other fave choices include one which allows dual registration (LD nursing AND generic Social Worker) and one which is more local to us and has excellent public transport.. important because DD2 doesn't drive and will be on placement for long periods of the year. She is really struggling to decide.

Any thoughts (especially from any Nurses out there!) My other DD is doing medicine at the exact opposite end of the country so I'm doomed to long drives regardless

[nenevomito]

As its a professional course she may want to look at what the placements are like at the local teaching hospitals and also the employability rating of the University as well. If you have one with good placements and high employability, it may be better than having a russell group uni on your CV.

The local Uni to me is one of the smaller, newer ones, but is highly ranked for NHS courses and has high employability, so could be better than one of the bigger names IYSWIM.

If the uni itself isn't the main factor then checking out the student life, transport and accommodation could also be good deciders.

[sashh]

For any medical / social work / nursing / dealing with people type degree I always say go for an inner city.

I have worked with a lot of Oxford grads (doctors / nurses/ others) and they have excellent qualifications and subject knowledege but don't learn to work with interpreters or with peoople who don't understand English and don't have an interpreter, people from different backgrounds/ refugees / homeless the lists go on.

The duel registration would be useful.

It's just my opinion but inner cities do have more people with problems and it's better to encounter that at the start of training not the start of your first job.